Daily Features

By Jeffrey D. Sachs NEW YORK – Where did COVID-19 come from?

By António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations  As the world grapples unevenly with the effects of COVID-19, a parallel and equally horrific pandemic has threatened half the world’s population. 

By Faizal Deen Along with numerous creative and scholarly publications, Faizal Deen is the author of Guyana’s first LGBTQ+ poetry collection, Land Without Chocolate, a Memoir (1999).

Can the Caribbean avoid being caught up in the accelerating east-west struggle for global influence?

In a previous article, we had referred to the lawsuit filed by the Massachusetts Attorney General alleging that ExxonMobil was misleading consumers and investors about its role in climate change.

Several people have died on our roads this month. Speed bumps and traffic lights do not stop much of the road carnage.

Introduction Each of the past three columns (#’s 88 – 90) reviewed the financial statements of one of the three oil companies which signed the 2016 Petroleum Agreement with the Coalition Government of President Granger.

In the past, when countries implemented harsh immigration laws and policies that targeted specific countries and ethnicities, it was believed that time would soften these stances.

Final farewell to a diligent professional Sorry to personalise this offering very briefly but over the past week a sudden personal loss proved a major mental distraction for me.

On the day of my 13th birthday I was crying and could not stop.

By  Jeffrey D. Sachs NEW YORK – The latest G7 summit was a waste of resources.

In less than three months’ time, El Salvador intends becoming the first country in the world to make Bitcoin its official currency alongside the US Dollar.

By Anthony Bogues Anthony Bogues is a Professor of Humanities at Brown University.

On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic.

Disaster and crisis have always been common in Guyana. In our moments of calm, whether consciously or subconsciously, we are in a state of constant preparedness for the next chapter in our book of trials and errors.

Introduction This second part of a mini-series on the three oil companies which operate the Liza 1 project under the Stabroek Block reviews the 2020 financial statements of the Guyana branch of Hess Guyana Exploration Limited (Hess).

While we can often have debates surrounding nature vs. nurture and what takes precedence, it cannot be argued that the environment people grow in, has a large role to play in how they develop as individuals.

You realise that if two bandits rob and kill your grandmother in her bedroom one night, two feet in front of you, and you escape to inform the police, the two murderers charged become “suspects”.

Many people have written to us recently to ask about the worldwide immigrant visa backlog. 

By  Felipe Larraín and Pepe Zhang SANTIAGO – Once a peripheral presence in Latin America, China has become one of the region’s most important partners.