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The next victim does not yet know. But she will become just another anonymous casualty in an ongoing war.

In the previous column I explained that these articles on Forbes Burnham are from a talk I gave to a PNCR confab on his contemporary relevance and are grounded in my wish to find a political narrative, devoid of excessive bias that could contribute to Guyana’s elusive struggle for national unity.

By  José Antonio Ocampo, Joseph E. Stiglitz, and Jayati Ghosh              Dear Mr.

From Russia to Singapore, nations around the world are considering providing citizens who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 with digital immunity certificates for domestic and international use.

Corruption devastates the lives of billions of people around the world, while its deadliness has become all the more evident during the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate crisis.

By M. NOURBESE PHILIP Born in Tobago, M. NOURBESE PHILIP is an unembedded poet, essayist, novelist, playwright and independent scholar who lives in the space-time of the City of Toronto where she practised law for seven years before becoming a poet and writer.

I do not expect there to be only saints and no sinners in the National Assembly.

“One People”? Desist! Over the twenty-eight years of the life of this working-man’s column it has been easy for me to be consistent with both my general and specific views regarding the Black/African man’s presence and contribution to mankind’s existence.

Taken into high orbit on a Soyuz rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, the watching satellite captured in astounding detail, the historic rupture from Guyana’s rare earthquake of magnitude 5.6 on January 31 last.

Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham was born on 20th February 1923, helped to form the PPP in 1950, left the PPP in 1955 and formed the People’s National Congress (PNC) in 1958, became premier/prime minister in 1964, president in 1980 and died on 6th August 1985.

By Shlomo Ben-Ami TEL AVIV – In the first foreign-policy speech of his presidency, Joe Biden had a simple message for the world: “America is back.”

A few days ago, the Nigerian-American economist, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was appointed to lead the 164 nation Geneva-based World Trade Organisation (WTO). 

On Friday, 12 February 2021, the Minister responsible for Finance presented to the National Assembly the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the fiscal year 2021.

By Honor Ford-Smith Associate Professor, Cultural and Artistic Practices for Environmental and Social Justice Associate Director, Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean York University, Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change What do you want for your cities, your villages, your communities, this region that is our home, the home of our children’s futures?

There are many stories that can begin with ‘Once upon a time…’ Like those the oceans hold.

From the beginning of racism, colorism has existed; that is not an opinion, it is a fact.

Black history month, White history always Only you can decide if this PNC meeting did take place as is about to be described.

Introduction Budget Speech 2021 was presented by Dr. Ashni Singh, who recently returned to Guyana after a number of years in international employment following the 2015 elections.

Set out below are the principal announcements by the Minister on the economic performance in 2020 and the projections for 2021.

Economic Performance The Minister reported that Global output in 2020 is estimated to have contracted by 3.5 percent and in the Latin America and the Caribbean region, economic output is estimated to have contracted by 7.4 percent in 2020.