Daily Features

By Joseph E. Stiglitz NEW YORK – It appears that the international community is moving toward what many are calling a historic agreement to set a global minimum tax rate on multinational corporations (MNCs).

By Alberto Brunori, the Regional Representative for Central America and the English-speaking Caribbean of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights People in the Caribbean face some of the highest levels of violence in the world.

Today a younger generation of Caribbean women and men have begun to challenge many of the assumptions that exist in and beyond the region.

Keynote address delivered at ‘Live Pridefully: Love and Resilience Within Pandemics,’ Caribbean Equality Project (CEP), June 24, 2021  By Rajiv Mohabir Rajiv Mohabir is the author of three collections of poetry, the most recent is Cutlish (Four Way Books 2021). 

The temperature in the Canadian province of British Columbia reached a record high last week at 46.6°C (115.88°F), resulting in at least 233 deaths and the closure of schools and universities.

Although it is still part of our laws, Guyana has moved away from the death penalty.

– Current Capital City, new town, new bridge Very mistakenly, when I received my two shots of the Sputnik V coronavirus disease (COVID) vaccines weeks ago, I thought that it had the approval of the World Health Organization (WHO).

Guyana has had a long tortuous history with extractive industries. From the heydays of bauxite to the steady allure of a wealthy oil nation, the pursuit of these finite resources has resulted in environmental health and citizen wellbeing constantly being put on the backburner.

If you dare to venture past the scattered mounds of garbage, the broken bridges and the bush that may hide brazen bandits or buzzing bees, a painted wooden sign with a single red arrow points to the final resting place of Dr.

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.