One day before Budget 2021 was presented, the National Assembly passed legislation to amend the Law Reform Commission Act, the principal purpose of which is to keep under review the laws of Guyana for the purpose of their simplification, modernisation, systematic development and reform.
Like in the 2020 Budget, the impact of the COVID – 19 Pandemic featured highly in the 2021 Budget.
The crying crowds have gone, even as the candle-lit vigils continue across the country and overseas.
Installment 2021-2 As of January 26, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) requires all air passengers entering the United States (including U.S.
Despite its long and illustrious history of trade unionism and its socialist pretensions, as a country we have signally failed to provide to our workers what could be considered a living wage.
Every so often there is the demand for the establishment of a truth and reconciliation commission (TRC), a transitional justice-type organisation, to help quell the ethnic divisions in Guyana.
By Nina L. Khrushcheva MOSCOW – There are arguably two moments in the last century when a wrecking ball was taken to Russia’s political regime.
When the economies of the Caribbean and Central America finally exit the pandemic, most will be in crisis.
On 4 February 2021, the Fiscal Management and Accountability (Amendment) Act 2021 was passed in the National Assembly.
By Renuka Anandjit and Angelique V. Nixon Renuka N. Anandjit is a Guyanese born, Trinidad-based scholar and activist.
A montage of wounds is on display in Guyana. But the kaleidoscope of red and pink gashes seems not to have persuaded most of us to change or demand a better society.
-“Honourable”? Look give me a break! Good grief friends, stealing should never be about “better”, or “more”.
Mulatto, dougla, buffiana, blasian – there are many words that are used to describe the Black mixed child.
A frenzy of sudden activity in the green and white building that Junior Emmanuel was watching, made him freeze, realising he had been spotted.
By Richard Haass NEW YORK – Joe Biden has been president of the United States for just a few weeks, but the central elements of his approach to the world are already clear: rebuilding at home, working with allies, embracing diplomacy, participating in international institutions, and advocating for democracy.
There must be many of us in the Caribbean who in consideration of some matter or other have had some lyrics of Robert Nesta Marley (6th February 1945 to 11th May 1981) spring to mind.
By Mauricio Tolmasquim and Ariel Yepez Covid-19 has hit the Caribbean hard but there is a silver lining.
More than a decade has passed since the EU-CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) was negotiated and signed.
By Arnab Acharya and Sanjay G. Reddy Arnab Acharya, an independent scholar, is an economist and public health researcher.
In last week’s article, we discussed Transparency International’s (TI) 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index.
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