Daily Features

SÃO PAULO/GENT– When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Brazil’s economy, the country’s per capita income was already in steady decline.

By Thomas Harding Thomas Harding is writing a book about the 1823 Demerara rebellion.

Some 28 trillion tonnes of ice have disappeared from Earth’s surface since 1994, according to researchers from Edinburgh University, University of Leeds and University College London.

The recent upsurge in COVID-19 cases in Guyana is quite troubling.

– Rivers of Red, Seas of Green, Streams in between Once again, readers would be accurate if they discern that the rather rambling thoughts hereunder are born of my own hopes wishes, even expectations as the “new” government begins to manage our national affairs, our resources, our “governance”, our future.

For months, the soft-spoken public sector employee, we will call Donna James, had growing doubts about the incredible business a trusted colleague raved about.

Not so long ago, residents in Region 4 were being lulled into a false sense of security regarding the spread of COVID-19 amongst them.

By Muhammed Magassy BANJUL – Africa is becoming a new COVID-19 epicentre.

Forty years after Forbes Burnham radically reformed the independence constitution and twenty years after that, the ‘Burnham’ constitution was reformed by the PPP/C government, why is the present constitution still being disparagingly referred to as the ‘Burnham’ constitution that needs to be scrapped? 

In last week’s article, we referred to the urgent need to convene Parliament in order to set the legislative agenda for the rest of the year, including the presentation and approval of the budget for 2020.

By Steven Jensen Steven L. B. Jensen is a Senior Researcher at The Danish Institute for Human Rights.

What do we expect of our leaders? Are we only concerned that they are qualified to be named to serve but their moral standards are not important?

High standards for PPP Comrades now, my own wish list Hello friends I plan to go very easy on your concentration and tolerance today.

Within our society, there is a dangerous philosophy that surrounds workers and the things that they are expected to endure.

The U.S. Embassy in Georgetown, Guyana has increased passport appointments for American citizens as we follow the Department of State’s “Diplomacy Strong” phased approach to resuming operations.

With its big, bright yellow sign, “Khan’s Hideout Bar” proved anything but a safe drinking hole for 17 thirsty men who defied COVID-19 regulations on Tuesday, and ended up being arrested at the Montrose, East Coast Demerara establishment.

‘It may indeed be possible to conduct the Presidency from a jail cell:’ so said the late Professor Monroe Freedman, one of the United States’ leading experts on legal ethics, upon considering the possibility of indicting and sentencing the president (https://wustllawreview.org/essays/

By Immaculata Casimero, Junisha Jonny, Romario Hastings  and Medino Abraham Immaculata Casimero is Wapichan from Aishalton, a women’s rights advocate and chairman of Aisharatoon Women’s Association.

I have been around in this business for 25 years and I have never seen a post-elections process like I have seen here in those 25 years, anywhere…[W]e saw things, with our own eyes, which were clearly not credible and clearly not right.

Most Guyanese are underpaid. The majority have probably never earned a living wage.