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Wearing a brown New York Yankees cap and the now customary mask, a composed Gladson Henry looked straight ahead last Wednesday, and spoke simply and plainly from his great, big heart.

-Seriously! Any hope for Vendor-City Georgetown? What do I mean by “17-month mindset”?

One of the advantages of the parliamentary aspect of Guyana’s semi-presidential political system is that it could foster consensus in ethnically divided and conflict-ridden situations (Lijphart, Arend (1984) ‘Democracies: Patterns of Majoritarian and Consensus Government in Twenty- One Countries,’ Yale University Press).

How well prepared is the Caribbean to respond to the politically led emergence of ‘vaccine nationalism’, an approach likely to see countries with advanced bio-pharma facilities initially restrict the availability of a COVID-19 vaccine?

After 15 months, the National Assembly met last Tuesday for the first time under the new Administration.

By Immaculata Casimero, Varshnie Herman, Timothy Williams and Medino Abraham Immaculata Casimero is Wapichan from South Rupununi.

This Op-Ed has been authored by: David Singh, PhD. Natural Resource Management Practitioner, Adjunct Faculty, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University; Rory Fraser, PhD.

Many Guyanese choose silence when the politicians they support are in power.

The promise of inclusion: Persons and projects With all the happenings “of national significance” which now abound around us – battling with the COVID-19 plague for attention – I am often tempted to throw in the towel.

Despite the progressive steps made in the workplace, it still remains filled with barriers that make it difficult for women to navigate professional environments.

As the COVID-19 pandemic spread, a private liability entity based in Guyana, and virtually unknown outside, hurriedly paid a negligible fee in pounds sterling and was newly incorporated with Companies House, the United Kingdom’s (UK) registrar, in Cardiff, Wales.

Not for the first time, a week ago a senior Alliance for Change (AFC) member left the party, claiming that ‘over the years I have been at loggerheads with the executive.

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.