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There was insufficient newspaper reporting yesterday on the reasons for the dismissal of the charge against Mr.

The 18th Summit of the G 20, comprising 19 countries and the European Union, takes place this weekend in New Delhi, India.

What are these tools? I was a member of the Elections Commission for the 1973 elections.

First coined as an acronym for some emerging economies in 2001, BRIC countries formally emerged in 2009 at a diplomatic meeting in Russia involving Brazil, Russia, India and China.

The Demerara Rebellion of 18 August 1823 was a seminal event in the history of enslaved resistance in British Guiana and in the colonial world.

Editorialising on “Mining and Amerindians” last Friday, after my article, “Chinese Landing” on Sunday, Stabroek News largely adopted the point of view of the Amerindians of Chinese Landing as its own.

Illegal mining at Chinese Landing has been in the news. A report in SN on Thursday last, stated that the Village Council said that it never asked the government to stop all mining on its lands as some of its villagers earn their livelihoods by mining.

Israel is in the throes of a struggle between opposing forces in support of its partly liberal democratic state and those proposing a fully neo-fascist one.

The passing of Ashton Chase ushered in the end of an era spanning the entire modern history of Guyana from its earliest conception.

All agree that there is a democracy deficit when an Opposition is unable or unwilling to hold a government to account.

The visit to Guyana of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is an indication of the growing importance of Guyana on the international stage.

A week ago, Justice Jacob Wit, a Judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice, participated in a Seminar at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre on “Rethinking Criminal Justice.”

The accusation involving Minister Nigel Dharamlall has become a matter of much public interest since it was revealed on social media.

“Singularity” is achieved when human and machine become united. This would become possible when a computer’s processing power is integrated with human intelligence, or when computers become so complex that they could think.

Walter Rodney was assassinated by Gregory Smith, a sergeant of the Guyana Defence Force, by means of an explosive device, on June 13, 1980.

The heavy fall a few days ago of 80-year-old President Biden, after stumbling on a sandbag in his path, does not reflect the quality of his negotiating skills.

Leading up to the 57th Anniversary of Guyana’s Independence, a searing tragedy occurred in which fire destroyed the girls’ dormitory of the Mahdia Secondary School and took the lives of 19 children, all but one being girls.

Notwithstanding the controversies that have bedevilled the processes leading up to local government elections, it appears as if Guyana will have a date with local democracy on June 12.

Some weeks ago, the Chief Justice found that the Local Content Secretariat, a regulatory agency, had wrongly refused to issue a Local Content Certificate to Ramps Logistics.

The Coronation of King Charles III took place yesterday in London, United Kingdom, with great pomp, pageantry and fanfare.