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By Stabroek staff | Wednesday, November 12, 2008 | 0 Comments
Our governments have hastened to congratulate President-elect Obama on his victory. They all recognize that that there is unfinished business with the Caribbean Community states, …
By Stabroek staff | Tuesday, November 11, 2008 | 0 Comments
Another month, another meeting. Caricom’s Council for National Security and Law Enforcement, established only two years ago, has already chalked up seven meetings, the most …
By Stabroek staff | Monday, November 10, 2008 | 1 Comment
The police must be commended for the retrieval of the $17M GuySuCo payroll which was snatched on Thursday and the capture of some of the …
By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 9, 2008 | 2 Comments
The government did not show itself to best advantage in the parliamentary debate a week last Monday, and Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud in particular did …
By Stabroek staff | Saturday, November 8, 2008 | 2 Comments
When the history of this era is written our children’s grandchildren will look back in disgust at the endemic and barbarous violence of this period, …
By Stabroek staff | Friday, November 7, 2008 | 1 Comment
This past week seems to have been one of tears more than anything else: tears of grief and tears of jubilation. But such is the …
By Stabroek staff | Thursday, November 6, 2008 | 10 Comments
It was not the successful presidential candidate mounting the stage in Grant Park, Chicago, to give his victory speech who provided the iconic image of …
By Stabroek staff | Wednesday, November 5, 2008 | 3 Comments
Last week’s press conferences and debates in the National Assembly on the motion calling on the government “to establish an impartial and independent commission of …
By Stabroek staff | Tuesday, November 4, 2008 | 2 Comments
As the American presidential race draws to a close and Senator Obama maintains a reasonable advantage over Senator McCain, speculation has begun in the Caribbean …
By Stabroek staff | Monday, November 3, 2008 | 1 Comment
As we here at Stabroek News mourn the loss of our beloved Editor-in-Chief, Mr David de Caires, a compassionate and tolerant man who fervently believed …
By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 2, 2008 | 1 Comment
It is not everyone who is able to find their vocation in life and by so doing make a real difference to the society in …
By Stabroek staff | Saturday, November 1, 2008 | 3 Comments
Two weeks ago the courts in Dubai sentenced two Britons to three months in jail for having sex on a public beach. The couple had …
By Stabroek staff | Friday, October 31, 2008 | 2 Comments
As the momentum builds towards what many in our part of the world hope will be an Obama victory in next Tuesday’s US presidential election, …
By Stabroek staff | Thursday, October 30, 2008 | 1 Comment
Despite the fact that many persons’ behaviour point to the contrary, the average human being is interested in longevity. There must be very few persons …
By Stabroek staff | Wednesday, October 29, 2008 | 0 Comments
As the financial crisis has continued to grip the world economy in these last few months, the major powers have been meeting in various combinations …
By Stabroek staff | Tuesday, October 28, 2008 | 7 Comments
How many more persons must perish needlessly because of the tolerance that taints official attitudes towards the lawless traffic across the Corentyne River?
Two women – …
By Stabroek staff | Monday, October 27, 2008 | 1 Comment
It is not often that the police get big breaks in sensational murder cases that allow them to make arrests, lay charges and present formidable …
By Stabroek staff | Sunday, October 26, 2008 | 0 Comments
We have now entered Round Two with Suriname it seems. It should come as no surprise, given our neighbour’s history in relation to the border; …
By Stabroek staff | Saturday, October 25, 2008 | 0 Comments
In our editorial last week (‘Return of the Prince of Darkness’), we mentioned that the UK’s new Secretary of Business, Peter Mandelson – or Lord …
By Stabroek staff | Friday, October 24, 2008 | 2 Comments
Since the middle of last year, the US Congressional Budget Office estimates that Americans have lost almost two trillion dollars from their retirement plans. Half …
