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Sherry Balkaran- Councillor for Paramakatoi village
Sherry Balkaran- Councillor for Paramakatoi village

The toshaos conference

Terry Richmond- Toshao, Kabena, Region 7,Upper Mazaruni `This year’s conference was okay but I would have liked more time to be allotted to questions for the ministers and the ministers spending more time answering the questions.

President Nicolás Maduro
President Nicolás Maduro

Venezuela: the longer view

Having established a constituent assembly able to rewrite the Venezuelan constitution, take essential political and economic decisions, and confirm key appointments, President Nicolás Maduro’s government is now moving swiftly to assert its overall authority.

No quantum of solace

A best-selling book by the British writer Michael Brooks, “13 Things That Don’t Make Sense,” looks at the most intriguing scientific mysteries of our time, ranging from cold fusion and the ultimate fate of the universe, to the continuing quest for understanding dark matter and dark energy.

‘The pitfalls of ‘changed circumstances’’

On reading the Stabroek News article ‘Democracy is Bureaucracy’ (SN: 18/08/2017), I was again reminded of the need for conceptual clarity as we seek to broaden the scope of political participation for being imprecise could lead to deliberate avoidance or our missing important aspects of the discourse.

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