Amid the bloodshed in Venezuela, the corruption scandal in Brazil and the stream of bizarre statements coming out of President Trump’s Twitter feed, a very important news item has gone almost unnoticed in Latin America: A new study says the region is failing miserably in innovation.
By Sandile Hlatshwayo and Michael Spence Sandile Hlatshwayo recently received her PhD in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley and will join the International Monetary Fund in the fall.
Beverly Embrack, a welder of Angoy’s Avenue ‘Nothing ain’t change since I living here for over fifty years.
By Dhanaiswary Jaganauth Dhanaiswary Jaganauth gained a BA in English and Spanish and a Diploma in Education at the University of Guyana.
Last week, we discussed the concept of a servant-leader and the ten key characteristics underlying such leadership.
Last month, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) produced a worrying “situational update” on the implications of the accelerating numbers of Venezuelans arriving in Trinidad, Brazil and Colombia.
We live in a culture where many people find it difficult to communicate their feelings.
Part 6 – June 30, 2017 You will have noted that the title of the column this week has been changed from Oil and Gas – the new Economic Horizon.
It’s the early to mid-1900s. The slaves had left the plantations.
I awoke early one morning, with a vague sense of increasing unease, to the sharp, insistent barks of our first, feisty Antiguan Chihuahua mix, faintly audible in the deep gloom below the rumbling rains ramming the galvanised gabled roof.
The United States Embassy is happy to answer some common questions about non-immigrant “holiday” visas.
In 1817, the social theorist, activist and ‘father’ of ‘cooperation’, Robert Owen, was told at the Congress of Sovereigns at Aix-La-Chappelle that the enduring structural contradiction between capital and labour would make it impossible for his idea of cooperativising the world to gain traction.
Here’s the million-dollar question about the failure at this week’s Organization of American States’ meeting to strongly condemn Venezuela’s autocratic regime: How could a few tiny Caribbean islands defeat a resolution that was backed by the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and 15 other major countries in the region?
The Earth is under threat from so many areas that it is difficult for me to be positive.
The Education Ministry has signalled that 10 subjects will be the maximum that students will be permitted to take at CXC exams.
By Ron Fanfair Prior to coming in Canada in 1985, Guyanese journalist Ron Fanfair freelanced for the Guyana Chronicle and the defunct Citizen Mid-week newspaper and served as senior sports producer and assistant editor with the stateowned Guyana Broadcasting Corporation. He
On June 16, speaking in Miami, President Trump announced measures reversing aspects of his predecessor’s policy of normalising relations with Cuba.
Every day Cubans are arriving in Guyana to engage in shopping.
Local Content So far, these columns have taken a narrative approach and it was intended that once all the information was placed on the table, some analysis, both critical and policy directed, could be undertaken.
-Miss Guyana World: The Wright choice! A few readers took time to mention that they appreciated last Friday’s shorter format; I’ll try again today.
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