Daily Features

By Chris Patten LONDON – The recent G7 summit in Hiroshima culminated in an impressive show of unity over the war in Ukraine and China’s expansionism.

By Professor Emeritus Compton Bourne, Former President, Caribbean Development Bank Introduction Production and marketing of Guyana’s abundant oil and natural gas resources provide unheralded opportunities to substantially raise levels of living for its resident population.

In a message for the World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation, Pope Francis stated that the world must rapidly ditch fossil fuels and end the “senseless war against creation”.

The screams of Guyana’s children, trapped in a conflagration prolong our moments of silence.

The recent fire at the Mahdia school dorms that killed 19 children was a tragedy, that should not have been allowed to reach the disastrous scale that it did.

By Nate D.F. Allen and Nanjira Sambuli WASHINGTON, DC/NAIROBI – Last year, Google’s Equiano undersea cable began conveying terabytes of data per second to and from African shores.

By Jeffrey Sachs In the year 2000, the US government debt was $3.5 trillion, equal to 35% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). 

By Ralph Gonsalves, Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa, and Wavel Ramkalawan KINGSTOWN/APIA/VICTORIA – It is too early to tell whether all the talk about reforming development finance at this year’s International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring Meetings will translate into meaningful policy action for the Global South.

By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Former Chief Speech-Writer of the UN Secretary-General The Economist of May 20-26, 2023, carries a riveting article, “How to prevent a third world war”, based on an eight-hour interview with veteran global strategist, Dr Henry Kissinger, who turns 100 during the month of May.

Authors: Anil Persaud (persaudk@gmail.com) and Aryama (aryama@hotmail.com) were trained in history and political science, respectively, at the Jawaharlal Nehru University.

It has been two and a half weeks since the garbage was picked up where I live.

By William Ruto NAIROBI – Last year in Berlin, the great Kenyan long-distance runner Eliud Kipchoge broke the world marathon record, clocking 02:01:09 and beating his previous time by 30 seconds.

By Macsood Hoosein Macsood Hoosein is a Guyanese-born professional working in sustainability and finance internationally.

Part 2 With approximately 90% of Guyana’s population living in Coastal areas, its forested regions have largely remained intact, with deforestation rates standing between 0.02% to 0.079% over the past two decades.

There has been an increase in the number of third-party preparers or visa service providers who create fake appointment letters or charge exorbitant fees for visa services that you can otherwise do yourself.

By Florence Gyembuzie Wongnaah STOCKHOLM – When Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine was found to be safe and effective in 1955, following a successful trial involving nearly two million American children, it marked a turning point in the fight against a highly infectious disease causing incurable paralysis or even death.

By Dr Omar Shahabudin McDoom Dr Omar Shahabudin McDoom is Associate Professor of Comparative Politics at the London School of Economics where he specialises in the study of peace, security, and kleptocracy.

By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Barrister/Attorney-at-Law; Commissioner, and currently Honorary Commissioner, of the International Commission of Jurists When the late Lloyd Luckhoo, Q.C.

By  Cédric O PARIS – On March 22, the Future of Life Institute published an open letter calling for a six-month moratorium on the development of generative artificial intelligence systems, citing the potential dangers to humanity.

There appears to be a misconception as regards calls for the renegotiation of the 2016 Petroleum Sharing Agreement (PSA) between the Government of Guyana and ExxonMobil.