Daily Features

The Commonwealth Caribbean Association of Integrity Commissions and Anti-Corruption Bodies (CCAICACB) held its 9th Conference last week at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre.

By Robert Skidelsky LONDON – In Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, scientist Victor Frankenstein famously uses dead body parts to create a hyperintelligent “superhuman” monster that – driven mad by human cruelty and isolation – ultimately turns on its creator.

A few days ago, it was reported that Kerry Sears was killed by motorcycle robbers in Eccles.

In honour of the late SN columnist Arthur Allan Fenty, who authored a column on Fridays in this newspaper for 30 years, Stabroek News will be running some of his earliest contributions.

Non-Immigrant Visa (NIV) Fee Increase On March 28, 2023, the Department of State published a Final Rule regarding upcoming increases to certain nonimmigrant visa application (NIV) processing fees.

By Jon Hyman and Shannon Kellman WASHINGTON, DC – Since 2017, Islamic State-affiliated insurgents have wreaked havoc on Mozambique.

By Commonwealth Secretary-General, The Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC Our planet is our only home, and it provides us with all the essentials for survival – the land we inhabit, the water we drink, the food we consume, and the air we breathe.

In our article of 3 April 2023, we stated that the contract for the production of electronic ID cards was also in breach of sections 16 and 30(1) of the Fiscal Management and Accountability (FMA) Act.

By Myrtha Désulmé Myrtha Désulmé was born in Haiti, and raised in France and Jamaica, where she now resides.

We are still living in a time in Guyana when people can be without water for hours, days and weeks.

By Jeffrey D. Sachs US foreign policy is based on an inherent contradiction and fatal flaw.

(In honour of the late SN columnist Arthur Allan Fenty, who authored a column on Fridays in this newspaper for 30 years, Stabroek News will be running some of his earliest contributions.

By Masatsugu Asakawa MANILA – We live in a world assailed by crisis, with war, disease, and economic hardship taking a terrible toll on human welfare in recent years.

By Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI – The sentencing of Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the opposition Indian National Congress, to two years in prison, and his disqualification as a lawmaker in the Lok Sabha (the lower house), has sent shockwaves through India’s political system.

By Anya A. A. Lorde Anya A. A. Lorde is an Attorney-at-Law called to the Bar to practice in Barbados since October 2016.

An interesting article appeared in December 2017 in MoneyWatch on why the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fails as a measure of well-being.

Introduction Part 107 of this column took up the issue of the construction of a Head Office building by Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited at Ogle, ECD and asserted that the whole saga is rife with misrepresentation, secrecy, complicity, abuse of power, possible illegality, and a touch of mystery.

(In honour of the late SN columnist Arthur Allan Fenty, who authored a column on Fridays in this newspaper for 30 years, Stabroek News will be running some of his earliest contributions.

One week ago, my team over at Tamùkke Feminists held a Labour Laws and Policies workshop for new and mid-career professionals.

By Jorge G. Castañeda and Carlos Ominami NEW YORK – Recent years have not been good ones for democracy in Latin America.