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-Sad unending power-lust Even as I feel that this which you now read should be my final lamentation of regret over the diminished status of a Party I once embraced, I know that my peers, the age-group oldsters – still tribal and loyal will fume at my derogation, disparagement of “my old party” – the People’s National Congress (PNC).

By  Joseph E. Stiglitz, Arjun Jayadev, and Achal Prabhala Joseph E.

By Ramesh Persaud, CEO of The Institute ‘of Private Enterprise Development Limited Small businesses are usually in excess of 95% of the number of all firms in a country and recruit more than 85% of most countries’ labour force.

By Josep Borrell Fontelles,  the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission  A few years ago, the European Union placed the concept of resilience at the centre of its Global and Security Strategy.

Former American Ambassador-at-large, Professor Stephen Sestanovich can never forget his experiences at the Ukraine presidential elections in 2004.

‘The consensual principle of democracy is in several ways the opposite to the majoritarian vision and emphasizes that the political institutions should encourage, in the extreme, mandate the inclusion of as many political per spectives as possible.

It is hard to imagine an action more likely to accelerate the decline of US influence in the world than deciding in the middle of a global pandemic to attack the one body that is coordinating the global fight against it.

By Chris Ramsaroop & Kevin Edmonds Chris Ramsaroop is an organizer with Justicia for Migrant Workers and an instructor in the Caribbean Studies Program at the University of Toronto.

By Deodat Maharaj In my last commentary, I outlined the major challenges we face due to Covid-19.

While Guyana’s  GDP growth rate is expected to reach unprecedented levels this year because of the commencement of crude oil production, three events will almost certainly have an adverse effect on such growth.

A short trip downtown the day after the curfew was implemented a couple of weeks ago, was gloomy.

“Thanks to the President’s Leadership…” PNC War room: Dire concerns, challenges Compared to the real or contrived confidence, exuberance and positive positions regarding the polls before March 02, this first war-room emergency session since election day was sombre, somewhat gloomily uncertain.

Despite once being touted as “the breadbasket of the Caribbean,” and recognized today as a food secure nation, many Guyanese still suffer from hunger and undernourishment.

Part 87   Introduction According to the international press, Guyana will be the fastest growing economy in 2020.

Married for 53 happy years, Guyanese-born Abdul and Tazroon Wahab were inseparable in life.

Guyana’s electoral fiasco may have overshadowed the other major crisis which it faces, the COVID–19 pandemic.

In his address to the nation after the 1964 elections, which brought his People’s National Congress (PNC) to government in coalition with the United Force, Forbes Burnham made an impassioned presentation about race/ethnicity in Guyana.

By Sireesha Bobbili and Ruth Rodney Sireesha Bobbili and Ruth Rodney were UN Women consultants who developed the qualitative research component of the Women’s Health and Life Experiences Survey in Guyana.

We’d also like to commend Guyana’s High Court for clearing the way for a nationwide recount of that country’s recent national elections as well.

We live in a time of heightened fear and uncertainty. For those of us who plan ahead as a past time, we might feel that our objectives and timelines are becoming more and more irrelevant.