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Angola, Africa’s second largest oil exporting country with a GDP per capita of US$3,230 in 2018, has recovered over US$5 billion of state funds, including $3 billion siphoned off the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) through corruption and money-laundering.

By Ulric Trotz Ulric Trotz is the Deputy Director & Science Adviser, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, Belmopan, Belize  After the euphoria pervading the international community at the end of COP 21 when there was unanimous global agreement on the Paris Agreement which defined a way forward for global action on climate change, there is now universal despair (barring a few) in the wake of the recently concluded COP 25 in Madrid which is now generally regarded as an abject failure.

The macabre results of Guyana’s vehicular accidents have created enough trauma to impact a few generations.

…and some fake, false and sham Okay, whether in living–room, kitchen, office, factory, crowded congested store or street, you won’t want to read anything that’s too long or prolix at this time.

“Service and Protection,” this has been the ironic motto of the Guyana Police Force since its formation.

Many full moons ago, traditional classics like “Jingle Bells” dominated the radio and school Christmas parties, and we rocked around the trees and danced in the halls, dreaming of joy to the world.

It is now well recognised that much of what we will become in adult life is determined by our experiences by ages 5 or 6, and last week, in discussing the effects of inequality and poverty, I suggested that this time span should be extended backwards to include what occurred in the womb.

NEW YORK – It’s clear: we are living beyond our planet’s limits.

Regional news coverage can be patchy. While electoral politics, national economic performance and crime from across the Caribbean are regularly reported and commented upon, this is not the case when the issues are regarded as being domestic. 

The planet is on fire and our window of escape is getting harder and harder to reach the longer we wait to act.

By Nicholas Peters Nicholas Peters is a writer and human rights activist.

In the midst of the bustle along Regent Street in this season of abundance and overindulgence, an old woman stood on the pavement and pleaded, “Please for a help.”

On the anniversary of Martin Carter’s passing Gemma Robinson is inspired by award-winning poet Vahni Capildeo to look at Carter’s work and the art of beginning.

Last month, 21 persons lost their lives to traffic accidents. To date, the cumulative reported figure for the year stands at 114 deaths, a significant increase from last year.

Aha! Land “acquired for public purposes!” Greetings and blessings for this Season of Giving with eleven/twelve days to the December 25 Christmas Day.

Last week’s column # 80 described Guyana’s Third Draft Local Content as junk and recommended that it be scrapped.

On Tuesday, a New York (NY) judge cleared energy giant ExxonMobil of alleged securities fraud involving climate change regulations risk in a closely watched case that fatally weakened over the years.

Yesterday was the United Nations Human Rights Day and the implications of increasing global income and wealth inequality are so destructive of those rights that as we approach the 2020 elections, all political parties should make some statement on this matter as it relates to Guyana.

Last month CARICOM’s Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) took a decision that will likely determine whether Anglophone Caribbean sugar producers have a sustainable future.

By Aminta Kilawan-Narine Aminta Kilawan-Narine is an attorney, community activist, and co-founder of Sadhana: Coalition of Progressive Hindus, which is committed to promoting social justice through the values at the heart of the Hindu faith.