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By Vanessa Cort WE are now into the second week of the new year, some of us holding fast to the resolutions we may have made, others already breaking their resolve. We have our dreams for the year ahead, while hoping and praying for the best. But much of what we achieve will be dependent […]

  IN 2026, Guyana aims to deliver concrete economic growth, business opportunities, and improvements for its citizens, as its energy sector moves from planning to real-world implementation. Years of investment and offshore project development are now set to produce measurable results, marking a decisive shift toward tangible impact. One of the most significant milestones anticipated

BRYAN Washington’s new novel, Palaver (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $25.00), is a word that traditionally suggests a peaceful—if sometimes tense—conversation between disparate personalities attempting to resolve a lingering conflict. It is a fitting name for a book whose plot turns on the long-unsettled rift between a mother and her son; closely entwined with this conflict

IT was only a matter of time. Washington had been signalling its intent for months as it quietly thickened its military footprint in the Caribbean, and Trump’s State Department made sure Nicolás Maduro and the men keeping him in power understood exactly what that meant. The writing was on the wall, in letters so large

By Vanessa Cort ONE of the most creative and innovative mental health initiatives to be rolled out in recent years is about to expand its presence in Guyana, with messages tailored to the needs of our population. SMAHOO – Self-motivation and Healing Ourselves Online – is the brainchild of Canada-based Guyanese Shirvington Hannays, who explains

THE sometimes-narrating ghost of Monique Roffey’s funny, sad and serious new novel, Passiontide (Alfred A. Knopf, $28.00) is Sora Tanaka, a Japanese tourist and steelpan player murdered on the fictional Caribbean island of St Colibri, a stand-in for the author’s native Trinidad. The incident is based on the real-life 2016 murder of Asami Nagakiya, a

AS the last, ragged hours of 2025 tick away and global newsrooms line up their horror reels of war, disaster and scandal, we in Guyana must tune out the noisy trivialities that clutter our social media feeds and reach instead for the very real opportunities now coming to our doorsteps. Minister Ashni Singh has promised

HAROLD A. BASCOM—poet, painter, novelist, and book illustrator—is arguably Guyana’s pre-eminent playwright. By my count, he has written more than fifteen plays and five works of fiction and non-fiction, including the novel Apata, and has mounted art exhibitions in Guyana, New York, and the US State of Georgia, where he currently lives. It is his