IN human history, various forms of government have been used – monarchies,  benevolent despotisms,  dictatorships of many kinds and many names and so on.  …

Some of our members have long been suggesting that this column address the issue of race and racism in Guyana since it appears to …

ONE of the major ailments in today’s world is corruption, and one encounters daily reports of it from all parts of the world. There are …

IT is believed that snakes and Man evolved about the same time and this could have accounted for the mutual competition and distrust with which …

IN the first quarter of the 21st century, the most memorable events which occurred in Guyana were the discovery of large deposits of oil in …

On August 9, “International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples” was celebrated worldwide. This year’s theme was “Leaving no one behind: Indigenous Peoples and …

After World War II, the European Empires, particularly the British and French, went through a  period of rapid decolonisation leading to the emergence of …

Mangroves have always been an important part of the Guyanese Ecosystem. Its value as a waterbreak against the ocean was immediately recognised by the early Dutch …

Caribbean societies seem to have cycles of complacently drifting along without any movement for social, economic and political reform and then suddenly become alive …

TODAY 1st August, Emancipation Day,  is celebrated throughout the Caribbean, including Guyana.  In 1833 the Emancipation Act was passed by the British Parliament freeing …