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Analysis by Rickey Singh FINALLY, but to the surprise of no one familiar with constitution-based  parliamentary democracy in Guyana, the 15-member Caribbean Community on Friday unequivocally declared “satisfaction” with the arrangements made  by the Government for last November’s prorogation of this nation’s Parliament.

By Dr. Prem Misir WHAT can we say about HIV and AIDS today amid a context of reduced donor funding globally? UNAIDS summed up the story of HIV and AIDS, thus: in 2012, 35.3 million people were living with HIV, due to the life-saving antiretroviral therapy; 2.3 million new infections globally, a 33% decline in

A GINA Feature IT is something any Government should be proud of economic growth. 

In last week’s article, we pointed out that this year, is the International Year of Light. Let’s take a look this week at what you can do to get involved in observing the International Year of Light.

Dr. Alon Ben-Meir’s excellent letter published in this newspaper yesterday addressing the rising levels of anti-Semitism in Europe is a stark reminder of the historic persecution of the Jewish people and the genesis of modern day Israel.

HOW MUCH more contradictory can David Granger become is best determined by his predilections for utterances that continue to beg the question as to his mind-set.

IN less than a week, the nation has been treated to what has now become a traditional signpost of the politics of the combined parliamentary Opposition parties – that of attacking development projects, initiated/planned by the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government.

THE troubling indications and reports that the youths of the nation are being encouraged to pursue criminality rather than education in efforts to enhance their lives by certain persons to fulfill their nefarious agendas is once again surfacing with the upsurge of criminal activities involving youths in certain communities.

WHICH responsible Guyanese having entered a New Year (2015) questions him/herself: what can I conscientiously subscribe towards making my country a proud place for me and family to live in peace and harmony?

ONE of the earliest articles I did in this series was one in October of 2007, titled ‘Cultural Education and Tolerance’, a theme I’ve referred to from time to time since then. As I recently wrote, the UN has to retool itself to combat two new main security threats in this age: climate change and