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IRAN is once again on the move. Its people have demonstrated a fighting commitment to democracy that has captured the world’s admiration since the Constitutional Revolution of 1906, which resulted in an elected Majlis (Parliament), albeit with a restricted vote, for the first time. Ouote—‘Mossadegh gained enormous popularity in Iran because of his support over

CLOSE followers of the fortunes affecting the development of the regional movement, CARICOM, must be more than perplexed having regard to a seemingly gathering storm hovering above. The perception is heightened just as the 30th Heads of Government conference is scheduled to start in Guyana on Thursday, and is to continue for four days. As

Navin Chanderpal, Special Envoy for the President on Environment and Sustainable Development of Guyana was in Toronto to engage international discourse on the New Global Human Order (NGHO) initiative, and to expand the civic continuous feedback loop helping to flush out issues and move the concept forward. The aim of this neural network of individuals,

PULL QUOTE: Imagine a world where there is a consensus that preservation of the rainforest is a valuable initiative, not least economically, over the long term. Then imagine yourself as the President of a poor country, the bulk of whose natural resources exist in the country’s great rainforests – timber, diamond, gold even sand PULL

Perspectives Single female, age 16 Dear Mother & Dad, Please forgive me. I have tried to be good to you both. I love you both very much and wanted to get along with you both. I have tried. I have wanted to go out with you and Dad, but I was always afraid to ask,

IT WAS a good speech by any measure, and it will go some way towards lessening the mistrust of the world’s Muslims towards the United States. But when it comes to the core issue that has put Americans and Arabs on different sides of the fence over the past decades, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it will

–some pleas and criticismsAMID THE controversies in some CARICOM jurisdictions over problems facing migrants of the Community and intra-regional movement of skilled labour, the Head of Government with lead responsibility for ‘Labour and free movement’, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerritt, remains deafeningly silent. Please use photos of PMs Ingraham, Gonsalves and Skerrit The public silence of

The predators are loose and proliferate every corner of our country, but not everyone can, like members of the judiciary, claim protection at the State’s expense. Ordinary citizens are attacked every day while pursuing their lawful, legitimate business. Many lose their lives, with catastrophic consequences for their dependents – whether families or employees. Many persons