China leads latest Nature Index rankings, highlighting growing scientific strength
CHINA has once again topped the latest Nature Index Research Leaders rankings, with the newest results highlighting the country’s expanding contribution to global scientific research. The 2026 Nature Index Research Leaders rankings, released on Wednesday, showed that China remained the world’s leading contributor to research output and was the only country among the global […]
A Look Beyond the Steel at the Skills Powering Guyana’s Industrial Growth
WHEN most people hear that a high-pressure process pipe has been fabricated in Guyana for the first time, the reaction is usually simple: “That is good news.” Then the conversation moves on. But it should not move on too quickly. The recent completion of the Water Injection Riser Depressurisation (WIRD) Project represents far more than […]
Another call for healthy lifestyles
By Vanessa Cort THERE has been yet another call for Guyanese to adopt healthy lifestyles. This time, the appeal came from Dr Stephen Carryl, Head of an Overseas Medical Assistance Team (OMAT). Of particular concern is the growing number of young adults suffering from diabetes and other Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). Diabetes, which currently affects about […]
A look beyond the steel at the skills powering Guyana’s industrial growth
WHEN most people hear that a high-pressure process pipe has been fabricated in Guyana for the first time, the reaction is usually simple: “That is good news.” Then the conversation moves on. But it should not move on too quickly. The recent completion of the Water Injection Riser Depressurisation (WIRD) Project represents far more than […]
As President Ali looks outward, the opposition looks away
GUYANA’S footprint is extending well beyond our borders. That’s true not only for the arts and culture, sports and literature, but the demand for Guyana is increasing on the international political stage. The world, from all appearances, needs more of Guyana, and President Irfaan Ali is eager to oblige. Two days ago, he nominated Guyana’s […]
Letter from China: Rediscovering Beijing under a people-centered transformation
by Xinhua writer Tian Ye One evening, my daughter asked me to take her cycling in the street. I hesitated — I had been away from China and Beijing for years and was not sure if evening rides were safe. “Don’t worry,” she said. “Have you noticed how many cyclists there are in Beijing?” We […]
China’s top diplomat urges enhancing understanding via dialogue among civilizations
CHINESE Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday called for improving understanding and fostering mutual trust through dialogue when addressing an event observing the International Day for Dialogue among Civilizations via video. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, called on all sides to promote unity and […]
Divisive?
By Vanessa Cort WHY is it that when people of colour choose to celebrate a successful journey, whether it be in sport, business or simply in life, it is seen as divisive? This was the criticism levelled two weeks ago, when black tennis stars, Naomi Osaka and Taylor Townsend, held an evening get-together for black […]
Our children are drowning, stop scrolling
THE Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance convened a remarkable gathering at the World Trade Centre in Kingston last Tuesday. The launch of Guyana’s ‘National Consultation on Social Media and its Consequential Effects on Children’ marks the first step in answering a distress signal that should have every citizen with a beating heart rushing to […]
Beyond contracts: How Local Content is transforming Guyanese enterprise
FOR years, Guyanese have been told that one of the country’s greatest resources lies beneath the ocean floor. But as discussions continue around this year’s Local Content Summit, another point deserves just as much attention: Guyana’s future will not be determined by oil alone. It will depend heavily on people. The story of local content […]
