AS we celebrate Emancipation, Bob Marley’s well known quotation, “Emancipate Yourself from mental slavery,” is frequently invoked. The words come

IN less than a week’s time, on August 10, the new coalition Government will unveil its first-ever state budget. The

The Minister of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnarine, has signalled his intention to do something about what he described as the

MOST of the activities to observe the 177th anniversary of Emancipation are now over. From all indications, it seems that

AT a time when the Caribbean Region is contending with new approaches in aid by the world’s developed and influential

TODAY is Emancipation day – a day when Guyanese, in particular, African Guyanese, observe the ending of chattel slavery and

IT’S been quite a week on the political front. From Shawn Hinds’ revelations on possible state-sponsored crimes to the closure

IN the midst of the flurry of news of this week, there is the story of the Walter Rodney Commission

NEXT year Guyana would be celebrating 50 years as an independent nation. Our sister CARICOM nation, Barbados, also celebrates its

EVERYONE would agree that government is a complex process. It has to be. After all, one is dealing with an