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May 5 is now celebrated annually in Guyana as a national holiday, termed Arrival Day, to commemorate the arrival of various indentured immigrant groups in the country. Previously, this date...

(Indian) Arrival Day in Guyana, celebrated annually on May 5, commemorates the first arrival (1838) of Indians to the South American British colony and those that came after and their...

Traditional Taan or classical Indo Guyanese rural folk singing was featured in a Guyanese cultural concert in Jamaica, Queens last Sunday afternoon. Dozens of individuals and groups partook in the...

Reference the controversy over the selection of Dr Carla Barnett as Secretary General of CARICOM as reported in your paper! Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar and the government of T&T...

Asymmetric Obligations, Unequal Concessions and Pakistan's Weaponisation Part I: The Architecture of Inequity — How India’s Goodwill Was Codified into Concession By Dr Pradeep Kumar Saxena 1. Background: The Partition of a...

Asymmetric Obligations, Unequal Concessions and Pakistan's Weaponisation By Dr Pradeep Kumar Saxena Part II: Obstruction, Exploitation and the Long-Overdue Reckoning 1. Pakistan's Weaponisation of the Treaty 1.1 Systematic Obstruction of Indian Development Since the...

Sunday, the second one in the month of May, is Mother’s Day, a universal day for honoring maternal figures with heartfelt appreciation. It is a deeply emotional day observed with...

India-T&T relations has been special, a new kind of partnership, since Kamla Persad Bissessar was elected as PM in April 2025 and the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in...

Engagements with voters in T&T have found mixed reviews of the governing UNC performance one year after being in office end April 2026. Although Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar has...

With the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs (NSRP) Appropriations Bill for Financial Year 2026 (FY26) only having been finalized only a few months ago following the disruption...