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As I re-visit Port Mourant, my home village, memories harp back on Dr Cheddi Jagan, late ruler of Guyana. I had many encounters with, observing, engaging and interviewing Dr Cheddi...

Personal attacks between politicians have escalated into a crisis, and the public hates it. The tit for tat involving the PM (in parliament) and former PM (outside of parliament) has...

Since the Guyana Consulate in New York started expediting issuance of passports and birth certificates, the office has been overwhelmed with applicants since August. In the recent past, from last...

Dear Editor, Known for his no-nonsense direct approach, his long enduring working shifts and to summon meetings in the wee hours of the morning, President Dr. Irfaan Ali is not...

Critics slammed President Irfaan Ali for allying with President Trump in military operations in the Caribbean against drug trafficking and Nicholas Maduro. These critics are not up to the changes...

I write to express appreciation for the many volunteers (Indo-Caribbean, Indian national, others) who perform yeoman, selfless, altruistic community service to improve the lives of the diaspora (USA, Canada, elsewhere)...

The term used to describe Guyanese migrants (outside of Guyana) have undergone change from when they first settled overseas starting the 1950s (initially to England). Guyanese abroad and ‘Overseas Based’...

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar made the right decision to side with USA (President Trump) against narco-traffickers and dictators during Trump's military operations off the coast of Venezuela. She was the...

𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐥𝐚 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐝-𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐎𝐌 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭 Small nations often face the challenge of safeguarding their interests...

A quiet but potentially consequential shift in hemispheric security policy is now underway, one that has largely unfolded outside the region’s public conversation. The recent creation of the Americas Counter-Cartel...