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Friday, May 17, 2024

LETTER: Undeniable fact that coalition woefully neglected agriculture sector

Dear Editor, The Agriculture Minister, the Honourable Zulfikar Mustapha’s words will reverberate in the minds of Guyanese for a long time to come when he...

Letter: Some car dealers have a part to play in the road carnage

Dear Editor, The recent No.59 road fatalities are horrifying in the latest of senseless deaths. I would appreciate from the Authorities some answers on the...

Letter: AFC has become a docile ‘bride’ in the PNC’s harem

Dear Editor, In Shakespeare’s ‘Julius Caesar’, Cassius, a nobleman, in the interest of his country advised his friend Brutus that, ‘The fault, dear Brutus, is...

Letter: GAWU’s record on workers advocacy speaks for itself

Dear Editor, Our Union – the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) – feels it appropriate to respond to a letter which appeared in...

Letter: Opposition has consistently lied to its supporters

Dear Editor, Over the last year under the PPP/C Government, we have seen massive development throughout the country despite the pandemic and other forces being...

Unsafe abortion happens when there is not enough access

By Devina Samaroo Jane Doe (not real name) was 15 years old when she found out she was pregnant. At that time, she was about to...

Eyewitness: Moving…flag-raising

Your Eyewitness was intrigued by the change in the locale for the flag-raising ceremony this year. He figured, why not? Year after year they’ve...

Letter: Did Justice Sandil Kissoon turn Industrial Relations upside down?

Dear Editor, High Court Justice Sandil Kissoon has been applauded by the PNCR party for declaring that the Guyana Teachers Union’s (GTU’s) strike was legal,...

Letter: Mr President let’s free this calf

Dear Mr. President,  I do hope that you will give due regard to my concerns raised in this letter and I am positive that you...

Eyewitness: What’s going on…with mental slavery?

Your Eyewitness is writing this on the anniversary of our prophet of emancipation, Walter Rodney’s assassination on June 13, 1980. The Jamaican Government had...

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