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Friday, September 22, 2023

EYEWITNESS: Desperately seeking…

…SOPs Your Eyewitness can understand (not accept but “understand”) the PNC’s refusal to show their SoPs. It’s like you’re playing cards while cheating the whole...

EYEWITNESS: Can we talk…

…about what ails us? The ERC recently sent out a notice to the public at large to solicit their views on “How do we improve...

EYEWITNESS: Criminal minds…

…in Guyana  It’s now been four months since the three West Berbice youths - first the Henry cousins Isaiah and Joel, then Haresh Singh -...

EYEWITNESS: Doom and gloom…

...naysayers  As the Irfan Ali PPP administration rolls out its development plan - as adumbrated in its Manifesto - your Eyewitness notes a troubling development....

EYEWITNESS: The Sanctimonious Gangster…

…and post NCM goings-on If the PNC in general, and their leader David Granger in particular, are to be believed, it’s clear that we Guyanese...

Further support to sugar industry comes at a critical time – GAWU

The following is a letter by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), at this time,...

Eyewitness: Looting and grabbing…

…from the State The word “loot” entered the English language directly (and unchanged) from the Hindi dialect the British encountered in North India in the...

OPINION: Need for a national conference on crime and the penal system

By Dr Tara Singh Reflecting the major concerns of Guyanese both at home and abroad, I make an urgent call on the Government to convene...

OPINION: Local content quota in Guyana and beyond

By Dr Remi Piet Local content requirements are one of the main ways to increase the contribution of extractive industries to the development of host...

OPINION: Closing the Institute of Commonwealth Studies – a retrograde step

By Sir Ronald Sanders Showing little regard for the UK government’s emphasis on the Commonwealth, the University of London announced an ‘ambitious new strategy’, the...

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