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Op-Ed: HPV vaccines are safe, all children should be immunized with it

(Below is a commentary by a former Health Minister under the People's Progressive Party/Civic administration, Dr Leslie Ramsammy) The Ministry of Health in Guyana is...

Letter: Amaila is another APNU/AFC scandal, they continue to fib

Dear Editor, Truth is truth. When you deliberately twist the truth to misrepresent it, it is lying. I use the word FIB in the title...

Guyana should not repeal Anti – Buggery Laws – iNews Poll

– An online poll conducted by iNews has found that the majority of participants are not in favour of the Guyana government repealing...

Letter: It is a nightmare of residents next to White Castle Fish Shop

Dear Editor, I would like to write about an issue which seldom gets the attention of the news agencies, one which the authorities, more specifically...

Hillary Clinton wouldn’t be the first female American President – Janet Jagan beat...

By Robin Wright If she wins, Hillary Clinton won’t be the first female American to become President of a country. Janet Rosenberg beat her...

The “Granger GO SLOW” Economy – Peter Ramsaroop

  - The Granger Government  continues to stumble on an economic strategy. The main cause, I believe, apart from beginning to  govern without a sound...

Independent review of dismissals by Gov’t should be conducted – iNews Poll

– A poll conducted by iNews has revealed that citizens would prefer that the APNU+AFC government conduct an independent review into several dismissals...

OP-ED: It is a coup – APNU+AFC is no longer, the PNC...

(The following is an opinion piece penned by veteran politician and former PPP Government Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy) The rejection of the nominees for Chair...

Column: Daily Eyewitness

Extrapolating… …ignorance A friend sent your Eyewitness a screenshot of a post by an AFC Parliamentarian from Berbice on one fallout from the mass firing of...

Coalition Govt not practising transformative politics

…being managed sadly as single-party unit – David Hinds  By Michael Younge The ruling People’s National Congress (PNC)-led A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance...

Recent Articles

CXC delegation in Guyana to conduct the NGSA marking process

Dr. Nicole Manning from the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) paid a courtesy visit to the office of Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand. Present at the...

ExxonMobil, Ramps Logistics charged with submitting false declarations to GRA

Business Development Manager at Ramps Logistics, Mariska Jordan, and Steve Gentry from ExxonMobil (Guyana) were on Friday charged with allegedly inflating an invoice submitted...

Minister Bharrat represents Guyana at 19th UN Forest Forum

Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat M.P., this week represented Guyana at the United Nations’ Forests Forum, which took place at the UN’s Headquarters...

Rotary Club of Georgetown to upgrade Uncle Eddie’s Home

In recognition of the 50th Anniversary of Uncle Eddie’s Home, the Rotary Club of Georgetown Central recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...

Berbice man nabbed in Suriname remanded for attempted murder

Sasenarine Sankar, called ‘Barber’ or ‘Wire’, the 47-year-old man who had been wanted for attempted murder committed on Sandy Persaud, has been remanded to...

Govt wants hinterland communities to be self-sufficient, supply food to mining districts

In his first trip to Batavia, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) since Amerindian Heritage celebrations in September 2023, President Dr Irfaan Ali laid out his vision...

Conversation Tree Road project likely to be completed by S Jagmohan Construction – Edghill

Work on the incomplete section of the Conversation Tree-to-Dennis Street Road Expansion Project could be executed by the contractor who completed the first section...

Govt housing heavily subsidised – Croal rejects Opposition’s motion to review costs

  Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Annette Ferguson on Thursday night presented a motion calling for the establishment of special select committee to review charges...

‘Our Congress was funded entirely by party funds, not State money’ – Jagdeo

  General Secretary of the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has refuted claims that the party’s 32nd Congress was funded by taxpayers’ money....

Opposition’s motion to remove autonomy of Local Govt Commission voted down

The government on Thursday voted down Opposition-proposed amendments to the Local Government Commission Act to remove its autonomy in the hiring of staff for...