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Saturday, May 4, 2024

EYEWITNESS: Doppelganger…

…of Ghana In addition to our similar-sounding name, we’ve got so many things in common with Ghana – whose President is visiting – you’d think...

OPINION: Eyewitness

Not unacceptable …to the Supreme Leader With Khemraj Ramjattan having evidently suppressed his rural roots, he mightn’t appreciate the folk wisdom that, “chickens will come...

OPINION: Salute the “CARICOM Three” for their sacrifice

By Sir Ronald Sanders Here are three heroes of democracy in the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM): Cynthia Barrow-Giles (St Lucia/Barbados), John Jarvis (Antigua and Barbuda)...

Eyewitness: Reading the PNC…

…on elections One interesting idiosyncrasy of Burnham was his instance that everything he did be recorded “for posterity”. Most megalomaniacs are seized of this characteristic....

Eyewitness: Moving on…

…with our politics The Carter Center tempered their congratulations to the new Ali Administration by insisting that the five-month long elections “highlight(ed) deep divides that...

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...

Op-Ed: The case of a criminally complicit Cabinet

Below is an opinion piece by former Attorney General, Attorney-at-law and Member of Parliament Mohabir Anil Nandlall: Hardly a month passes without the Coalition Government...

OPINION: Eyewitness: The buck stops with…

…the President on elections It’s so pathetic that the Caretaker President of this country David Granger, would hide (now literally) under the skirts of GECOM...

Guyana faced with yet another roadblock in this unending journey of vote recount –...

Following is a letter by Former Minister of Health Dr. Leslie Ramsammy:  Two weekends ago, GECOM insisted it could not indicate a start date for...

Another knee on the Caribbean’s neck

By Sir Ronald Sanders The failure of the world’s richest nations to respond adequately to the abrupt and rapid decline in the economies of developing...

Recent Articles

Another person charged for murder of miners at Arimu Backdam

A pensioner is the latest person charged by the police in connection with the murder of two miners at Arimu Backdam, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) last...

President Ali dispels claims of discrimination

President Irfaan Ali has sought to dispel claims of his party discriminating against some communities and administrative regions in its development programmes. The President...

“We have to win the 2025 elections and win them massively” – Jagdeo

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“We will fly our flags in and out of elections” – Teixeira to Opposition

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$543.6M for vital bridge rehabilitation in Region Four

The Ministry of Public Works has allocated a significant sum of $543.6 million for the rehabilitation of vital bridges across Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica), enhancing...

Removal of Marxism-Leninism from Party’s Constitution among proposals as PPP 32nd Congress gets underway...

The People’s Progressive Party’s 32ndCongress gets underway today and during the two-day forum, the ruling party is expected to consider several proposals made by...

GRA reviewing invoices in 2nd oil audit to detect overstatements – VP Jagdeo

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Father of 4 killed after rescuing fellow villager from attackers

Joseph Forde, a 44-year-old contractor of Middle Street, Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara (ECD), lost his life on Thursday evening after he was chopped and...

Prisoner further remanded for murder of cellmate

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force: A 23-year-old prisoner, Shamar Davis called Stamma of Lot 56 B Field, Sophia who has been on...