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Friday, April 19, 2024

Eyewitness: Fulminations…of labour

As expected, your Eyewitness read with bemusement the opening salvo on blaming the abysmal state of the trade union movement on everything but themselves,...

Eyewitness: The wages of…extremism

When your Eyewitness read about the latest act of terrorism in America, he had a sinking feeling in his stomach that was becoming all...

EYEWITNESS: Rates

…of Public Sector discrimination There’s a story in the press about the Bertrand Collins Public Service College, wherein the Director— (Retd) Col Lawrence Paul — says...

Eyewitness: All aboard…

…the Parliamentary Train Well, first of all, your Eyewitness wants you to know, dear reader, that he was very conflicted yesterday, since there were two...

Eyewitness: Much ado about…

…Local Government Elections How much more can we, the Guyanese people, take on this “election business”? Your Eyewitness is as red-blooded as anyone else when...

EYEWITNESS: Sore points…

…about NYT report That NYT reporter certainly seems to’ve struck a raw nerve in some folks here with his story, “The $20 Billion question for...

EYEWITNESS: Beware

…the Ides of March The “Ides of March” was a medieval marker for the 15th of several months – including March – from where one could...

EYEWITNESS: Locking the stable…

…after pharma bolted When they were in the Opposition, the PNC (which morphed into APNU with the fig-leaves of WPA et al) and the AFC...

Eyewitness: Movin’ on…with Elections Petition

Over in Kenya, a land with some forty-odd tribes (some VERY odd!!), they have our electoral problems in spades, since they gotta contend with...

Eyewitness: Watchdog…

…for PNC’s survival The countdown to the PNC leadership elections inexorably continues. The “moving finger writes…” and all that jazz. But we can’t ignore what...

Recent Articles

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“Words can’t express how much they mean to me” – mother demands answers, justice...

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US$1M mobilisation fee for rental of power ship – GPL

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Truck involved in Water Street fatal accident was unregistered – police

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Mother of 3 crushed to death by truck

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Remigrant calls for better police response after home burglarised; over $1.5M in items stolen

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IDPADA-G never filed discrimination complaint with ERC – Commissioner

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