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Saturday, May 18, 2024

EYEWITNESS: Moving on …with sugar workers

Your Eyewitness was quite chuffed to hear – well, actually “READ”, if you want to be a pedant! – that those 500 workers from...

Eyewitness: Being remembered…in the headless Opposition

Sadly, the Opposition’s finding out that the old adage of “out of sight; out of mind” can be fatal when you’re in the business...

Eyewitness: Good intentions…and the road to hell

One of the old saws your Eyewitness has (ruefully) conceded to have more than just the usual grain of truth is that “the road...

Eyewitness: Valentine’s Day… betrayal

Valentine’s Day is usually commemorated because of some far-fetched associations with medieval “courtly love” –- which is quite a stretch since St Valentine was...

EYEWITNESS: Cleaning up… the Police

The news report was stark: “London police chief Cressida Dick resigned yesterday, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said, after he told her he was...

Eyewitness: The elders…to settle PNC’s standoff?

There’s a report in the press from Hamilton Green, declaring that “PNC Elders” will be intervening to resolve the impasse in the party on...

Eyewitness: Passing…of iconic Lata

It was said that while there are seven notes in Indian music – sa, re, ga, ma, pa, dha, ni – there should be...

EYEWITNESS: Well, it’s over now… so, what’s next?

Your Eyewitness breathed a long sigh of relief after Finance Minister Ashni Singh finally wound up this year’s Budget Debate. And having, as is...

Eyewitness: The fight continues…inside the PNC

Your Eyewitness found it rather pathetic that the new Leader of the Opposition (LoO) had to make his views on the budget known on...

Eyewitness: Low blow…on PNC’s female MP

Rather than the Opposition Leader leading off the Budget Debate, as your Eyewitness commented yesterday, some of the freshmen (so to speak) spoke in...

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