EYEWITNESS: “Hard ears”… on COVID-19
If you look at the RATE of infections and deaths from the first COVID-19 case and death in March 2020 – a visitor from...
EYEWITNESS: What’s ahead… socio-economically?
No…your Eyewitness hasn’t suddenly had a Damascene-like conversion to Marxism! But, really, we gotta accept Marx’s point that we can’t ever separate a society...
Eyewitness: Back to basics…
…across the board
This bout of heavy rainfall is really exposing a basic problem we have in our dear land of Guyana. We’ve papered it...
Eyewitness: Justice…
…for Guyanese voters
At long last, it appears that the Guyanese people who cast their votes on March 2 last year so peacefully and with...
Eyewitness: Decolonisation…
…vs Independence
The ongoing and deepening floods that have engulfed our country – on the 55th Anniversary of our independence – brings to your Eyewitness’s...
Eyewitness: Spiting
…their own lives
There’s the saying, “Cut yuh nose fuh spite yuh face!” that describes what the Mayor and his City Council are inflicting on...
Eyewitness: Closing…
…the Gates
Well, well, well! To paraphrase the verse from Samuel: “The beauty of (Microsoft) is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty...
Eyewitness: Creating…
… Independence hell
With “Independence Day” coming up tomorrow, maybe it’s time we look at the PNC that was handed our big prize. “Big”, because...
Eyewitness: Looking ahead…
…at our Oil Money
We’ve been hearing so much about us becoming a modern-day El Dorado – this time from the “Black Gold” of oil...
EYEWITNESS: Everybody wants… electoral reform?
If you believe the rhetoric in the dailies, from the letters’ pages to their page 3 coverage, you’d think it’s the dawning of “the...
Recent Articles
Police investigating alleged bomb threat at St Rose’s High School
See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:
On May 2, 2024, at 13:45hrs, an alleged bomb threat was made to St. Roses High School...
Govt to seek over US$180M in supplementary funding for GPL
Government will soon approach the National Assembly for US$180M- US$250M in supplementary funding for the Guyana Power and Light (GPL).
This sum will be used...
4 persons robbed of cash & jewellery after returning home from concert
See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:
On May 02, at about 03:15 hours, at Lot 184 Durban Backlands, Georgetown, four (4) persons were...
Grove man dies after being struck down by speeding cop
A pedestrian was last evening struck down and killed by a vehicle driven by a policeman, along the Farm Public Road, East Bank Demerara...
Jamaican Information Minister “impressed” with Guyana’s media landscape
Jamaica’s Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Information, Robert Nesta Morgan on Thursday said he is “very impressed” with...
Govt awards 150 mining blocks; more areas to be allotted in coming months
See full statement from the Ministry of Natural Resources:
Emanating from a commitment H.E. President Mohamed Irfaan Ali made to the mining stakeholders, on Friday...
Over 90 persons vying for seat on PPP’s 35-member Central Executive Committee
A total of ninety-three persons are vying to be a part of the People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP) Central Executive Committee at this weekend’s Congress.
The...
Guyana must recognise rapidly evolving work culture – GAWU on reduced hours, days
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has pointed out that the global movement to reduce working hours and days without compromising conditions...
Pupils expressed confidence, readiness for NGSA 2024
A total of 15, 488 pupils are writing this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) on May 2 and 3.
The pupils are being tested...
4 homeless after unattended stove goes up in flames
A mother and her three children are now homeless after their Number 60 Village, Corentyne, Berbice home went up in flames.
The woman had to...