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Friday, March 29, 2024

Eyewitness: Passings…of old politician Rai

With COVID-19 still roiling our existence, your Eyewitness expects there will be folks passing on to whatever is “over there” (?) “before their time”....

EYEWITNESS: War break… in Europe

Your Eyewitness has feasted on Rambo tales even before Rambo was created! The trope of a lone western hero taking on thousands of “natives”...

Eyewitness: Politics…in Parliament

Technically, “Parliament” includes both the President and the National Assembly. But since the Presidency’s already locked away, he’ll discuss the National Assembly where the...

Eyewitness: Gotta know…when to fold it

When your Eyewitness heard about the latest travails of sugar at GuySuCo’s Uitvlugt factory, it set him thinking. The factory’s been closed for months,...

Eyewitness: Letting it all hang out…in the Police Force

Your Eyewitness would be foolish indeed if he were to condemn the entire Guyana Police Force. Surely, in an organisation of some 4500 men...

Eyewitness: Hijinks…in US

Ever since the 13 colonies on the American eastern seaboard decided to poke the British Monarch – at that time the “mad” George III...

EYEWITNESS: Unbribable…

…to COP? Well…well…well. Here we go again!! President Granger has decided on who will be the top COP very early in the day, and it...

EYEWITNESS: Digging…

…the credit hole When then President, Jagdeo had visited Kuwait and some other countries in the Middle East, back in 2010, to secure development funding...

EYEWITNESS: Misreading…

…and Mislabelling The author Thomas Wolff’s most famous novel is “You can’t go home again”. In it he scathingly details the lives of his hometown...

EYEWITNESS: Democracy…

…and blood It’s said that “blood is thicker than water”. And this bit of folk wisdom was certainly reaffirmed when James McAllister, an old PNC...

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