Eyewitness: How deep…
…is westernisation?
Reading all the learned analyses on what “went wrong” in Afghanistan after the American retreat…sorry, withdrawal…you’d think the country has just a bunch...
EYEWITNESS: Free at last …in 2021?
Well, here we are, 183 years after our enslaved ancestors were finally emancipated and we’re still talking about whether the promise of freedom has...
Eyewitness: The race is not to the swift…
…but to the one with backing!
As predicted, while Granger has coyly kept his FACE out of the PNC’s leadership picture, it’s clear his FINGERS...
EYEWITNESS: Foot and mouth disease…
…spreading
Trotman just can’t leave well alone, can he? Now that the energy portfolio – read oil and gas – has been plucked from his...
EYEWITNESS: Changing …climes
There are words for all kinds of fears that we humans have: “phobias” they’re called. There’s that terrifying reaction some of us get when...
Eyewitness: Same ole…trade union rigmarole
Your Eyewitness wonders if when the Dodo was becoming extinct it did all sorts of crazy things. No…he doesn’t have too much time on...
EYEWITNESS: Looking out…
…for neighbours
Back in the day, after Burnham and his PNC experiments had brought the country to its knees, Guyanese fled to every country in...
EYEWITNESS: The maximum leader…
…doesn’t have to explain
Asked about why he didn’t tell Burnham he disagreed with one of the latter’s decisions, Hamilton Green replied wryly, “Who could...
EYEWITNESS: More on education…
…with CXC results out
Just yesterday, your Eyewitness waxed – if not lyrical, certainly prolixly – on the premises of our elementary education set-up, which...
EYEWITNESS: Elections…
…a la Green!
Hamilton Green wrote a long and rambling letter (well…he IS getting on in years, isn’t he?!!) about President Jimmy Carter’s role in...