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Friday, April 26, 2024

EYEWITNESS: Hustling…with the touts

Your Eyewitness mentioned yesterday the PNC’s refusal to adhere to democratic norms in so many areas of national life on account of their authoritarian...

EYEWITNESS: Primary… education stresses

News that the Grades 2, 4 and 9 Assessments have been cancelled precipitated in your Eyewitness a wave of nostalgia for the days when...

Eyewitness: Friends…

…with benefits It’s clear not only from the announcements coming out of their engagements, but from their obvious bonhomie, that Presidents Ali and Santokhi have...

EYEWITNESS: Reaching out…

…for security “Security” is such an omnibus term…and everyday it seems to pick up another dimension. We even hear about “happiness security” up North!! But...

Eyewitness: The outrage…

…over MPs is misplaced Looks like some folks have really gotten their bucktas and drawers in knots over the MPs’ behaviour – from both sides...

Eyewitness: Again projecting…

…PNC’s violent reflex During the marathon Parliamentary Sitting on Monday night into Tuesday morning, the Government requestioned $249,967,523 to establish and operationalise what it described...

Eyewitness: Getting closer…with Suriname

When you come to think of it – and we really never really think of it – the fact that we feel closer to...

EYEWITNESS: Settling ambiguities…

…in “ancestral” lands Well, your Eyewitness is happy the CoI into African “ancestral lands” has finally started its work. For the longest while, there was...

Eyewitness: Fit and proper… to oversee our bonanza?

With us Guyanese, our partisanship knows no bounds. And therein lies our greatest challenge going forward. It doesn’t matter what’s the issue, it always...

Eyewitness: New nationalism…

…over COVID-19 vaccine For two centuries we were assured that the “free market” was the way to go if we wanted to improve the well-being...

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