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Thursday, April 18, 2024

Eyewitness: Investigating…

…GuySuCo’s culture The new Minister of Agri delivered some “tough love” to GuySuCo managers while on a visit to the Berbice operations. He read them...

Eyewitness: Engaging…

…Guyanese in foreign There’s a whole heap of (fat) talk circulating about the “Guyanese Diaspora” …which is the fancy phrase for “Guyanese in foreign”. You...

Consensus…with the PNC?

UN Resident Co-ordinator Mikiko Tanaka, presumably speaking for the organisation she represents, had some advice, on the 75th anniversary of the UN, for the...

EYEWITNESS: Backhanded…compliment

Well, who told Irfaan Ali – who just happens to be the President of Guyana – to call for “unity and reconciliation” for all...

Eyewitness: Squatting…

…and living For a country in which its population has pretty much remained stagnant for the last forty years, (770,000 in 1980 and same today!)...

Eyewitness: Giving recognition…

…to a catalyst The PPP Government has issued some commemorative stamps to recognise the 100th anniversary of Janet Jagan’s birth. And that is fitting. While...

Eyewitness: Changes…

…in electoral law? Your Eyewitness is a tad confused. It was reported that the AG and the Opposition Leader have agreed to changes in the...

Eyewitness: Getting ready

…for cheap electricity The Irfan Ali Government is proving to be a juggernaut on so many fronts to the tattered and battered remnants of the...

Eyewitness: Return of…

…a man of conscience Back in the day – waaaay back in the day! – Henry VIII wanted to get out of his marriage with...

EYEWITNESS: Land, land everywhere… but folks still squatting on it

After his piece on the Success Squatting saga yesterday, your Eyewitness was reminded by a friend that this land distribution problem is older than...

Recent Articles

Venezuelan stabbed to death by co-worker

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  A report of an alleged murder committed on one called ‘Frankie’, Venezuelan, by suspect, Cane Vincent, age...

“Words can’t express how much they mean to me” – mother demands answers, justice...

By: Andrew Carmichael “Words can’t express how much they mean to me, dem is me children,” expressed Rihanna Persaud, the mother who lost her nine-year-old...

No increase in electricity costs for consumers – Jagdeo assures amid power ship deal

Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has assured that the electricity price will not increase following the government’s move to charter a power ship to...

Govt would hire contractors without “full experience” to keep up with rapid development –...

New contractors would be hired by the government to keep apace with the ongoing rapid development in the infrastructure sector. This is according to Vice...

Stabroek Market Wharf cleanup making significant progress

Works on clearing the rubble from the collapsed roof of the Stabroek Market Wharf continued on Thursday. A 45-member crew is working assiduously to remove...

US$1M mobilisation fee for rental of power ship – GPL

  See full statement from the Guyana Power and Light: On April 13, 2024, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Inc. signed a contract with Urbacon...

Truck involved in Water Street fatal accident was unregistered – police

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  A fatal accident occurred on Monday, April 15, 2024, on Water Street, Georgetown, involving an unregistered motor...

Mother of 3 crushed to death by truck

A 36-year-old mother of three was last evening crushed to death by a hauler truck at High and Princes Streets, Georgetown. She has been identified...

Remigrant calls for better police response after home burglarised; over $1.5M in items stolen

A businessman’s home in Berbice was burglarized while he was overseas, resulting in over $1 million in items being stolen. The man, a remigrant is...

IDPADA-G never filed discrimination complaint with ERC – Commissioner

See full statement from the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC): The International Decade of People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G) has never filed a...