Eyewitness: The journey…not taken
Your Eyewitness’ eyes had popped when he heard (not through the grapevine or from one of those social media mushrooms) but from one of...
EYEWITNESS: Water, water everywhere…
…but none for rice?
Some folks might’ve been taken aback by the news of 2000 acres of rice over in Berbice that was threatened by...
EYEWITNESS: Shaking up…
…the political tree
With the demise of the AFC, another third foot is about to be dropped in the political arena. The outspoken ex- Vice...
Eyewitness: Authoritarian impulses…
…towards Parliament
Your Eyewitness has repeatedly emphasised that democracy doesn’t depend only on what’s written in constitutions and statutes. Even more important is the attitude...
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: Sting of the PNC scorpion…
…and Irfaan Ali
There’s the old story of the scorpion and the frog. Wanting to cross a swollen river, a scorpion pleaded with a frog...
EYEWITNESS: Moving on…from role models
They say, “Behind every dark cloud there’s a silver lining”. And there certainly have been dark clouds over Guyana after Minister Ramson dared suggest...
Whither… Caricom?
Today’s the 48th anniversary of the signing of the historic agreement – the Treaty of Chaguaramas – that formed Caricom. Yes…Caricom was “born on...
EYEWITNESS: Questions…
…of Prezzie
Your Eyewitness was intrigued to discover Prezzie had evidently taken that “midnight plane to Georgia” to deliver an address to the PNC group...
Eyewitness: Disappearing…
...prisoners
Prisoners escaping from Lusignan Prison don’t raise eyebrows no mo’. The facility – nothing more than a fenced-off holding pen for minimum-security prisoners in...