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Saturday, May 18, 2024

Eyewitness: It’s high time…for hemp!!

Getting this hemp industry going is like one of those Cecil B DeMille productions that were always touted as “TEN YEARS IN THE MAKING”!!...

Eyewitness: Challenges…in agriculture

Poor CGX. They’re always the bridesmaid at our oil weddings – even though they’d taken the lead in drilling offshore way back in 2000...

The horror, the horror…of WC Berbice riots

In Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness”, as the antagonist Kurtz lies dying and his life of evil – destroying countless lives and souls in...

Eyewitness: Desperately seeking survival…

...as Dead Meat In our tropical climes it doesn’t take long for “Dead Meat” to rot and stink to high heavens. Gone are the days...

EYEWITNESS: Forked tongue…

…on sugar You could’ve knocked your Eyewitness down with a feather! He’d just read a report of President Granger’s speech at an environmental meet in...

Eyewitness: Preparing…

…for emancipation Well, here we are…less than a week away from celebrating Emancipation Day and your Eyewitness is getting pretty excited. After all, we just...

Eyewitness: Flexing…

…(PNC) muscles in GOF By now your Eyewitness hopes his dear readers appreciate that in all of life happenstances, there’s the TEXT but more importantly,...

EYEWITNESS: Moving on …with sugar workers

Your Eyewitness was quite chuffed to hear – well, actually “READ”, if you want to be a pedant! – that those 500 workers from...

EYEWITNESS: Can we talk…

…about what ails us? The ERC recently sent out a notice to the public at large to solicit their views on “How do we improve...

EYEWITNESS: Separating…

…saints from scoundrels One letter writer, from the PNC side of the divide, took umbrage at what she calls “the saintly remaking of Walter Rodney”,...

Recent Articles

Teens charged with murder of excavator operator

Nineteen-year-old Daniel Badley of Second Street, Mocha Arcadia EBD and Quamina Street, Beterverwagting ECD along with two juveniles were on Friday charged with the...

Teen busted with ammunition during roadblock exercise  

A teenager was taken into custody following the discovery of a magazine belonging to a Taurus pistol and a single live round of 9mm...

Man escapes from Police leaving behind ganja & cocaine

The police have launched a manhunt for a man who reportedly escaped from Police leaving behind 2239.2 grams of cannabis and 41.9 grams of...

CH&PA remains committed to providing affordable housing to citizens but reiterates squatting is illegal...

The Housing and Water Ministry, through the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) on Friday stated that it remains committed to peaceful resolution as...

Onverwagt prawns project to yield an estimated $48M per crop

The prawns project being developed at Onverwagt, Region Five is poised to produce 12 tonnes of Vannamei prawns per crop, with each tonne expected...

AFC to hold 8th biannual conference on June 29

FULL STATEMENT: The Alliance For Change (AFC) is pleased to announce its 8th Biannual Conference, which will be held on June 29, 2024, in Georgetown....

GTU not serious about conciliation following series of demands – AG

…says Union using teachers to push other agenda In light of the recent ultimatum issued by the Guyana Teachers’ Union concerning the 20 per cent...

$117M owed in traffic tickets’ payments

…237 drivers fined $18M for drunk driving Drivers in Guyana face a staggering bill of $117 million owed to the Guyana Police Force following a...

“There will be reciprocity” – VP warns countries restricting Guyana’s commodities

Imports from any country that prevents Guyana’s commodities from entering its market will face similar restrictions when its exports are entering Guyana. This is according...

Venezuela Border Controversy: Guyana notifies allies of Venezuela’s threatening posture at border

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo informed media practitioners on Thursday afternoon that the Government of Guyana has informed all relevant international bodies, allies, and other...