Eyewitness: The cynicism of…
…Big Pharma on COVID-19
Your Eyewitness tries to ensure his glasses aren’t too rose-coloured and then cleans them religiously so his vision isn’t too blurred....
Eyewitness: What’s new…
…about Police brutality?
Another day, another Police brutality – this time at the Wales Police Station on West Dem. A man’s car ended up in...
Eyewitness: Dead end…
…on Caricom?
A veteran European analyst, writing on the Caribbean in another newspaper, was pretty bleak about Caricom’s fortunes in the days ahead. In a...
Eyewitness: Milking…
…the diaspora
Today the word “diaspora” is all over the news including in Guyana but kinda new at playing the diaspora game. We’ve come a...
EYEWITNESS: Caribbean matters… in Barbados
Barbados will be pulling the curtains down on British colonialism come Nov 21. On that day, as per votes already taken in their National...
EYEWITNESS: War of…Black Pudding
Just when your Eyewitness thought it was safe to come out after all those missiles had been fired in the wake of the elections’...
Eyewitness: Changes…and PNC exchanges
Back in 1998, then Leader of the PNC, Desmond Hoyte, smarting from his electoral loss and an attempted leadership coup, was asked why he’d...
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: Tugging…the (Exxon) tiger’s tail
As you dear readers would know, your Eyewitness is a dyed-in-the-wool patriot. He’s drank enough “black-water” from the creeks -not to mention that potent...
Eyewitness: Death of…privacy
Recently, there’s been a whole lotta indignation and foot stamping about social media and journalism on the actions of the Government and vice versa....
Recent Articles
Fmr. PNC General Secretary, Oscar Clarke passes
Former General Secretary (GS) of the People's National Congress (PNC) reportedly died on Wednesday after complaining of feeling unwell. He died at a private...
GMSA urges T&T authorities to resolve ‘breach’ swiftly
Full statement below:
The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) has taken note of the recent denial of entry into the Republic of Trinidad and...
Guyanese exporters have been subjected to unfair treatment by T&T for decades – GOGEC
say latest development is blatant violation of free trade embodied in the Treaty of Chaguaramas
The Guyana Oil and Gas Energy Chamber (GOGEC) has...
GCCI calls for removal of NTB following T&T’s refusal to import milk, water from...
Full statement below:
The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) notes, with strong consternation, the attempts by Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) to frustrate the...
MoA procures 100 Vessel Monitoring Devices for fisheries sector
The Agriculture Ministry through its Fisheries Department recently procured 100 Vessel Monitoring Devices (VMDs) as part of its monitoring strategy for artisanal fisheries in...
CARICOM Trade Ministers meet in Georgetown for 58th COTED
CARICOM Ministers with responsibility for trade began a two-day meeting on Tuesday, May 14 at the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana.
Minister of Trade and...
MoE issues warning letters sent to 9 contractors for failing to meet deadlines, substandard...
The Education Ministry has issued several warning letters to nine contractors for breaching their stipulated contractual deadlines as well as for producing substandard work.
This...
Security officer shot dead after allegedly opening fire on Police
A security officer attached to Kalibur Security Service was on Tuesday shot and killed after he opened fire on a team of police officers...
Long Creek smash-up claims 6th victim
A sixth person has succumbed to his injuries following the horrific smash-up at Long Creek Linden-Soesdyke Highway on Monday which has already claimed the...
High Court throws out BK’s challenge of quarry licences granted to Hadi’s World Inc.
An application made by BK Quarries Incorporated, challenging the quarry licences granted to Hadi’s World – a company owned by businessman Nazar “Shell” Mohamed...