EYEWITNESS: Double standards…
…on “vulgarity”
Over in Carnival Land, folks are all riled up about what constitutes “vulgarity” in their emblematic art form of Calypso. Now that’s more...
THE PIPER: Budget debate’s rationale vitiated
A government's "Budget" is its estimated spending for the coming year on the various projects and programs that are expected of modern governments. Since...
THE PIPER: Retooling Unions
Speaking to the Guyana Trades Union (TUC) fourth Triennial Delegates Conference, President David Granger pointed out some home truths on changes in the modern...
EYEWITNESS: Orwellian world…
…in Guyana
Our European colonial masters introduced us to the notion of “sovereignty”, which describes where in the polity POWER should reside. Around the time,...
PIPER: The GECOM Standoff
It all began rather innocuously at the beginning of December when the incumbent Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) announced his retirement. In...
EYEWITNESS: It’s only money…
…why should City Hall worry?
Seems like one City Councillor woke up from the slumber into which most of his cohorts seem to have fallen....
EYEWITNESS: New low…
…in race relations
Three Afro-centric organisations of Guyana, The African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA); Pan African Group (Guyana) Branch; The All African Guyanese Association,...
EYEWITNESS: Epiphany…
…by Prezzie
Prezzie’s unilateral choice of Justice Patterson as GECOM Chair business isn’t only working like a Rorschach Test to uncover the mindset of Guyanese...
What the APNU+AFC and PPP should do now
By The Piper
We are approaching the hundred-day mark for the new APNU+AFC administration to meet promises it set during the election campaign and soon...
Letters and Blogs are the Greatest Threat to Stability in Guyana
By The Piper
Commentators on Guyana usually use race as a point of departure in their analyses of politics, economics, and culture of the country....