Eyewitness: Facing reality…in sugar
VP Jagdeo dropped a hint that the Government may not reopen Skeldon Estate for producing sugar, after all. The Opposition, of course, are chortling...
Eyewitness: Deja vu…on “independent”
Is it a commentary on our politics that, on Independence Day, a denizen of the letters’ pages suggested we should revisit the “West Indian...
EYEWITNESS: Running scared… of the PPP
From where your Eyewitness sits (on a high perch, like those tennis umpires!!) it’s clear to him that much of the hysteria from the...
Eyewitness: Passing…of Gorbachev
Fame’s really fleeting, isn’t it?? Unlike notoriety – think Hitler!! Your Eyewitness just saw the news that Gorbachev’s gone. And yes…he can just hear...
EYEWITNESS: Moral hazard…
…and Jordan
Opposition Leader Dr Bharrat Jagdeo pointed out that by offering tax amnesties to those folks who haven’t paid their taxes, Finance Minister Winston...
EYEWITNESS: Remembering…
…our Indigenous Peoples
Last Thursday was recognised by the UN as “International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples” and this year the theme is about their...
EYEWITNESS: Trust…
…versus thrust in politics
For sure, EB John, that old HR specialist out of Bookers isn’t anti-Government. So one would hope they’d give a hearing...
EYEWITNESS: Lifting the veil…
…on PNC’s voting focus
The PNC – still using the fig leaf name “APNU” – had its last rally in Georgetown to fire up its...
EYEWITNESS: Waiting to exhale…
…on “no confidence” elections
Over in Britain, Theresa May lost the parliamentary vote on the treaty she’d negotiated to exit the EU (“Brexit”) by a...
Eyewitness: The PNC serpent…
…hisses
One great observer of the human condition with its omnipresent danger of sliding into unimaginable depravities once expanded on “the banality of evil”. She...
Recent Articles
Essequibo shopkeeper busted with cocaine, ganja
A 47-year-old shopkeeper of Dartmouth Village Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) was on Wednesday taken into custody following the discovery of a quantity of...
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A Guyanese woman was among two killed in a head-on crash in White Creek, upstate New York.
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Taxi driver busted with 22kg ganja gets 4 years, fine $19.8M
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8 illegal structures halt major infrastructure works in Linden – CH&PA
The Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority, Sherwyn Greaves, on Wednesday morning, went with a team on a fact-finding mission...
T&T Govt denies blocking importation of milk from Guyana
claims importer returned goods to DDL
The Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ministry had very strong words for Trinidad and Tobago’s (T&T) decision to...
Conciliation talks: Govt rejects GTU’s 20% across-the-board increase ultimatum
…says demand shocked Ministry, unreasonable
The sudden ultimatum by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to demand that the Government pay all teachers a 20 per...
Fmr. PNC General Secretary, Oscar Clarke passes
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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...