THE PIPER: Whither Social Cohesion?
Ever since the APNU/AFC coalition government launched a "Social Cohesion" Ministry in May 2015, the country has been trying to figure out what is...
EYEWITNESS: Moving on …but up or down politically?
They say change is inevitable…you just can’t stop the moving finger of time that “writes and moves on”. Wasn’t it fella Zeno who said...
EYEWITNESS: Empty rhetoric…
…on rural women
Yesterday was International Women’s Day and as usual the international coordinators came up with a theme for the year: “Time is Now:...
Eyewitness: War…or no war?
At each stage of history, your Eyewitness is pretty sure the folks then around felt they were quite “civilised”. And were better than those...
EYEWITNESS: Local… politics
Burnham was a fella full of ideas. He was full of a lot of other stuff – like the kind into which Rodney said...
Eyewitness: Concerns raised…
…within the PNC
Your (patriotic) Eyewitness is worried about the PNC. In case you weren’t aware, Dear Readers, political parties can fall into depression just...
EYEWITNESS: The morning after…
…the bloodletting
It looks like the storm (of anger and hate) broke yesterday…after washing over and ravaging us coastlanders from Sunday afternoon to late Wednesday...
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: One step forward…
…two steps backwards at COP26
Now that not only the world leaders but the Sherpas and activists have departed from COP26 at Glasgow, what’s the...
EYEWITNESS: Political football…
…AND SUGAR
The Leader of the Opposition predicts that, the way things are going, the entire sugar industry will soon be shuttered. But that was...
Recent Articles
Venezuelan stabbed to death by co-worker
See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:
A report of an alleged murder committed on one called ‘Frankie’, Venezuelan, by suspect, Cane Vincent, age...
“Words can’t express how much they mean to me” – mother demands answers, justice...
By: Andrew Carmichael
“Words can’t express how much they mean to me, dem is me children,” expressed Rihanna Persaud, the mother who lost her nine-year-old...
No increase in electricity costs for consumers – Jagdeo assures amid power ship deal
Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has assured that the electricity price will not increase following the government’s move to charter a power ship to...
Govt would hire contractors without “full experience” to keep up with rapid development –...
New contractors would be hired by the government to keep apace with the ongoing rapid development in the infrastructure sector.
This is according to Vice...
Stabroek Market Wharf cleanup making significant progress
Works on clearing the rubble from the collapsed roof of the Stabroek Market Wharf continued on Thursday.
A 45-member crew is working assiduously to remove...
US$1M mobilisation fee for rental of power ship – GPL
See full statement from the Guyana Power and Light:
On April 13, 2024, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Inc. signed a contract with Urbacon...
Truck involved in Water Street fatal accident was unregistered – police
See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:
A fatal accident occurred on Monday, April 15, 2024, on Water Street, Georgetown, involving an unregistered motor...
Mother of 3 crushed to death by truck
A 36-year-old mother of three was last evening crushed to death by a hauler truck at High and Princes Streets, Georgetown.
She has been identified...
Remigrant calls for better police response after home burglarised; over $1.5M in items stolen
A businessman’s home in Berbice was burglarized while he was overseas, resulting in over $1 million in items being stolen.
The man, a remigrant is...
IDPADA-G never filed discrimination complaint with ERC – Commissioner
See full statement from the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC):
The International Decade of People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G) has never filed a...