The Piper

The UN-sponsored commemorative “Days” are usually innocuous events that let various and sundry interest groups tell the world they’re alive and (possibly) kicking. Now...

Your Eyewitness notes that the AFC – under its newly-installed leader Ramjattan – has called Transparency International (TI) to investigate the old allegations by...

In the 1939 classic movie, “Mr Smith goes to Washington”, the idealistic but very naïve Jimmy Stewart wants to do a good deed for...

Here we go again!!! Venezuela’s kvetching that Pres Ali declared before the General Assembly last month: “In the matter of Guyana’s sovereignty and territorial...

…of kick-down-the-door banditry? We Guyanese have a way with words when it comes to naming crimes, which leaves VERY little to the imagination. “Mugging” doesn’t...

…in culture One of the sad legacies of our British colonial history is we try to imitate them in all manner of ways – knowing...

…the elections ruse In the just-concluded appeal of the PPP to have the AFC candidate at the LGE for the Whim area removed – because...

…at Gajraj News of the passing of former Home Affairs Minister Ronald Gajraj came as a surprise to most. He was comparatively young – just...

…democratic watchdog? A distinctive (and sick) feature of the PNC’s make-up is its cynicism about democratic norms. This goes back to its founder leader Burnham,...

…AFC situation Well, it isn’t as popular as it was back in the day, but you do know, Dear Reader, that “a rum situation” means...