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Monday, May 13, 2024

EYEWITNESS: Names…

…and colour What’s in a name? The Bard opined that names didn’t matter, and that “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”. And...

Eyewitness: Working to get something…

…from oil? Starting today, the PPP/C Government has decided that each Guyanese will be receiving US$5000 monthly from our oil revenues. That’s right…not just the...

EYEWITNESS: Sore points…

…about NYT report That NYT reporter certainly seems to’ve struck a raw nerve in some folks here with his story, “The $20 Billion question for...

EYEWITNESS: Misreading…

…and Mislabelling The author Thomas Wolff’s most famous novel is “You can’t go home again”. In it he scathingly details the lives of his hometown...

Eyewitness: Another day…

…another PNC (looting) scandal The word “loot” entered the English language directly from a Hindi dialect of India after the British East India Company’s conquest...

The Tragedy of Indians

By The Piper Indians in Guyana and Trinidad face an insurmountable problem when it comes to the politics of race. The problem is two-fold. Firstly,...

Eyewitness: The farce…

…of Venezuela’s controversy Now don’t get your Eyewitness wrong. He doesn’t think Maduro’s sabre rattling from Caracas is “ha ha” funny. It’s the farce that...

Eyewitness: Fighting in the clinch…

…after PNC nominations Your Eyewitness is a boxing buff…even with the steady deterioration of the heavyweight division! Tyson Fury? Really? So, he looks at the...

Eyewitness: Letting it all hang out…in the Police Force

Your Eyewitness would be foolish indeed if he were to condemn the entire Guyana Police Force. Surely, in an organisation of some 4500 men...

EYEWITNESS: Moving ahead …on food?

You’ll have to excuse your Eyewitness for not getting too excited by the hype and exhortations coming out of our Agri-Investment Expo bash. Not...

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