Op-Ed: Govt breaching labour laws by not paying sugar workers their full severance
Below is a opinion editorial done by Dr Leslie Ramsammy, a former Health Minister, on the statement by President David Granger, which was read...
How is the decline in “serious crimes” calculated?
Dear Editor,
An article (that appeared in another newspaper) under the caption, “Serious crimes down by 11% in 2017”, raises many questions. First, I am...
Opinion: Eyewitness
Native informants…
…in sugar
Native informants were a staple of British colonial rule all across its empire, of which it boasted, “the sun never sets”. Well,...
Letter: THE LEADERSHIP VACUUM
Dear Editor,
This contribution is submitted because of my examination of the Enmore district, which includes Foulis, and which I feel is a microcosm...
Letter: Political and judicial hyperbolic-ism
Dear Editor,
The consequences of political and judicial hyperbolic-ism are of significance in Guyana now over seven decades which impacted freedom of independence, thereafter which...
Letter: Comedy hour at City Hall
Dear Editor,
Each time you hear from the Georgetown City Council, it is always something more outrageous and bizarre than the previous declaration.
On this occasion...
Op-Ed: The Bitter Struggle for Sweet Sugar
Below in an opinion piece by Attorney-at-Law, Member of Parliament and former Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall:
Any assessment that views the sugar...
Coalition Govt not practising transformative politics
…being managed sadly as single-party unit – David Hinds
By Michael Younge
The ruling People’s National Congress (PNC)-led A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance...
Column: EYEWITNESS
Satisfaction…
…with oil contract!
Nobody could possibly confuse Raphael Trotman with Mick Jagger - or any other members of the Rolling Stones, for that matter! But...
Letter: Some medication shortage in Region 2
Dear Editor,
Many people go to the Medical Centre and hospitals in Region 2 hoping that medication, some of it basic, would be readily available....
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