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DEA office is positive news for Guyana – President Ramotar
By Latoya Giles President Donald Ramotar has described as positive news for the country, the announcement that the United States Government through its local Embassy is setting up a Drug Enforcement...
Dentist injured during fight with patient over payment
A dentist is currently nursing a fractured arm that he sustained during a fight with a patient who refused to pay him more money for a procedure performed at the Port Kaituma Public Hospital. Reports...
US promises more support for natural resources sector
The US has recommitted to support the natural resources sector, especially in areas of new technology and solid waste management. According to the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment, a...
Finance Minister is insulting National Assembly – AFC
The Alliance for Change (AFC) through its Vice Chairman Moses Nagamootoo has flagged the justification by the Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh that under the Fiscal Management and Accountability...
Male rape suspect raped in prison
The New Amsterdam Prison authorities are investigating allegations of sodomy involving two high profile prisoners and another individual. The incident allegedly occurred within the prison walls on...
Influx of Chinese eroding international labour standards — Lewis
“The political leaders need to understand the seriousness and, more so, the consequences of what they are doing.” This is contention of General Secretary (GS) of the Guyana Trade Union Congress...
Guyana’s assets parceled out to foreigners at “give-away prices” – AFC
…. “GO-INVEST is an instrument of Cabinet…. will not be able to develop this country or stop the giving away of the country’s resources because it is not given its independence,” Ramjattan...
From the Diaspora…SNAP ELECTIONS? NO CONFIDENCE VOTE?
By Ralph Seeram “Ralph, I was a disciple of Cheddi Jagan; I loved the PPP and I worked for the PPP, but the PPP today is not the one I know,” my old friend Harry related to me. He added, “I...
Perfection
Sometimes people don’t feel worthy, they don’t feel “good enough” for the Creator. But oftentimes, this pressure to be perfect comes from our own misconceptions. We think that if we...
Ramotar’s hollow snap election threats
Dear Editor The “last of the buffoon leaders” was how one American journalist described the leaders of the PPP in 2014 to us. The journalist was referring specifically to their gross...
Guyana would be better off if others in our political structure can adopt this approach
Dear Editor, I would like to commend our President and the U.S. ambassador for their statesmanship and open-mindedness that made them able and willing to forget any differences which they had...
Who has been monitoring these hapless nursing candidates?
Dear Editor, As a British trained Registered Nurse, Certified Midwife, Registerd Mental Nurse , New York and Canadian Licenced Nurse with Baccalaureate degree, and laying full claim to being of...
How can Homosexuality considered a human right?
Dear Editor, How can Homosexuality considered a human right? Are there not morals and religious definitions in the formation of Human rights? I read with disdain almost daily the demands and...
THE PROBLEM OF BISRAM
Dear Editor, When I penned the letter on the insensitivities of the ads placed in the media by the Indian High commission on Thursday, May 15 in both independent Newspapers I hardly anticipated the...
Bartica Lions install new Board of Directors
The Bartica Lions Club has installed its new Board of Directors for the year 2014 – 2015. The installation ceremony was done by Governor-elect Lion Maxine Cummings. The charge to the Lions was read...
Taacoor Dial—a fisherman who knows nothing else
Fishing today has become revolutionized more in part of the inroads that technology has made. Seasoned fisherman, Taacoor Dial said if he had to do it all over again he definitely would. Dial’s...
Copycats and juvenile suicide in Guyana
The high incidence of suicide in Guyana reflects “a chronic state of unhappiness and poor mental health” that requires urgent action, said Dr. Bernadette Theodore-Gandi, PAHO-WHO Resident...
A local DEA office is long overdue
Dear Editor, It is with much delight that I learnt in your newspaper that President Donald Ramotar has agreed to lend support to the US in establishing a local Drug Enforcement Agency office (DEA) in...
The emergence of a dictatorship
By Khemraj Ramjattan When Hitler was elected Chancellor in January 1933, Germany was a democracy. There were free and fair elections; persons were allowed to vote for the party of their...
The silicone mind: Suárez, Hitler and Guyana
The police raid a brothel and you are found in a room with a prostitute. The same thing happens again. Then it occurs for the third time. Conclusion – prostitutes tend to you. Why would any...
Nursing examination…Health Minister touts intensified pre-screening of nursing students
…in quest to reduce failure rate In what may be an attempt to garner sustained acceptable performances at the country’s Nursing Examinations delivered by the Ministry of Health, moves...
Book review… A pricey literary gem of unrivaled worth
Book: Poetic Jewels by Michael Ashby Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby Poets have always stirred the conscience, embedding themselves in struggles for social change. Their words are also celebratory finding...
US TIP report flawed and inaccurate, says Govt.
The government, on Friday, once again rejected the United States State Department’s report on Trafficking In Persons (TIP) in Guyana, describing it as inaccurate and a misrepresentation. At...
Human trafficking: The US should help not hector
By Sir Ronald Sanders Human trafficking is a despicable, dehumanising and exploitative practice that is rightly described as ‘modern day slavery’. That its principal victims are women and...
THE BLUNT OF THE DAY
Sports
Canje Secondary and Tutorial Academy sores victories Kaieteur Sports- Two schools scored victories when the Rotary Club of New Amsterdam (RCNA) Childhood Obesity Prevention tape ball Inter...
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No such common ground exists
Peeping Tom… The President of Guyana’s response, regarding today’s planned talks with the United States Secretary... more
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