GEORGETOWN, Guyana, The Stabroek News editorial’s critique of Rickford Burke underscores an issue that transcends just one individual’s freedom of speech. The article draws attention to Burke’s actions and associations, yet noticeably omits pressing challenges that Guyana grapples with, including rampant racial discrimination, the taking away of lands from black communities, the history of PPP’s corruption, and the unsettling instances of extrajudicial killings primarily aimed at black citizens.
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 2023 - Last Friday I was part of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) delegation that, at the government’s request, participated in a meeting, dubbed “Budgetary Consultation.”...
KINGSTON, OCTOBER 8, 2023 - One does not easily depart from the expressed view of Dr Lloyd Barnett on issues relating to the Jamaican Constitution. I am however persuaded that...
GEORGETOWN,Guyana, October 7, 2023 - Former Georgetown Mayor Pandit Ubraj Narine, says the plethora of alleged lies and deciet used by VP Bharrat Jagdeo to undermine the foundations of democracy...
GEORGETOWN, October 4, 2023 - There is never a dull moment in Guyana. As the older people would say, “If is not one thing is another”. There was a diaspora...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 2, 2023 - I return to the issue of the Opposition’s failure to use its political leverage to bring the Government to the table when its support...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana September 25, 2023 -The rejection of the Government of Venezuela to the recent sale of oil blocks by the Government of Guyana, coupled with the response by the...
KINGSTON, September 29, 2023 Jamaica is in a unique situation, roughly analogous to a dynasty given that two members of one household head two co-equal and separate branches of Government. ...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 27, 2023 - Sunday night saw fireworks going off. As was expected dogs scrambled to get to wherever they considered safe. Some squeezed under cars. The house...
GUYANA - September 25, 2023 - It took me more than sixty years to understand something my mother often said to me when I was a boy. She would often...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 17, 2023 - This Ali/Jagdeo regime is proving every day to the world they cannot be trusted. Having had the opportunity to meet with U.S. House Minority...
KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 2023 - My interest in examining the question of racism in Jamaica is triggered by the public response to the depiction of oppression, using the symbol of...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 15, 2023 - Borrowing is often a habit by people who believe that they are the smart ones. In the case of ordinary people, they borrow to...
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