Letters To The Editor
Local Gov’t Elections must take place this year
Dear Editor, After a very publicized meeting and several days of waiting the WIN and APNU have issued a joint statement that leaves much to be desired.
Opinion
Editorial
CCJ and the way ahead
In his address at the inauguration of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on April 16, 2005, the first President of the court, Justice Michael De La Bastide spoke confidently of the mechanisms that were in place to entrench the independence of the court and its insulation from political interference.
Letters To The Editor
We need a Development Bank but not a political piggy bank
Dear Editor, After almost forty years as an entrepreneur in Guyana, I know firsthand how difficult it can be for small and medium-sized businesses to access financing.
Letters To The Editor
Four WIN MPs should defect to Forward Guyana and help end parliament inertia
Dear Editor, I am proposing a political solution to the continuing parliamentary inertia, almost a year after the 2025 general elections, caused primarily due to WIN increasingly being consumed by institutional crises that undermine its ability to execute coherent legislative strategy.
From the Conversation Tree
Compensation
Compensation for the victims of the MV Barima is already being discussed and figures are being mentioned.
Road To First Oil
Road to First Oil – Every Man Woman and Child Must Become Oil-Minded Column No. 197
From 12.5% to Nearly 40% – How Long Can the Good Times Last? – Part 3 Having promised renegotiation and abandoned it on taking office, President Ali offered the country a substitute.
Food Systems Matter
When heritage is on the plate: Wapichan food sovereignty, health, and renewal in the South Rupununi
By: Immaculata Casimero Immaculata Casimero is a Wapichan woman from the South Rupununi and an advocate for Indigenous rights, women’s leadership, and community-led development in Wapichan Wiizi.
Letters To The Editor
Rodrigues-Birkett’s candidacy should provide natural point of convergence for Global South
Dear Editor, Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Guyana’s Candidate, the Caribbean’s Candidate, and a compelling voice for the Global South is who the United Nations needs at this time.
Diaspora Voices
Count the chairs, Not the seats! Women and Corporate Leadership in the Caribbean
By Prof C. Justin Robinson, Pro Vice Chancellor and Campus Principal, UWI Five Islands Campus The 2026 academic year is upon us and one the realities of UWI is that in every 100 students roughly 70 are female.
Editorial
MV Barima remains below water
More than a month after the MV Barima tragedy, the Government has demonstrated no shortage of capacity for activity.
Letters To The Editor
There is need to promote an Amerindian village in Guyana annually as a Literature Village
Dear Editor, September is Amerindian Heritage Month and is also designated as Education Month in Guyana.
Editorial
Workplace deaths and the Ministry
On Thursday the police were summoned to the Muneshwers complex at Houston on the East Bank of Demerara following a suspected workplace accident.
Letters To The Editor
Surveillance over traffic safety
Dear Editor, As one moves around Georgetown and the East Bank of Demerara, it is impossible not to notice the growing network of surveillance cameras positioned at almost every corner.
Letters To The Editor
We need more referendums to have important things set in stone
Dear Editor, In Uruguay in 2004, citizens voted to enshrine access to water as a basic human right, in their Constitution.
Letters To The Editor
Guyana should partner with the Royal Couple on these initiatives
Dear Editor, The upcoming visit of the Royal Couple to our shores is both timely and welcome.
Letters To The Editor
Offering free labour to install fire sprinkler system for this school building
Dear Editor, I am writing to publicize a matter of critical national importance regarding public safety and infrastructure development in Guyana.
Letters To The Editor
Breakdown of law and order in Guyana’s oldest Municipality
Dear Editor, There is a sad and terrifying breakdown of law and order in Guyana’s oldest Municipality and the birthplace of some of the nation’s finest and brightest…good old New Amsterdam.
Letters To The Editor
WIN’s trajectory suggests a ship taking on water faster than its crew can bail it out
Dear Editor, The recent political landscape in Guyana has raised a pressing question that many neutral observers and party loyalists alike are whispering behind closed doors: Does the main opposition party’s proverbial boat have a leak?
Letters To The Editor
All Guyanese should now support Chinese Landing and advocate for a Judicial Review of Vieira’s mining permits
Dear Editor, Coastlander goldminer Wayne Vieira once again protests his four GGMC-awarded medium-scale mining permits for Tassawni which is within the titled Amerindian Village Lands (AVL) of Chinese Landing; ‘Chinese Landing Toshao chooses village watch over emergency meeting with Bharrat’, Kiskadee Watch, 27 August 2026.
Letters To The Editor
We cannot build modern markets while allowing outdated practices inside them
As an analyst who has spent the past two years examining food quality and consumer concerns in Guyana, I believe we need to take a closer look at the standards of food handling, storage, and inspection across our markets and supermarkets.