and augmenting the living standards of people Dear Editor, We have received news that the 51st Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM will be meeting from 6-8 July in St.
Dear Editor, The solution is simple. If the government keeps avoiding ensuring transparency and accountability in the spending of taxpayers’ money the opposition must carry out the work of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) without them.
Over the past year, reports of violent confrontations in Guyana’s hinterland regions—including Indigenous villages and mining communities—have become increasingly common.
Dear Editor, On the 28th of August, 2024, the Ministry of Agriculture proudly announced “$600M abattoir completed at Onverwagt, Region Five” (https://agriculture.gov.gy/2024/08/28/600m-abattoir-completed-at-onverwagt-region-five/).
By Dhanpaul Narine The city is a magnet. People gravitate to it from everywhere. They want to escape poverty and start a new life.
Dear Editor, You can hate the PNC and PPP how much you want, it should not clutter and pollute our minds into becoming anti-democratic since this country has suffered too much when the opposing side did not get their right to free speech in the past. Both
Dear Editor, The news that the Surinamese government announced that they will be proceeding with the construction of a bridge over the Corentyne river alone has come as no surprise to me, but what is surprising is the response by our illustrious Head of State, when he said “that’s news to him”.
Please allow me to respond to those among us who have recently aligned themselves with negativity towards our country’s compassion to Venezuela and Jamaica.
On June 26, while addressing delegates at the Annual Caribbean Conference of Accountants (ICAC), President Irfaan Ali made remarks which constituted an attack on the right of accountants to speak freely on any topic of their choosing and to freedom of association.
Dear Editor, ExxonMobil Guyana Limited’s 2025 financial results, recently disclosed by Vice President John Colling, deserve closer public attention.
By Lilia Burunciuc, World Bank Director for the Caribbean As Hurricane Melissa approached Jamaica in October 2025, Mona-Lisa was busy with a desperate, unusual task.
Dear Editor, The KW editorial of 30th June rightfully draws attention to the issues of alcohol and other drug use among children in Guyana.
Dear Editor, It’s quite disturbing to see this government continuously boasting of development even though whatever they do is riddled with scandals and incompetence.
The announcement on Wednesday last that the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) has decided to expand pension payment options through Bill Express, MoneyGram and Mobile Money Guyana is a welcome and overdue step toward modernising how elderly citizens receive their benefits.
Dear Editor, During the recent National Building Exposition, His Excellency President Irfaan Ali posed a direct question to a business leader of Comfort Sleep Inc: “What is his greatest problem in the business?” The
Dear Editor, As I have followed the race to succeed António Guterres as UN Secretary-General, I have become increasingly convinced that the most qualified candidate in the field is the one without the most obvious résumé: Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett of Guyana.
Dear Editor, One can easily argue that Guyana is not going through economic transformation but instead is experiencing a period of economic recovery with the addition of the oil and gas sector.
By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Previously Fellow of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government The 250th birthday of American independence, observed on 4 July, 2026, is an occasion for celebration and for reflection.
Dear Editor, It took time for the We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) pioneers to get inside Guyana’s parliament.
The figures on substance abuse among youth released by Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony on Friday should trouble every parent, teacher and policymaker in Guyana.