Dear Editor, As I observe the rapid escalation of political and social instability across Guyana today, I am convinced that our modern nation-state is failing to uphold the unwritten pact between the governed and the governing.
At the memorial for the late Robert Corbin, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo praised the willingness of Mr.
By Benjamin Outar Benjamin Outar is an economics student at the University of Toronto’s Trinity College, focusing on development economics and the intersection of the public and private sectors.
Dear Editor, Eusi Kwayana has transitioned at the age of 101 after a very eventful life.
Dear Editor, Fallen leaders of a bygone time, new leaders with reckless tendencies, and total disregard for our history of difficulties and struggle.
A wake last Wednesday for the late Opposition Leader and PNCR Leader Robert Corbin produced an extraordinary outpouring from the PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo that will both confuse his party’s supporters and underline the anxieties linked to the rise of We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) which relegated the ruling party’s traditional bête noire to third place in last year’s elections.
Nigel Westmaas And so, Eusi Kwayana has passed, leaving us to reckon with the immensity of a life that helped shape Guyana.
Dear Editor, The tragic loss of life aboard the MV Barima was not an unavoidable accident; it was the direct and foreseeable result of a systemic failure of duty by those entrusted with the vessel’s safety.
Dear Editor, Having followed the proceedings of the first week of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the tragic sinking of the MV Barima, I find myself deeply troubled by the revelations that have emerged so far.
Dear Editor, Timur Mohamed and I were childhood friends. We are the same age and lived a few houses apart on Ganges Street in Prashad Nagar.
Dear Editor, I am happy the conversations surrounding the soon to be completed Wismar-Mackenzie four-lane bridge is no longer about whose idea it was and who was going to do it and such waste conversation, the fact is ideas not acted on to become a reality is just that an unrealized dream.
When the MV Barima capsized and sank on July 18, 2026, during its voyage from Georgetown to Port Kaituma, the catastrophe immediately raised questions extending beyond the vessel itself.
Dear Editor, My current sojourn overseas, and being in-flight on the evening of Oct 12 curtailed my participation in the Home-Going activities for Robert Herman Orlando Corbin, CCH.
Dear Editor There are news reports that that the Commissioner of Police has rescinded his instructions to Deputy Police Commissioner Karimbaksh to proceed on leave to allow investigations into the allegations of sexual violence made against the Deputy Police Commissioner.
Dear Editor, In October 2025 Ms Danuta Radzik and Ms Elizabeth Deane Hughes asked the Commissioner of Information for records on the Gas-to-Energy project and on hazardous waste from the oil platforms.
Dear Editor, The matter of the application for, and, indeed, the necessity for a Schengen Visa for Guyanese to travel to anywhere in Europe has recently been raised by the President.
Dear Editor, I listened carefully to the General Secretary of the PPP, Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo’s remarks at the wake of former PNC General Secretary Mr.
Dear Editor, I have just returned from the funeral service for the late Robert H O Corbin, CCH, a grand Guyanese who served with distinction from his early teens.
By Dr. Nand C. Bardouille The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) bloc is increasingly divided over how to manage U.S.
Recent events involving the Guyana Police Force raise serious questions about its leadership, the reliability of its public statements and its ability to investigate matters involving its own senior officers.