Letters To The Editor
Can BK Group do the job and preserve MV Barima?
Dear Editor, I extend personal congratulations to the BK Group for nabbing that $1.034 billion MV Barima salvage award.
Opinion
Editorial
A test of constitutional government
The allegations against Deputy Commissioner Fazil Karimbaksh, head of the Special Organised Crime Unit, confront Guyana with a test of constitutional government.
Letters To The Editor
Guyana should move aggressively to acquire these decommissioned Point Lisas nitrogen assets
Dear Editor, The recent report on Kiskadee Watch detailing Canadian fertilizer giant Nutrien’s decision to indefinitely shutter its nitrogen operations in Trinidad, placing more than 300 skilled jobs on the line, is a sobering reminder of the shifting energy landscape in the Caribbean.
Letters To The Editor
Cheddi Jagan was the central figure in the October 5th story
Dear Editor, From October 5, 1992, and the present, many Guyanese are only vaguely familiar with the story about October 5,1992, its antecedents and that it was Cheddi Jagan who was the central figure at the time and up to his passing as President in March 1997.
Letters To The Editor
An important record of nationalisation has been restored
Dear Editor, A nation’s institutional memory is important. In the 1970’s a wave of nationalisation swept across Guyana.
Letters To The Editor
What goes for Guyanese peasant must also go for the PPP aristocracy.
Dear Editor, Interested in accountability? There’s a guarantee. Excellency Ali delivered that commitment six years ago.
Letters To The Editor
Mahatma Gandhi’s role in ending indentureship
Dear Editor, Nearly a hundred and ten years (March/May 1917) after the end of recruitment of indentured labourers from India and nearly 106 years after the abolition of indentureship in British colonies, the contribution of Mahatma Gandhi to the campaign against that dehumanizing system remains an important chapter in the history of India and the making of the Indian diaspora that is spread across the globe. The
Editorial
Dysfunctional framework
Our democracy functions within a dysfunctional framework. We have a Constitutional Reform Commission charged with consulting the public and formulating proposals for revising our foundation document, but the very composition of that body illustrates how far we have strayed from the principles which underpin any genuine democratic polity.
Letters To The Editor
Special independent prosecutor must be appointed in case of Deputy Commissioner of Police Karimbaksh
Dear Editor, Men in positions of power across the spectrum in Guyana, including those with ministerial positions, or exercising leadership roles in political parties including the political party in Government have to take responsibility and action for their continuing and appalling, disgusting, abusive and criminal behaviour towards women who they work with, or who work for them, who they live with, have relationships with, marry and or have families with.
Letters To The Editor
Serious concerns exist about if there is enough water for Amaila Falls hydro project
Dear Editor Sharma Solomon MP has re-opened questions about the economic viability of the Jagdeo-era proposed Amaila Falls hydropower dam on the Kuribrong River in Region 7 (‘Solomon seeks disclosure of Amaila Falls costs’, Kiskadee Watch, October 02 2026).
Letters To The Editor
Credible probe requires immediate removal of Deputy Commissioner Fazil Karimbaksh
Dear Editor, In a statement published in the October 6 Guyana Chronicle (‘Minister Walrond rejects Red Thread’s misrepresentation of comments regarding Deputy Commissioner Fazil Karimbaksh’), Minister Oneidge Walrond stated, “For the avoidance of doubt, I did not say that the complainant would be confronted by the accused.
Letters To The Editor
Development bank could transform the black pudding vendor
Dear Editor, I have followed with interest the comments of Winston Jordan, former Finance Minister under the previous PNC-led government, questioning whether the black pudding vendor in Buxton will ever benefit from the newly established Guyana Development Bank and its loans of up to GY$3 million without collateral and without interest.
Letters To The Editor
The findings that the MV Barima inquiry should deliver
Dear Editor, President Ali says that Guyanese could expect a Commission of Inquiry into the MV Barima tragedy that is of the highest quality.
Guest Columns
Brazil Elections 2026 – A Preliminary Analysis
By Mark Kirton- Director, Center for International and Border Studies As widely predicted, the 2026 Brazilian presidential election goes to a second round – a runoff election- on 25th October, since neither of the two leading candidates received 50% +1 of the votes cast, with Flavio Bolsonaro, son of imprisoned former president Jair Bolsonaro receiving 47.03 % of the votes cast and incumbent President Lula da Silva gaining 45.16% of the votes.
Letters To The Editor
Exclusion of Georgetown municipality from Thomas St project is breach of the constitution
Dear Editor, So, with accustomed fanfare, pomp, and political gimmickry we recently learned of the Thomas Street project designed by the King’s Foundation in collaboration with the Government of Guyana, not a word of any level of involvement nor consultation with the Georgetown municipality.
Editorial
Rule of law
On October 2nd, National Border Patrol Director, Daniel Seeram was found guilty by Magistrate Abigail Gibbs of a serious assault on his former wife and ordered remanded to prison pending sentencing on November 2nd.
Letters To The Editor
Guyana’s oil wealth must create inclusive development
Dear Editor, President Irfaan Ali has spoken of Guyana experiencing a movement of people that could bring the country’s population to about three million by 2030.
Letters To The Editor
Does sanctity of contract also apply to Exxon?
Dear Editor, President Ali frequently parrots the “sanctity of contract” in discussions of the Stabroek Block Petroleum Agreement (PSA) to convey that Guyana cannot change the contract.
Letters To The Editor
Guyanese must see development bank as opportunity to participate directly in building country’s economic future
Dear Editor, The next chapter of Guyana’s progress must not only be about what we build, but about how many Guyanese are empowered to benefit from and contribute to the opportunities before us.
Wickets Hitting
An encouraging week for West Indies cricket!
About The Writer: Guyana-born, Canada-based Tony McWatt’s articles on Caribbean and Canadian cricket have now spanned well over thirty years.
