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AGAIN this column is forced to highlight another act of highly unprofessional media conduct perpetrated by the Kaieteur News (KN) that has over the years earned a reputation of being a connoisseur of misrepresentation, misinformation, distortion and wholesale lies.

Is plenty things de Potsalt hearing. It hear that somebody in one of de media place bust up Glenny bag. Apparently de bag buster and Glenny in de same posse; dem don’t like cup-people. That is why Glenny boys seh that he vex more than blue paint. He vex because is one of he own

(Analysis by Rickey Singh) CONTRADICTIONS IN politics could be amusing, worrying and even dangerous for varying countries and cultures—as occasionally evidenced in our own Caribbean Region. A current example involves superpower USA, Venezuela and Guyana.

THE Protected Areas Commission (PAC) intends to increase Guyana’s landmass under Protected Areas (PA) status from 5.3% to 8.5%, Commissioner Damien Fernandes has disclosed.

Starting today and continuing until Elections, the Chronicle newspaper will be publishing a weekly feature from the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) in the interest of disseminating pertinent information to the public of various aspects of the electoral process.

This is the second of three articles written by the authors. The articles are focused on the issues of trust, corruption and violence. To assist us, we have tapped the University of Vanderbilt’s Latin America Public Opinion Project (LAPOP). This survey of public opinion has been conducted in Guyana since 2006 and is perhaps the

A FEW months ago, one of the stories that dominated American news outlets was the heated exchange between U.S. President Barack Obama and White House correspondent, Neil Munro, after the latter interrupted the head of state during his Rose Garden press conference.

THE provision of basic health care needs is essential to the development of any nation and more so its people, as a healthy population engenders productivity. It is therefore important that a government invests in necessary infrastructure to ensure its citizens benefit from care when needed, and the PPP/C Administration has over the years been

I STOOD there relishing the peals of happy laughter coming from jovial residents. That laughter was laced with the pleasant mutterings of still peppy grandmothers as they fussed around the many roadside stalls, arguing over the rising prices of kitchen items.

EVER so often, we sit and wonder why in heaven’s name some of our very own talented sons of the soil are not accredited with the recognition they deserved, or celebrated for the fame they brought us through their many and diverse exploits.