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As I travel around the city on mini-buses, there is one theme that keeps popping up. People in Georgetown want to know what is happening with the government’s disbursement of the $100,000 cheques. The general consensus seems to be that Region Four will be left for last in the distribution process. Said one passenger on […]

IF Geeta Chandan-Edmond stands alone in an enlightened corner of the APNU+AFC rigmarole coalition, Christopher Jones appears to be counted among its ill-informed. A lot of crazy, laugh out loud bare-faced lies were spoken by coalition MPs during the debate over Budget 2025 in the National Assembly. However, Jones, the Chief Whip of the APNU+AFC,

IN an address to the Guyana Police Force (GPF) two years ago, President Irfaan Ali called for a “new standard of performance and professionalism.” Of course, this call is not limited to the Police Force but extends to those in our workforce throughout the country. Our falling standards have been a cause of concern for

OPPOSITION MP Geeta Chandan-Edmond is determined to make a name for herself, regardless of the toll it may likely have on her political career. That takes courage. Her unflinching support for Budget 2025 garnered mixed reviews in the National Assembly last Friday. Chandan-Edmond told the House that she had listened carefully to Dr. Ashni Singh’s

‘MORNIN mummy, wuh ya gettin?’ ‘Buy two bill shellotte hay mummy’, ‘Come mummy, buy a shopping bag – two hunnerd dollas’, ‘ De barrel come, get ya leggins, mummy’. These were the cries of the market vendors as I passed by Water Street one day last week. Laughing inwardly, I thought, ‘Well, I made nine

EPIC. Stunning, sweeping in scope and depth, something in it for everyone. I am not talking about Mufasa, the new Lion King movie. I am referring to Dr. Ashni Singh’s remarkable five-hour budget speech in the National Assembly two days ago. It was refreshingly brilliant on so many levels and for a mountain of reasons.

WHEN Stacia Bradshaw talks about her daughter and only child, she smiles with love and pride at the tremendous strides this young woman has made. At 20 years old Lil Stacy, as her mother refers to her for reasons of privacy, is employed by one of the city’s leading banks, where she has worked since

WHEN it comes to devastating natural disasters, numbers alone don’t tell the entire story. If the California fires were to have happened in New York, most Guyanese would have a better understanding of the sheer scale of its catastrophic footprint, and perhaps also better grasp the untold suffering of the thousands whose lives have been

All of us across the globe, regardless of ethnicity or nationality, see the old year out cherishing hopes and dreams for the new one. We may want to carve an entirely new path for our lives, drop a bad habit or just resolve to be kinder to ourselves and more loving to our neighbours. At

MOST people I know tend to use this time to reflect on the year that went by and look forward, with a mixture of hope, optimism and occasionally doom and gloom, to the months about to unfold. There is a lot that Guyanese have going for them. We have witnessed tremendous strides in every sector