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WHEN we Guyanese wake up in the morning to face our day, we look forward to positive, good things happening for us. No one anticipates a bad day. We aspire to enjoy the peaceful blessedness that is our Guyana, our sunny tropical air, our lush landscape of trees and rivers and blue sky.

LOOKING around these days, there is no denying that the capital city, Georgetown, and its environs, look qualitatively different now than at any other period within recent years. There is a newness of aesthetics that is immediate to the eyes, and an absence of a disgusting pungency to the nostrils is palpably experienced. Why? It

THE recent Babu John event confirmed what most people already know, and that is, former President of Guyana Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo is a potent force as one of the key PPP/C campaigners. It is not surprising, therefore, that Jagdeo remains a powerful threat to the flimsy foundation of the APNU-AFC coalition. And so in an

WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE (The following is an Extract of an interview that I had done with Oonya Kempadoo in Georgetown, Guyana in  February , 2015. Kempadoo’s first novel, BUXTON SPICE, was an instant success. It was on the London bestseller list throughout 1999, nominated for the 2000 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. The novel was

THE late Dr. Cheddi Jagan was known for many things – as a radical politician, a revolutionary, a statesman, a visionary, a prolific writer and a man of ideas.

Potsalt is saddened at the killing of protestor, Courtney Crum-Ewing. This killing must be condemned in no uncertain terms. Condolences to his family and may they be granted the strength to cope during their time of sorrow. However, Potsalt couldn’t help noticing how de Opposition and dem media friends rushing to pass judgement after the

By Shaun Michael samaroo BHARRAT Jagdeo’s role in our society as former President comes in for all manner of speculation, with critics claiming he runs Guyana from behind the scenes. Of course, given his strong personality, his vocal engagement on national issues, and his two-decade position as an influential leader, we would expect his presence

EXACTLY what is the political Opposition press trying to do? That I ask this question in the aftermath of the recent Babu John annual  Cheddi  Jagan commemoration is because of the naked, senseless and dangerous, but willfully orchestrated plan by the political opposition media to resort to racist hysteria.

Postalt is amaze how de Opposition and its pals including Glenny, de Big Market tabloid and de unsocial media, meking a big issue about what BJ seh in Berbice. Everybody expect that people who

UNCOMPLIMENTARY views understandably continue to be expressed over the Dominica Government’s decision to nominate and campaign for Baroness Scotland of Britain to contest the coming election in Malta for a new Secretary General of the Commonwealth, in preference to Sir Ronald Sanders who enjoys overwhelming CARICOM support as a regional candidate.