No Panadol in Rupunau, no cold syrup in Karasabai
During my last visit to Region Nine earlier this month, I fell ill and as I happened to be in Rupunau, a Wapishana village...
Drug abuse in Indigenous communities
A recent visit to 15 villages across Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) ranging from the North Pakaraimas to the Deep South Rupununi, revealed a...
Tricia La Rose: an Indigenous woman of inspiration
Tricia La Rose-Persaud is a special person. Born and raised in Moruca, Region One (Barima-Waini), this young mother of Arawak descent is a pilot...
“Greening” GECOM with ACDA’s help
The public outrage which rocked Guyana recently when the nation discovered that President Granger had unilaterally appointed a GECOM Chairman in the person of...
Greening GECOM
The public outrage which rocked Guyana over the last few days -- when the nation discovered that President Granger had unilaterally appointed a GECOM...
Allicock should account for land titling funds
The Indigenous People’s Affairs Ministry has done little to defend the legitimacy of Indigenous land rights during the controversial Lands Commission of Inquiry (CoI)...
Granger must serve his people first
President David Granger during the United Nations General Assembly in New York, suggested that Guyana has “to consider land space as being the...
Some are more equal than others on the animal farm
Former Permanent Secretary of the Agriculture Ministry, George Jervis, was sent on leave since January 2017, to facilitate police probe into a corruption case...
The Carl Parker case: Response to Red Thread’s President
It is with interest that I read Red Thread’s recent letter in the Guyana Times. Albeit the focus on my use of legal jargon...
Carl Parker the alleged sexual offender must be judged
Last February, Regional Executive Officer (REO) for Region 9, Carl Parker was slapped with charges of sexual assault for having allegedly molested Lethem’s Deputy...