Deconstructing false narratives
The veritable cavalcade of world leaders and their representatives – official and official – into Guyana and Guyanese affairs recently should remind us that...
Maduro’s end game
Following the “Barbados Agreement”, signed last October by the Venezuelan Opposition and Government representatives to facilitate “free and fair elections”, and the US easing...
The horizons of history
Over the last few months, the letters pages of our newspapers have carried a heated debate on the role of ideology and Dr Cheddi...
The horizons of history
Over the last few months, the letters pages of our newspapers have carried a heated debate on the role of ideology and Dr Cheddi...
Monar and life in and out of the logies
The passing of Rooplall Monar (1945-2024) brings us almost to the end of the line of those who wrote about Indians on the sugar...
US views of Cheddi Jagan
With Dr Cheddi Jagan’s death anniversary three days away, we excerpt views on him from US diplomatic personnel who had been posted in Guyana....
Centripetal Power Sharing mechanism in place
The demands for “power sharing” in various garbs are once again rising to a crescendo in sections of the Opposition camp as they did...
Local Indian music: End of an era
The passing of Mohan Nandu (3/9/1936 – 8/2/1924), the iconic Guyanese Indian singer, marks the end of an era in local “Indian” music. When...
Being hyphenated in One Guyana
With another stab at constitutional reform in the offing, we remember that the goal is facilitating a more harmonious society from its historically plural...
Beware Maduro’s machinations
In the wake of the Argyle Declaration, we emphasised that Venezuela’s Maduro government cannot be trusted, since it consistently ignores international law and norms...