Guyana Times

...Mook? Some people just don’t know when to shut their mouths. Sometimes it’s because of a disease called logorrhoea – seen in manic episodes of bipolar disorder and in some types of schizophrenia. It’s also called agitolalia, agitophasia, tachylalia, tachyphasia, and verbomania. Yes, Dear Reader – it’s as bad as it sounds!! So where’s your Eyewitness going with this? Well,...

Upon arrival at the scene of the fatal Camp Street Prison fire, which left 17 inmates dead, Chief Fire Officer Marlon Gentle revealed that he was verbally abused and spat on by prisoners. In his testimony at the afternoon session of Wednesday’s Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into events surrounding the deadly prison fire, Gentle explained that the situation was very...

Dear Editor, It was reported in the news media on April 12 that Agriculture Minister Noel Holder has flown to Costa Rica and was accompanied by the Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Livestock Development Authority and the General Manager of the Guyana Marketing Corporation to discuss support for the agricultural sector in Guyana. Tourism is the main foreign exchange...

Dear Editor, I have noted with much pleasure the announcement by the new Mayor Patricia Chase Green that the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) is open to facilitating any forensic audit, and she has no objections and even welcomes the Office of the Auditor General to do such an examination. It is my earnest hope that she is...

Dear Editor, On Tuesday, April 12, the PPP held a protest next to the Ministry of the Presidency, claiming that my appointments of a Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) Chairpersons and Deputy Chairpersons were unlawful and dictatorial. I can state unequivocally that I am proud to be part of an administration which held Local Government Elections (LGE) within...

Dear Editor, Mr Nigel Hughes deserves high praise and congratulations for his principled position in resigning as Alliance For Change (AFC) Chairman. The United Republican Party (URP) hopes that Mr Hughes’ valiant resignation will motivate serious drastic changes in the coalition Government considering his first resignation over Amaila Falls was withdrawn without achieving anything positive. The URP believes in private...

Dear Editor, I refer to M Maxwell’s letter in another section of the media on April 12, 2016 titled “Land Reparation for African Guyanese impractical”. Maxwell, in his letter, said: “What I have a problem is falsely bootstrapping and conflating the African land reparation claim rooted in recompense for slavery with patrimonial and inherent land ownership rights of Amerindians.” Maxwell...

Dear Editor, The festival of Holi is over and Hindus seemed to be quite happy that many non-Hindus participated in the celebrations. Others opined that it was just another religious event that was being overshadowed by alcohol and Bollywood-type entertainment. What Hindus ought to share with all mankind is the universal knowledge that is the very foundation of their...

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has just released its 2016 annual macroeconomic report on Latin America and the Caribbean. Dubbed “Time to Act: Latin America and the Caribbean facing strong challenges”, the report emphasises that because of the continued anaemic economic performance of the developed economies and China – with a consequent plunge in commodity prices – growth...

Some 20 communities in four Administrative Regions have been identified for works to be done on sea and river defence via a third loan from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). The CDB made the announcement when it launched the US$30.9 million Sea and River Defence Resilience Project, in collaboration with the Government, on Wednesday at the Pegasus Hotel, Georgetown. Attending the...