Guyana Times

Dear Editor, Some of us love it, some of us hate it. The rules of the English language are brimming with intricacies, inconsistencies, and obscurities, and therefore it is critical that politicians, who are public speakers, master the technicalities of our native language and not get confused with their homonyms and mixed up with their pronouns. Watching the television...

Ever since the struggle for independence, the nexus of ethnic violence and the composition of the Disciplined Forces, had been identified as a key problematic in the creation of a viable state. The international scholar Cynthia Enloe, who taught at UG during the seventies, wrote in her seminal text, "Ethnic Conflict and Political Development: “The resolution of inter-ethnic conflict demands...

Communities Minister Ronald Bulkan has made a vow that never again would Guyanese have to wait a lengthy time before Local Government Election is held. It was moments after the new Mayor and City Council were sworn-in at the Georgetown Municipality last Friday that Bulkan made the statement. He was very pleased with the accomplishment of the day, nothing that...

A Jamaican is now in Police custody awaiting court appearance after he was busted with one kilogram of cocaine at Friendship Squatting Area, East Bank Demerara. According to information, on April 2 ranks from the Police Anti-Narcotics Unit conducted a search on a house at Friendship Squatting Area during which one kilogram of cocaine, which had been compressed in...

  -Ramjattan refused to comment; “write what you want”- Patterson The leadership of the Alliance For Change (AFC), one of the political parties in the coalition government is mum as accusations of race baiting by its co-founder and Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman surfaced. Political commentator and ardent supporter of the AFC Freddie Kissoon accused Trotman of allegedly playing the...

Can you talk about something if there isn't a name for "the thing"? Look at the term "photo-op", which came into use in the Nixon White House. Before then, politicians certainly weren't bashful to position themselves with "power people" - to be photographed for the papers and the message they were well connected. You just have to look...

-suspect on the run Police in Linden are investigating the circumstances surrounding a shooting incident at Linden, which occurred in wee hours of Sunday morning, leaving two people seriously injured and the perpetuator on the run. Injured are Simone Croal, 41, of lot 604 Half Mile, Wismar and her cousin Sherwin “Cuttie” Hughes. Reports indicate that the two were shot...

The aftermath of the inclement weather has left countless already deplorable roads across the Linden community in an even more deplorable state, with Regional Chairman Renis Morian blaming the lack of remedial work on the rain. As is evident, numerous roads have been destroyed due to erosion and exhausting potholes have become even larger. Residents have voiced concerns over the...

The Ministry of the Presidency is being repainted green – the colour symbolic of the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) arm of the coalition Government. The building, located on Shiv Chanderpaul Drive in Georgetown, is currently barricaded with plywood boards as rehabilitation works are being undertaken. Earlier last year, People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Executive Member and Parliamentarian Priya Manickchand...

With hundreds of millions owed to the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), the State’s holding company has hired special lawyers to “aggressively” go after its debtors. Only a few days ago, Finance Minister Winston Jordan, in an interview with another media entity said “there is nothing to hide at NICIL, beyond the fact that they are not...