By: J.C. BHAGWANDIN, M.Sc. The last labour force survey indicated that Guyana’s unemployment rate is 12 percent. However, at the time, the report did not consider the massive…
Opinions
Rodney COI report is a symbol of free speech and ought to be an election issue
By: RAKESH RAMPERTAB The Walter Rodney COI report cannot truly be made “public” if it is unavailable in the library, university, the press, and bookstore. Parliament is no…
An outlook on the impact of renewable energy on the global energy market
By: J.C. BHAGWANDIN, M.Sc. In the next 20 years, Guyana is poised to earn approximately US$33 billion, or Gy$7.1trillion, (twice/2.1 times) the earnings of the last 20 years.…
The same PNC rigging modus operandi
By: HASEEF YUSUF Dear Editor, The more I witness the PNC’s modus operandi since the illegal and unilateral appointment of Patterson as the GECOM Chairman, the more I…
GOVERNANCE REFORM
By: Ralph Ramkarran At its 130th Anniversary gala dinner during last week, the President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), Nicholas Deygoo-Boyer, outlined a development…
Manifestos and voting in Guyana
By: Ravi Dev The release of manifestos is as much a part of the Guyanese electoral scene as “bottom house meetings”: both are geared to persuade the voting…
Guyanese workers are treated like second-class citizens – APNU/AFC leading culprit
By: Dr. Leslie Ramsammy Make no mistake, APNU/AFC is leading from the front as working people are today being treated as second-class citizens in Guyana. Now everybody understands…
They killed Walter Rodney a second time
By: ANIL NANDALALL On the evening of the 13th day of June 1980, the world stood still as the news of the death of Dr Walter Rodney, blown…
PNC, democracy and sugar workers
By: RAVI DEV The PNC bent backwards to accommodate the AFC in their coalition “accord” renegotiation. Why else would they give the latter 30% of the seats they…
APNU/AFC shamelessly boasts about projects inherited from the PPP
By: Dr. LESLIE RAMSAMMY It is jarring listening to David Granger and his shameless APNU/AFC colleagues boast about projects which were started or were designed before May 2015,…