Editor:Teachers in Guyana, once revered as being at the helm of imparting education, now find themselves at the receiving end of physical altercation. What is being inferred by these unprecedented attacks on those tasked with educating Guyana’s future leaders? How ...
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Editor:It is with mixed emotions that I read the Health Minister of Guyana, Dr. Frank Anthony’s plea, during the recent launching of the Nursing Assistant Program in Region Two. In the wake of Guyana’s beleaguered public healthcare system, and the ...
Read More »Doug Ford: The Liberal Conservative Triumphs
Editor: Those, vying for the federal Conservative Party’s leadership mantel, better wake up, drink a stiff cup of Joe and revise their way of electioneering. What was once old is now new, bright and successful too. Doug Ford has won ...
Read More »The Impact Of Currency Devaluation On Jamaica’s Macro-economic Performance
Editor: The financial balance of any economy is equal to its current account balance. It implies, therefore, that you increase your productive capacity, not merely through currency swaps and cheap wages, but by ensuring that investments in the economy result ...
Read More »The Gender War Amongst Us
Dear Editor: The United Nations define gender-based violence as any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women and other persons, including threats of acts of ...
Read More »Coroner’s Inquest Into The Death Of Marc Ekamba Boekwa
Editor: The commencement of this coroner’s inquest, today (Monday May 16, 2022), marks just over seven years since Mr. Marc Ekamba was killed by Peel Regional Police. On March 20, 2015, police received a 911 call for assistance, because Mr. ...
Read More »Vengeance is Sweet. Really?
Editor: Have you ever wished to wreak vengeance upon someone or something? Happens all the time, so don’t feel bad. Some people deserve a kick in the posterior, or a good verbal knock-down. It is a natural thing to seek ...
Read More »Is The University Of Guyana’s Administration Racist? A Different Perspective
Editor: I wish to state, it is not only the University of Guyana (UG) as a National (State or Semi Autonomous) Institution where this (inequity) prevails. However, I confine my discourse to the University of Guyana, for that is the ...
Read More »About 80 Percent Of The University Of Guyana’s Staff And Students Are Non-Indians; Why?
The Editor: It is clear that there is only token ethnic inclusivity, diversity and equity at the University of Guyana (UG), as illustrated in its recently-launched Inclusivity, Diversity and Equity Unit. I was perusing the internet, when an advertisement from ...
Read More »Caribbean-American Teachers Can Help Improve Students’ Competency Back Home
Dear Editor: We note, with interest, the appeal by Dr. Wayne Wesley, the Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC ) — the examination board in the Caribbean: “We need to find an approach that creates ...
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