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SHAMEFUL WORKING CONDITIONS – GUYANA MARRIOTT

Author Noir: Contributor Subject: GUYANA MARRIOTT - PRESENT DAY SLAVERY I would like to bring your attention to the Labor conditions at the Guyana Marriott Georgetown. This hotel...

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS – NOT THE WHOLE ISSUE

Back when the shelves of Guyana were being stocked with groceries and products that were no longer being imported by the Ministry of Trade,...

GUYANA PRISON SYSTEM – BRUTALITY BEHIND BARS

Mickey Bhaichandeen Contributor Let me get to the point. There are several human rights violations that occur in the Prison system of Guyana. The shameful thing is that...

WE’RE NOT ALL THE SAME

It’s hard to say that the selection process was erratic; naïve maybe, but hardly erratic. This Noel Blackman had, apparently, made an early reconnaissance of...

JAGDEO’S MOUNTED OFFENSE

The most newsless event should be when Bharaat Jagdeo takes to the airwaves as leader of the opposition. It is not that we expect him...

THAT NOT SO COMPETENT CANU

It was the January 2016 complaint by goldsmith Ramjit about being detained at the Airport and having four million dollars worth of jewellery taken...

INEXPERIENCE OR INEPTITUDE OR BOTH?

Rhonda Observer Contributor The current administration must surely be causing severe heartburn to those persons that voted for it. The plethora of missteps and mistakes since...

WHEN IS GOVERNMENT GOING TO PROSECUTE?

Gordon Forte Contributor Dear Editor Stabroek News’ top story today, February 1, is of yet another allegation of law-breaking at state-owned entities in past years. Surely the Government...

SIPHONING THROUGH DRAINAGE AND IRRIGATION

The structured report from the government on February 15th 2005 titled Government Response to Flood Situation read like the strategy of genius. Guyana was under...

THE PROBLEM IS OBSOLETE, NOT OLD

When Oscar Clarke shook the proverbial finger and uttered those words of foreboding - those who forget the past would be forced to relive...

DEATH, GRIEF AND DIGNITY

The chain link fences stretched from Sussex Street to Princess Street, running parallel to the length of Cemetery Road - a major travel artery...

GUYANA REVENUE AUTHORITY – WRONG DOING WITH PREPENSE

It’s hard not to think of this as political pantomime – this Kurshid Sattaur - anointed head of Guyana Revenue Authority by a President...

CALLING ASIATICS AN INSULT IS POLITICAL OVERREACH

Chapter IV of Guyana’s Constitution, Paragraph 41 under Sub Heading Citizenship, defines, with clarity and simplicity, what constitutes the definition of a Guyanese Citizen. For...

WHOSE TAX BURDEN IS MOSES NAGAMOOTOO?

That this Administration continues to allow the media of the Opposition to control the narrative remains an enigma. Typically, there are designees responsible for crafting...

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