Editorial

“Liberation Day!” exulted President Trump in the White House Rose Garden on Wednesday, while he held up charts listing countries and the size of tariffs which would be imposed on their exports to the US.

On March 31st, another magistrate’s court was launched. This time it was at Friendship on the East Bank of Demerara at a cost of $449.6m. 

Anyone reading Stabroek News—whether online or in print—would notice that there is one sector that attracts no competition and no challenge: crime.

Last month, a Georgetown family experienced a terrifying few days when a loved one went missing.

On the 22 March, at the National Track and Field Centre at Leonora on the West Coast of Demerara, the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) made the historic announcement that it had secured a ground breaking multi–year sponsorship with the German athletic apparel and footwear corporation, Adidas AG, valued at US$800,000.

On March 28th, St Kitts and Nevis through its Ministry of Agriculture signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Green Economic Zone (GEZ) Special Economic Zone Management Company, based in Abuja, Nigeria. 

With little to no contemporaneous oversight of the extensive government spending, chances are that poorly thought out decisions are being made and that these will be costly misadventures.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio breezed in to Guyana last week on a brief visit before breezing out again to Suriname.

Guyanese from every descent have long been considered as long-suffering. We endure.

The recent controversy surrounding a Grade Three textbook used in our schools has laid bare some very uncomfortable truths about the state of our education system.

Guyanese of a certain age will remember the days when all textbooks, in every level of our school system, were published overseas.

Last Sunday evening, “60 Minutes”, the most successful American television broadcast in history, featured a segment with an interview of George Clooney.

The suspension by the state of the special mining permit to the Aranaputa Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) is an unvarnished victory for the work done by the media and community activism. 

As the $100,000 cash grant distribution to each Guyanese adult winds down, the Ali administration has no doubt learnt key lessons in relation to the administration of public initiatives.

International instability is at least partly responsible for the exceptionally high price of gold currently, and as a not insignificant producer Guyana is attracting swarms of miners, not just from this country, but also from Brazil.

Taking a few more minutes to complete a task can make a world of difference in the quality of the delivery.

Guyana has witnessed a string of corruption scandals in recent months, each revealing troubling patterns of political favouritism, financial mismanagement, and silence from those in power.

When we consider the price of a meal, rarely, if ever do our minds extend beyond what is paid to the vendor.

“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture, is like a tree without roots” – Marcus  Garvey On the weekend of the First and Second of March, the Dr.

On March 8th, the Private Sector Commission (PSC) issued what can only be described as a bewildering statement on its meeting with an International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation which was here for their usual Article IV consultation.