Editorial

The announcement one year ago by the Commissioner of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC), Mr Trevor Benn, of the preparation of a National Land Policy was a welcome one.

About a week ago, a story went viral online about a woman who drank a litre of soy sauce in an hour, a purported attempt to cleanse her colon and ended up brain dead.

The Letters to the Editor column in this newspaper since its inception thirty odd years ago has been an outlet for readers to vent their feelings and thoughts on all manner of subjects ranging from blackouts to road construction to minibus drivers to the salaries of teachers, to mention but a few.

There is no mistaking the uniqueness of Bharrat Jagdeo as a Guyanese politician and public figure.

It has been a particularly testing last couple of weeks for leading Chinese telecoms equipment provider, Huawei, underlined by the dramatic arrest in Canada of its Chief Financial Officer, Meng Wanzhou, pending hearings for extradition to the United States over Iran-linked transactions with multi-national banks.

It was reported by Reuters on Tuesday that two Russian TU-160 supersonic bombers, also known as ‘White Swans’, had landed in Venezuela the day before.

For its 2018 Person of the Year award, Time magazine has chosen a group of Journalists which it designates as “The Guardians.”

There has been much talk over the years about the importance of achieving social cohesion in Guyana, particularly since the current administration put in place a Ministry of Social Cohesion intended to advance social cohesion among the various racial and cultural groups in Guyana.

On November 18, this year, six people were killed in Haiti during an anti-corruption demonstration, which saw thousands of protesters marching in the capital Port-au-Prince and other parts of the country.

Two Saturdays ago, on 1st December, Meng Wanzhou, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, was arrested in Vancouver, Canada.

There are times when it takes an opinion that is detached from what, all too often, is our rumbustious political culture to voice truths about important national issues, we ourselves being too immersed in our prejudices to muster the honesty to speak objectively.

Two weeks after her offensive declarations on November 25th at a PNCR Region Four meeting, the words of party chairman and Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence warrant continued attention particularly as the government has not held her or itself accountable for her behaviour.

As we draw closer to 2020 and national elections, the calls for shared governance have increased.

On September 14, 1987 the Sunday edition of the New York Times ran to a record 1,612 pages and weighed 12 pounds.

Disaster Management can be defined as “the organization and management of resources and responsibilities for dealing with all humanitarian aspects of emergencies, in particular preparedness, response and recovery in order to lessen the impact of disasters.”

The furore over the statements made by PNCR Chairman Volda Lawrence is likely to follow her for some time to come.

The thirteenth meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20) was held last week Friday and Saturday in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the first time that the group has met in South America.

There are things about the findings of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) set up to probe the administration of City Hall that are acutely disturbing though, frankly, not altogether surprising.

As budgets go, the $300.7b one presented by Finance Minister Winston Jordan last Monday isn’t much different from its predecessors or indeed those of the previous government in their main constructs.

In this country, people are rarely surprised by what their politicians say.