Editorial

Guyana stands at a crossroads. In the past decade, shifting demographics driven by refugee inflows, economic migration, and internal displacement have begun to reshape not just our population, but the very essence of what it means to be Guyanese.

For roughly 17 months, the Ministry of Agriculture’s National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) has twiddled its thumbs over the obscene award of a $865m pump station contract to an unqualified associate of the government without taking the necessary action to preserve the revenues of the country.

The GOAL scholarships programme was launched with great fanfare in 2021, and generally speaking was well received although reservations were expressed about the by-passing of the University of Guyana.

The Government’s failure to present the long-awaited 2023 helicopter crash report is troubling.

Recent pledges by the government to green Georgetown and other parts of coastal regions of Guyana can be viewed with both optimism and skepticism.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security announced recently that it had trained and certified 50 individuals – 49 women and one man – after they completed an early childhood development course, to provide care services to young children.

Real estate in Georgetown must present a very confusing picture to the outsider looking in.

Toshao Timothy Lewis and his son Paul Lewis of Kurutuku are among the unsung heroes of Guyana.

It must have come as a surprise – at least to CARICOM watchers – that the initiative enunciated by President Ali to cut food imports into the region by 25% by the end of this years has suffered a severe setback.

No one could believe what they witnessed in the Oval Office on Friday.

Child protection in Guyana continues to be weakened through bureaucratic negligence and misallocation of resources.

It is debatable whether the 2025 budget poverty reduction allocations are truly adequate to combat poverty levels, particularly in Guyana’s hinterland regions.

Last week, the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security announced that through its Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Policy Unit, it had recently launched a strategy to enhance police response to gender-based, or as it is now being called, family violence.

On Monday, 3rd February, Ken Corsbie, one of the most talented sons of our soil passed away at the age of 94.

If it would probably be precipitate for rational minds to raise a hue and cry out of the omission of the country’s bona fide opposition from the Flag Raising ceremony held at Parliament Buildings to mark the 55th Anniversary of the country’s attainment of Republican status the simple fact is that as far as this unpardonable occurrence is concerned the Government of Guyana does not possess a leg to stand on.

In his address on the occasion of Guyana’s 55th Anniversary as a Republic, President Ali waxed lyrical on Sunday morning about the great advancements throughout the country.

Guyanese will throng the streets today to celebrate Mashramani. They will be doing so in the context of a world in disorder and on a day marking the third year since the invasion of Ukraine.

There are many adjectives which can be used to describe one of the raging epidemics in Guyana by the name of “Incompetence”.

Traffic accidents in Guyana continue to claim and maim lives at an alarming rate, but beyond the immediate human cost, the economic repercussions are equally dire.

Among the stupendous changes US President Donald Trump has made so far in his second term in office are his moves to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement and the World Health Organisation (WHO).