Editorial

Deals

The surprise sale of Buddy’s International Hotel and questions about other deals such as those for the Sanata Complex and the Kingston hotel demand careful examination by the people, by Parliament and any other institution that has responsibility in this area.

Normality?

Everything is back to normal. The PNC is on the streets, and the government is in ‘buse-up’ mode.

Injustice

The outcome of the daycare worker murder case on Wednesday is reminiscent of another similar matter less than a year ago, as well as several others, which seems to point to a pattern of undue leniency in the court system in matters involving the violent deaths of women and perhaps lethargy by public prosecutors, who, it appears, do anything but prosecute.

Customs probe must not vary from President’s ‘terms of reference’

This newspaper continues to advocate that the investigation into the Customs/Fidelity fraud be allowed to run its course, guided unerringly by the commitment given by the President that the investigation will be thorough, that it will “dig deep,” that there will be no immunity for people who might wish to activate their political connections, that the architects of the fraud will get their just deserts and that the investigation will extend beyond the Fidelity fraud.

Another summit

Many years ago, when Hugo Chávez was a rookie President, he was wont to say that the region’s leaders were going from summit to summit while their people went from abyss to abyss.

Burmese daze

The inexplicable behaviour of Burma’s generals in the wake of Cyclone Nargis has provoked a crescendo of outrage from agencies struggling to save the two million people stranded by the storm from starvation and disease.

Bush administration: Winding down

As we approach mid 2008, governments all over the world are becoming more conscious of the change of administration in the United States that will take place at the beginning of next year.

Strides

The strides in the health sector such as open heart surgery have already been commended in these columns.

The relief package

President Jagdeo’s relief package announced on Wednesday will be welcomed by  many Guyanese who have been groaning under the weight of the rising cost of living, VAT and other impositions.

State of the world’s mothers

The US-based humanitarian organisation Save the Children has just published its ninth annual ‘State of the World’s Mothers’ report to coincide with the commemoration of Mothers Day.

Fighting the cancer

Recent letters to this newspaper, online comments and the word on the street all point to a general feeling of revulsion at the escalation of terror and horror visited upon our country over the past few months.

Incendiary lyrics

Bounty Killer’s promotion of violence at last month’s Ignition Concert was very much in line with his known record; he has had performances cancelled in other places because of it.

Kalamadeen questions

In its details, the abduction and savage murder of businessman Farouk Kalamadeen pose the same searing questions that the state, the government and the people have faced repeatedly since 2002.

Message?

The murder of Mr Farouk Kalamadeen marks another bloody milestone in the history of crime in this country.

Lugo, not Hugo

Paraguay does not usually feature prominently on people’s political radar screens, not even in Latin America.

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