Opinion

Guns again

Guns are back in the news again, this time as a topic on the agenda of the Canada-Caricom summit ten days ago.

The PPC’s raison d’être will be under the microscope in their review of the Belle Vue Pump Station contract

Dear Editor, Anyone who has listened to former President Bharrat Jagdeo for any length of time can testify to his vociferous anti-corruption stance and his lengthy explanations of the systems put in place by his and other PPP/C administrations; the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) takes pride in place among Jagdeo’s list of anti-corruption measures, however, all the systems, checks and balances are only as good as the people charged with carrying the mandate.

Enter Chevron

News early Monday morning that American oil major Chevron was snapping up Hess and its multi-billion barrels of oil offshore Guyana came as a surprise even to those in the energy industry.

This pro-Palestinian chant is problematic

Dear Editor, A group of  Guyanese held a protest over the war between Israel and Gaza on the 21st October where they chanted “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” , this identical chant was the reason a pro-Palestinian protest was banned by authorities in Vienna, The head of the city’s police force, Gerhard Puerstl, explained that use of “codes” that can be interpreted as a clear “call to violence” are in contravention of Article 2 of the European convention on Human Rights “fundamentally it is this ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’, a PLO (Palestine Liberation Organisation) slogan that has been adopted by Hamas,” Chief Puerstl further explained that it meant wiping Israel off the map”.

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