Opinion

I am outraged that such an assault has not fired up the feminist base

Dear Editor, Ever since the story became public regarding the barbaric beat down of a young female who is a   daughter, a sister, a future wife and mother by her now convicted father, the silence from the  citizenry is deafening, especially from the female groups representing grandmothers, mothers, sisters, wives, students , reporters, lawyers, executives, diplomats, government ministers, priests, doctors, nurses,  pharmacists, businesswomen, farmers, sportswomen, beauty queens, fashion  designers, lecturers, bankers, environmentalists, and  I  would  say  the  whole  female  population  of  Guyana!

Wanted: Strong institutions

Jamaican economist and University of the West Indies lecturer, Dr Damien King certainly provoked the ire of the government when he issued a very gloomy forecast of Guyana’s future at the intersection with the veritable oil bonanza that the country is now tapping.

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