Opinion

Given our positive international profile, why would a government throw its support behind a private sector-led high-risk venture in dark tourism?

Dear Editor, In Sydney Pollack’s 1993 film adaption of best-selling author John Grisham’s book “The Firm”, when Gene Hackman tells Tom Cruise to grab a Red Stripe Beer from the fridge, millions of viewers would have been introduced to this alcoholic beverage from Jamaica, already famous across the globe as a result of Reggae and Bob Marley (Usain Bolt came much later).

Venezuela again

If one was asked to name some of the more significant challenges to which Guyana will be compelled to give focused attention in the year immediately ahead, Venezuela’s longstanding and, of late, increasingly high-profile territorial claim to Guyana’s Essequibo region is certain to either head that list, or, find itself close to the top.

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