Opinion

Stadium electrocutions raise serious safety issues

Dear Editor, The allegation that at least one of the men recently electrocuted was not wearing protective safety gear (`Man electrocuted while installing cameras at Stadium was not wearing safety gear, wife says’ SN June 13 2019), raises seriously the question of safety for employees engaged by companies  in the type of work these unfortunate persons were engaged in.

Defending democracy in Hong Kong

On Thursday more than twenty photojournalists wore helmets, gas masks and protective clothing to a police press conference in Hong Kong to express their outrage at the violent suppression of peaceful demonstrations.

Importance of upcoming CCJ rulings reverberates beyond territorial Guyana

Dear Editor, On Tuesday, June 18, 2019, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will deliver landmark rulings in the appeals emanating from the legal challenges filed against the No-Confidence Motion passed by Guyana’s National Assembly on December 21, 2018 and a challenge filed against the appointment of Justice James Patterson as the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

Sanctions not appeals

The way Georgetown is run never ceases to amaze. There is Chief Engineer Colvern Venture only this week again exhorting citizens not to dump garbage in the drains and waterways.

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