Give the hero her due

Whew! What a week this has been. First we find out Simona Broomes, President of the Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO), finally gets the recognition that she and her group deserve from the US Secretary of State for being heroes in demonstrating the courage and willingness to save women from being trafficked in Guyana.

The well-deserved tribute begs the question as to why this recognition was not first bestowed on Ms. Broomes by her own