What the People Say About

This week we asked the man and woman in the street their thoughts on the build up of garbage around the city and what roles they think citizens should play in rectifying this problem.

This week we asked new parliamentarians how they felt after their first session and what are their expectations for the life of the 10th parliament.

This week on What the People Say Berbicians commented on what they would like the new Police commander of the division to do to help fight crime and make Berbice a safer place.

Time Magazine has named ‘The Protestor’ as its ‘Person of the Year’ an accolade it bestows at the end of each year on a deserving person.

This week we asked the man and woman in the street about their voting experience on November 28 at their respective polling stations and their views on the results of general and regional elections.

The result of the general elections was announced by the Guyana Elections Commission on Thursday and saw PPP/C Presidential candidate Donald Ramotar being sworn in as president of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana on Saturday.

Photos and interviews by Abigail Semple and Frances Abraham Denita Wills– Public Sector: `At the moment, I’m just preparing in terms of cleaning.

This week we asked the man and woman in the street in Georgetown to give their views on what the political parties should be focusing on during the elections campaign.

As campaigning for the upcoming national and regional elections continues countrywide, we asked residents of Linden how they felt about the process thus far.

This week on What the People Say we asked members of the public: Are you excited about the elections?

This week we asked residents of Bartica to share with us concerns and views about their township.

This week we asked the man and woman in the street their opinion of  President Bharrat Jagdeo’s description of some media workers as carrion crows and vultures.

Photos and interviews by Francis Abraham and Marcelle Thomas This week we asked the man and woman in the street if they are excited now that the date of elections has been announced and if they will be voting.

Interviews and photos by Shabna UllahThis week we asked persons in the street their views on the four-month suspension of C N Sharma’s TV station, Channel Six Narine Giri – pensioner ‘Sharma’s channel is very helpful.

Interviews and photos by Frances Abraham and Marcelle Thomas This week we asked persons who attended GuyExpo 2011 their opinions of the exhibition and what really stood out for them.

Interviews by Abigail Semple This week What the people say asked designers from this year’s Guyana Fashion Weekend (GFW) what their expectations from the event were and what the experience was like.

Interviews and photos by Frances Abraham and Marcelle Thomas Child Protection Week begins today and the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security has asked the public to be more vigilant and to report cases of child abuse when they occur.

Photos and interviews by Frances Abraham and Marcelle Thomas This week we asked the man and woman in the street if they are aware that non-communicable diseases are the number one killer in Guyana and if anyone in their lives is affected by any such disease.

This week we asked the man and woman in the streets what they thought about Shilpa Shetty’s “performance” on Bollywood Night for Jamzone 2011, and Vybz Kartel’s walking off the plane on the way to Guyana and not showing up to perform here for the second time.

Photos and interviews by Abigail Semple and Frances Abraham This week we asked the man and woman in the street their views on the demolition of the St.