Guyana Review

Bartica is much more than the ‘gateway to the hinterland.’ It has also become a gold-plated magnet for armed robbery and murder.

Donald Ramotar, bar the shouting, seems to be the last man standing in the race for the nomination as the People’s Progressive Party’s presidential candidate.

Head of the Commission of Enquiry into the Operations of City Hall, Keith Burrowes talks with The Guyana ReviewKeith Burrowes is altogether unsurprised over the fact that the outcomes of the 2008 Commission of Enquiry into the operations of the Georgetown Municipality have not, so far, brought the citizenry bountiful returns.

Gerard Best goes one on one with Bevil Wooding, the Caribbean’s very own technology ambassadorBevil Wooding Since news broke in the international media that a Trinidad and Tobago technology evangelist was one of only seven persons in the world trusted with keys for the Internet, the spotlight has turned to this tiny Caribbean state and to Bevil Wooding, the man with a key to the Internet.

What happened to the Amazon Conquerors in South Africa was a considerable and predictable humiliation.

The Guyana Missionary Baptist Church (GMBC-Lott-Carey) is currently celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of its founding The Guyana Missionary Baptist Church (GMBC Lott-Carey) is a Christian denomination that answered the call to Christian service more than fifty years ago.

A motor accident several years ago may have cut short a promising cricketing career; life, however, is full of ironies, and when one door was closed to Vincent Adams another threw itself open for him to step inEven as the Guyana twenty/20 cricket team reflects on its failures at the just concluded Champions League tournament in South Africa, a former Guyanese cricketer continues to climb the ladder of success in an entirely different field.

An outspoken Caribbean policeman has chosen to tackle what he believes to be corrupt practices by the political administration in his country.

Trevor Rhone Beginning with this issue The Guyana Review seeks to shine a spotlight on Caribbean Writers whose works are widely felt to have made a significant impact on the literature and culture and in an understanding of the West Indian condition.

By JAMES LEE WAH I first saw Trevor Rhone’s Two Can Play in the 80s when, if my memory serves me right, Trevor himself brought his production, I believe to The Little Carib Theatre.

Once again, a political battle for Buxton appears to be brewing.

For an administration that says it sets much store by freedom of thought and expression, the Government of Guyana gradually earned a well-deserved reputation for frowning harshly on public utterances that either challenge or contradict its own point-of-view.

What does the current murder rate and motives tell about living in Guyana?

The Police Complaints Authority is still the fittest institution to function as a watchdog to detect misconduct by members of the Guyana Police Force.

The wave of criminal violence that erupted on the East Coast was the most severe and sustained spell of murder in the country’s history.

By Horace Campbell Reprinted from the Trinidad & Tobago Review Edward Seaga The arrest of Christopher “Dudus” Coke in a road block in Jamaica on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 opens the possibility once and for all to reveal the full extent of the corruption of the politics of Jamaica and the Caribbean by the rulers in collaboration with the intelligence, commercial and banking infrastructures of the United States From the streets of West Kingston to the hills of Port of Spain, Trinidad to Guyana and down to Brazil, gunmen (called warlords) allied and integrated into the international banking system had taken over communities and acted as do-gooders when the neo-liberal forces downgraded local government services.

Suriname’s President Désiré Bouterse has an opportunity to change the course of Suriname’s relations with Guyana.

Venezuela’s illegal occupation of Ankoko Island has poisoned relations with Guyana for 44 years.

By Sam Lochan Reprinted from the Trinidad & Tobago Revview There are no more “boy schools” left in Trinidad and Tobago.

An ugly brawl between two local welterweight boxers, disgruntled over the outcome of their Friday May 28th bout on the Pro Am Fight Card at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall provided a painful reminder of the periodic violence among athletes and spectator alike that blights some local sports.