Editorial

CARICOM summit

CARICOM Heads of Government meeting in Georgetown from today have a packed agenda on their plate but the dominant motif may not even have been pencilled in – Britain’s stunning exit from the European Union (EU) and what the political upheaval in London means for countries in this part of the world.

Post-Brexit omnishambles

Post-mortems and jeremiads in the wake of Britain’s decision to leave the EU offer an object lesson in the dangers of extemporized politics.

Youth criminality

In the Magistrate’s Court last month, three of this country’s young and able-bodied citizens were prosecuted and found guilty of perpetrating one of the more violent home invasions in recent times.

Stewardship of the city

On March 18 this year, the citizens of Georgetown—at least those who ventured out to vote—elected public officials to whom the careful and responsible management of the city was entrusted.

Brexit’s referendum and the Caribbean

Caribbean citizens with long memories, or with knowledge of the establishment and demise of the West Indies Federation, of which of course Guyana, then British Guiana, was not a part, will probably have cringed when Prime Minister Cameron announced a referendum on Britain’s continued participation in the European Union.

Parking meters deal

Anyone who listened to or read of the press conference held last Monday by the Mayor of Georgetown, Patricia Chase-Green on the visit of her team to Mexico in connection with the parking meters project would instantly come away with the view that the city is a hotbed for  machinations more associated with some medieval enclave rather than a municipality born of democratic elections and aspiring to transparent, open and accountable governance.

Zero sum game

During the previous administration of the PPP/C, many commentators described the political status quo in Guyana as a zero sum game.

Education management

The Brickdam Secondary School brouhaha is one of those irritating distractions inflicted upon us from time to time, but which invariably could be minimized through the application of good sense.

Fedders Lloyd and transparency

The announcement on Friday that Indian company Fedders Lloyd had been prohibited from participating in the proposed construction of the Specialty Hospital is a lesson about rectitude in public procurement, one that the APNU+AFC government failed to heed just months into its administration.

Rights and wrongs

A week after a lone gunman perpetrated the worst mass shooting in US history, the politics of America’s gun control debate remain baffling.

Knee-jerk reaction

Last Friday, teachers of the Brickdam Secondary School staged a sit-out in protest over the deplorable condition of the building they were occupying, and on Tuesday, less than a week later, the Ministry of Education arbitrarily closed the school, scattering its teachers and students to other schools in the city.

St Lucia elects an alternative

It is most likely that Dr Kenny Anthony and his St Lucia Labour Party (SLP) went into the campaign for St Lucia’s general elections, held last week, with a perception that there was little to offer the electorate.

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