Editorial

The danger of doing nothing

The death of Alan Kurdi, the little Syrian boy whose corpse was photographed on a Turkish beach earlier this week, brings to mind Edmund Burke’s troubling observation that evil comes into the world when good men do nothing.

Hail, Jamaica!

Last Friday, we celebrated Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt as the greatest of all time and as “a supreme champion of the Caribbean people and the Caribbean spirit.”

Unhealthy public health sector

It should come as no surprise to anyone that senior nurses are speaking out about the malady affecting the operations at Guyana’s premier public health institution – the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

GINA and public information

In his contribution to the debate on the 2015 budget, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo stated that his ministry will be producing a white paper on public information policy.

Red House

The week before last, Minister of State Joseph Harmon told the National Assembly that the Red House, which was state property, had been leased in 2012 to a private company for 99 years at the ludicrous rate of $1,000 per month.

Vital statistics

A recent High Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics considered the need to modernize the ways that Caricom states gather and analyse data, and use it to inform development policies.

The GRA’s Camp Street complex

The disclosure that the complex on Camp Street housing the offices of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) seemingly poses a threat to the safety and health of the authority’s employees should not come as a complete shock to the public.

A new Registrar of Lands

A legal dispute has arisen over the appointment of Ms Rosalie Robertson as Registrar of Lands following the sending off on leave of the previous holder of the position, Ms Juliet Sattaur.

Food security

If a quarter of the food wasted each day could be given to people who need it, there would be more than enough to feed every malnourished person on earth, according to the UN.

Guyana’s golden jubilee

Education Minister Dr Rupert Roopnaraine has been named to chair the National Commemoration Commission (NCC), comprising representatives from government agencies, civil society and the diaspora, to oversee planning for Guyana’s golden jubilee next year.

Wasting what we want

Along with the ugly concrete high rises that have gone up around the city in the past few years, the ones that have been touted as signs of development by the new opposition, then in government, there has been a noticeable rise in the number of city beggars.

Tomorrow’s ‘Green Georgetown’ consultations

Those citizens of our capital who thumbed their noses at City Hall’s announcement over the weekend regarding tomorrow’s ‘Green Georgetown Restoration Consultation’ at the National Cultural Centre might be forgiven for doing so given all the circumstances that attend the event.

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