Opinions

The University of Guyana Program on Friday morning August 25, 2023 resulting in an apology for slavery and indentureship is praised. I write to commend and salute Vice Chancellor Prof...

Before August 31, 1962, we campaigned against British colonialism and imperialism. Citing lack of major infrastructural services, water, roads, lights, and educational facilities/opportunities. Today, 61 years later, the country has...

From Harry Hergash In this column I would like to share my recollections of the village of Buxton-Friendship, East Coast Demerara. Historically, after starting out as separate villages that were...

From MP Ravi Ratiram In times of economic uncertainty, it is imperative for the government to identify sectors that can provide a stable foundation for growth and recovery. As economists...

By Dr. Dilip Nath, New York Background Bangladesh, a parliamentary democracy, declared independence from Pakistan in 1971. Soon after gaining independence, the country included parliamentary democracy into its political framework....

The result of the Local Government Elections (LGE), August 14, 2023, paint the situation in the country - “T&T SPLIT AGAIN” (Guardian 15/08/2023); “7/7 TIE” (Express, 15/08/2023); and “PNM, UNC...

There is an invitation under the letter head of the University of Guyana (no office mentioned) for a ceremony on Friday August 25 relating to the official opening of “The...

In my letter of 14 April 2021 published some three years ago in the KN I had suggested that Africans need to embrace capitalism in Guyana. Now three years later...

A street on Liberty Ave and 131st Street has been co-named Trinidad and Tobago Street.

The recent destruction of 28 churches in Pakistan by a mob on the charge that the Koran was desecrated by two Christians is nothing new. Blasphemy is a law in...