Guyana’s security overhaul pairs AI surveillance and cyber defences with community policing as rapid growth raises new risks.

Addiction turns loved ones into strangers, and the writer links today’s crack crisis to older systems of violence and control.

Guyana's diamond jubilee is framed by a sharp contrast: rapid national progress alongside an opposition accused of trading substance for spectacle.

Mockery of President Ali’s clothing is cast as more than fashion criticism — a window into entrenched class and racial contempt.

Sixty years after independence, Guyana still navigates colonial-era racial, economic, and knowledge hierarchies under new global powers.

Sixty years after independence, Guyana still lacks a shared national story, with rival ethnic narratives blocking a common sense of nationhood.

Independence is cast as a hollow victory, with debt, repression and cultural distortion overshadowing sovereignty. Burnham’s legacy drives the piece’s sharpest charge — that post-1966 freedom betrayed ordinary Guyanese.

Thirty years in fashion became a launchpad for Sonia Noel’s wider mission, with a seven-month celebration blending style, culture and outreach.

Parliament is reopening on June 5, but only after diplomats stepped in to press for democratic scrutiny. The editorial questions why Guyana’s elected representatives needed foreign prompting to resume accountability.