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Letters · 9

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Raymond Anderson

Media & Press Freedom

RSF Report-deserved rejection from Minister

Raymond Anderson says Kwame McCoy was right to reject the RSF report as flawed, biased and out of touch with Guyana.

Joel Bhagwandin

Economics & Trade

Price controls distort supply, not living costs

Joel Bhagwandin says price controls would create shortages, while Guyana’s real answer is subsidies and big structural spending.

Roopnauth Hardyal

International Relations

Delcy Rodríguez has been wearing her brooch

Roopnauth Hardyal says Delcy Rodríguez’s brooch was routine attire, not a fresh provocation over the Essequibo dispute.

Vishnu Bisram

Sports & Culture

Struggle for Indian Arrival as Holiday

Vishnu Bisram says May 5 should be officially named Indian Arrival Day, not the broader Arrival Day.

Jamil Changlee

Economics & Trade

In support of Guyana furniture sector

Jamil Changlee says government buildings should showcase locally made luxury wood furniture instead of imported products.

Hemdutt Kumar

Political Governance

Jamaica ruling should jolt Guyana on Exxon

Jamaica’s court showed Guyana must stop siding with Exxon over spill safeguards, Hemdutt Kumar writes.

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Vanessa Mason

International Relations

Diplomacy in the image of our times

Vanessa Mason says social media has turned diplomacy into public name-calling that erodes trust and needs new rules.

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Hemdutt Kumar

International Relations

Essequibo Is Not a Costume

Delcy Rodríguez’s Essequibo brooch is political theatre meant to normalise Venezuela’s claim, Hemdutt Kumar writes.

Francis Canzius

Infrastructure & Development

The state of the Independence Arch

Guyana's 1966 Independence Arch has been left dark, dirty and occupied by vagrants, Francis Canzius writes.

Features & Editorials · 9

GCGuyana Chronicle

Editorial

The Basic Truth

Guyana's food prices are rising because local production can't keep up — and imports are getting costlier too.

Leonard Craig Column / Leonard Craig

The predicament of the Mohameds: is there a comparison? Part 3

U.S. pressure, sanctions and extradition demands — not local initiative — are cast as the turning point in the Mohamed saga.

The Freddie Kissoon Column / Freddie Kissoon

Reading Ivelaw Griffith at Optique Eye Hospital

A hospital wait turns into a sharp critique of Ivelaw Griffith’s oil-and-climate book, with politics at the center.

GTGuyana Times

Editorial

ICJ’s decision on Border Controversy for Guyana

Guyana heads into the ICJ hearing with a narrow case: the 1899 boundary award was final, binding, and long accepted.

Eyewitness

Tilting… at Essequibo windmill

Venezuela’s Essequibo claim collides with a binding 1899 award, decades of acceptance, and a legal case built on chronology. The piece also revisits Arrival Day’s erased African indentureship and asks whether GuySuCo’s Roundup use could trigger claims.

Features

The Immigration Ordinance of 1891

The 1891 ordinance promised order on the sugar estates, but in practice tightened control over indentured Indian labour. Its abuses helped fuel the Non Pareil killings and Bechu’s fierce campaign against the system.

Health Tips

Urinary Tract Infections: The infection many ignore until it gets worse

Burning urination and frequent bathroom trips can signal a UTI that may quickly reach the kidneys. Early treatment and simple habits help prevent complications.

KNKaieteur News

Editorial

Economic boom and workers’ reality

Guyana’s boom is leaving many workers behind, as wages lag, costs rise, and unions lose their edge.

Dem Boys Seh

Four lane contract to two lanes

A new four-lane road has effectively become two lanes, as parking and roadside businesses choke Aubrey Barker Road.

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