Last week’s public disclosure of the emoluments of policemen and women evoked some level of public ‘hum.’ Comments focused mostly on what was felt to be the paltriness of the remuneration. Some of the discussants wondered aloud as to whether the salaries afforded those cops on the lower rungs of the ladder, particularly, do not, in fact, contextualize embedded allegations of corrupt practices in the Force.
The argument that salary levels ought not to be posited as justification (or explanation) for the perpetration of practices that bring the Force into disrepute will always hold a generous measure of weight. One of the responses to that argument has been that functionaries who fall into the categories of Public Servants (and the Police are, in effect, Public Servants) have all, traditionally, found themselves in the same circumstance as far as emoluments are concerned but that not everyone had yielded to the temptation to subsidize their incomes through the pursuit of unwholesome options. Continue reading →
Why is it necessary for the US Ambassador, Her Excellency Sarah Ann Lynch, to again call for inclusion, long term growth for all nationals and legislation against corruption? Ambassador Lynch’s remarks on the Wilson Centre’s Plaza Centre podcast titled “Guyana’s ‘oil Rush” were reported by Demerara Waves on 9 November.
Ambassador Lynch is reported to have said: “It is an ethnically divided society and so they need to focus on inclusion and there have been many efforts to do so far but they will need to continue to do that at an increased pace.”
In relation to economic growth the Ambassador said: “…we are encouraging them to focus on efforts that will create sustainable growth for the entire country no matter ethnicity, no matter race, no matter gender, no matter geography…” This implies that such a focus does not exist. Continue reading →
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First of all I must apologize to my readers for not communicating with them earlier. Due to my illness, and weak state, I was unable to use my computer to respond to comments. Today is my first day back on my computer.
I have been in hospital for the last 80+ days. At one time it looked like I was no more of this world.
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About a month ago an announcement was made that I had died and that Guyanese Online was no longer being published. I know that this news upset many family and friends and I deeply regret that it was made.
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Population COLLAPSE is Coming – Elon Musk, Dr. Shanna Swan & Jordan Peterson
Speakers in order: Elon Musk, Chamath Palihapitiya, Dr. Shanna Swan, Jodan B. Peterson, Chris Williamson, Dave Chappelle.
Elon Musk is the founder, CEO, and lead designer of SpaceX; co-founder, CEO, and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; co-founder and CEO of Neuralink; co-founder of PayPal; and founder of the Boring Company. He is revolutionizing the auto industry, traffic, transportation, space travel, artificial intelligence and sustainable energy. Continue reading →
Several well-established multi-million dollar businesses from India have registered serious interest in coming to Guyana and setting up operations here, Indian High Commissioner to Guyana Dr. K.J Srinivasa told the News Room in an exclusive interview on Wednesday.
Speaking at the side-lines of a contract signing at the Ministry of Public Works, the Indian High Commissioner said Rail India Technical and Economic Service Limited (RITES) Ltd and Ashoka Construction Company, the two India-based firms constructing and supervising the construction of the Ogle to Eccles Road link, will soon establish offices here. Continue reading →
Trump couldn’t sit down to eat his lunch without committing a crime
Lucian Truscott Newsletter
We always knew he was a bully and a baby, but testimony today from Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Mark Meadows, about Trump’s plate-throwing tantrums in the Oval Office dining room was what they call news. Hutchinson was testifying about the day in early December of 2020 that the AP news hit the wires with its interview of Attorney General William Barr, who went blatantly on the record that the Department of Justice had investigated dozens of charges of election fraud without finding any evidence sufficient to overturn the results of the election.
Hutchinson testified that she heard “noise” from the opposite end of the hall near the Oval Office. When she walked down the hall, she found a White House valet in the dining room changing the tablecloth. He pointed at the wall next to the fireplace mantle and television screen. “I first noticed there was ketchup dripping down the wall and there was a shattered porcelain plate on the floor,” she said. “The valet had articulated that the president was extremely angry at the Attorney General’s AP interview and had thrown his lunch against the wall.” Continue reading →
Messages from the two main political parties in Guyana on the 56th Anniversary of Independence
PPP/C: Moving forward with an agenda for transformation
THE People’s Progressive Party/C (PPP/C) extends to all Guyanese, at home and abroad, greetings on Guyana’s 56th independence anniversary.
On June 5, 1958, founder of the PPP/C and former president, the late Dr. Cheddi Jagan, posed an important question to the Legislative Council – What do the people of this country want in this phase of our history?
Today, 56 years following independence, this question has contemporary applicability, particularly, given the current global challenges that impact our nation, from the global COVID-19 pandemic to climate change. Continue reading →
