Grief and Resolve

The sinking of the MV Barima has plunged Guyana into a grief few could have imagined a week ago. For more than four decades, this vessel carried the people of Region One safely between Georgetown and the remote communities of the North West District, a quiet,...

Do not use this tragedy for vulgar political gains

I RETURNED from visiting my sister in Barbados to plan my marriage when I heard about the Jonestown tragedy. The hundreds that died in Jonestown were not Guyanese, but they were humans, and therefore it was a Guyanese tragedy. It was an enormous dent to the psychology...