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By David Hinds The CCJ has given its ruling. At first glance, it is a victory for the PPP and a defeat for the APNU+AFC Coalition. Going forward, PPP supporters will obviously be on a high which makes it easier to mobilize them for the coming elections that will now…
Continue readingJun 16, 2019 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds This past week marked the 39th anniversary of Walter Rodney’s assassination. Each year we, his political colleagues, honour his memory to remind ourselves and Guyana at large of his central role in shaping post-colonial consciousness in Guyana, the Caribbean, Africa and the…
Continue readingStabroek News june 11, 2019 Dear Editor, It has been brought to my attention that the Opposition Leader used part of a recent press conference to respond to comments I made in a section of the local media regarding reports that some members of the government service have been acting as political spies…
Continue readingJun 09, 2019 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds The news emanating from the Guyana Chronicle regarding the reinstatement by decree of the General Manager is most sickening. There are three things that I must get out of the way. First, party leaders and activists have a right to work whether…
Continue readingJun 02, 2019 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds I am writing this column mere hours after getting the news that Andaiye, revolutionary and women’s rights activist, had died. I have known Andaiye for 42 years and she remains one of my favourite WPA leaders of the glorious days of the…
Continue readingMay 26, 2019 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds This week Guyana observes fifty-three years of independence or political freedom from colonial rule. As is the case with most recent post-colonial societies, the debate over whether we are truly independent is as fresh as it was five decades ago. It is…
Continue readingMay 19, 2019 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds There has understandably been some commentary on the achievements and non-achievements of the current government. The government itself set the tone with a lengthy statement which has become the subject of discussion by a few columnists and beyond. Predictably, the…
Continue readingMar 31, 2019 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds In one of his recent columns, Freddie Kissoon observed the failure of African Guyanese activists to respond to interventions by three Indian Guyanese scholars on the so-called Ethnic Security Dilemma. He concluded that this silence has to do with a…
Continue readingMay 12, 2019 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds Yesterday , May 11, marked the fourth anniversary of the coming to power of the APNU+AFC Coalition Government. The government and one of its constituent parties, the AFC, have issued statements which highlight the achievements of the administration. Since the…
Continue readingApr 07, 2019 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds This column is a reflection on another column that appeared in the Kaieteur News on April 1, 2019 under the caption, “Beware of the WPA.” That column was clearly written by someone from the PPP with acute knowledge of recent…
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