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Dec 01, 2019 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds The WPA family, especially those who were active during the 1970s and 1980s, has had to endure the constant charge from some detractors of the party that we have betrayed Dr. Walter Rodney. One reads that narrative in the press…
Continue readingNov 24, 2019 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds Recently, I have been thinking a lot about our politics and society. Well, at least more than I usually do. I think a lot about younger Guyanese and their political socialisation. I have never been more worried about hyper-partisanship than…
Continue readingNov 17, 2019 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds A New and United Guyana (ANUG)’s chairman, Timothy Jonas, has taken me to task for what he interprets as my electoral preference for the proverbial lesser of two evils. He opines that to do so is to hide from one’s…
Continue readingNov 10, 2019 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds The detractors of the APNU+AFC Coalition are hard at work on all fronts. There is a determined effort to prevent the Coalition from returning to office. At first glance, one could argue that there are justifiable grounds for removing them—they…
Continue readingNov 03, 2019 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds A recent news story in the Stabroek News quotes Walter Rodney’s widow, Dr. Patricia Rodney pleading with our government to make public the report of the Rodney Commission of Inquiry which was handed over more than four years ago. It…
Continue readingOct 27, 2019 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds The issue of what some simplistically call “hyphenated Guyanese” has bubbled to the surface again. It seems as if some people are bent on causing more confusion among the population. We already have to deal with the negative consequences of…
Continue readingBy Stabroek News October 23, 2019 Dear Editor, There has been a minor exchange over the major issue of identity in the Stabroek News between Ms. Ryhaan Shah and Mr. John Mair. Mr. Mair, as some Guyanese often do, sought to silence ethnic identity. Ms. Shah was moved to correctly assert her…
Continue readingOct 23, 2019 Letters DEAR EDITOR, There has been a minor exchange over the major issue of identity in another newspaper between Ms. Ryhann Shah and Mr. John Mair. Mr. Mair, as some Guyanese often do, sought to silence ethnic identity. Ms. Shah was moved to correctly assert her Indian identity…
Continue readingBy Staff Reporter – guyana chronicle October 23, 2019 Dear Editor THERE has been a minor exchange over the major issue of identity in the Stabroek News between Ms Ryhann Shah and Mr John Mair. Mr Mair, as some Guyanese often do, sought to silence ethnic identity. Ms Shah was moved…
Continue readingOct 20, 2019 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds The apparent electoral decline of the AFC has prompted a fresh debate over the role of Third Parties in Guyana. Some commentators and former AFC supporters have taken the party to task for coalescing with the PNC and in the…
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