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WiredJA News Team Op-Ed 08 September 2023

GUYANA | The Gladstone family presents an opportunity to right past and present wrongs

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 8, 2023 - As we intensify the discussions relating to the Gladstones visit to Guyana to offer an apology for their ancestor, Sir John Gladstone’s role in slavery, one needs to take into consideration a number of factors.

WiredJA News Team Op-Ed 08 September 2023

GUYANA | The Gladstone family presents an opportunity to right past and present wrongs

GUYANA | Roysdale Forde Says He Ain't apologising for "Speaking our truths as we live, experience, and understand it" !

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 6, 2023 - (OP-ED) - The Irfaan Ali government in ignoring the wisdom of Will Rogers, “If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging,” and slavishly...

WiredJA News Team Op-Ed 06 September 2023

GUYANA | Of Reparations, Justice and Fairness for Afro-Guyanese

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Sept. 4, 2023 - Last week, the descendants of British slave owner, John Gladstone offered apologies to Guyanese for the actions of Gladstone, who held our ancestors in...

Roysdale Forde, SC Op-Ed 04 September 2023

GUYANA | Reparations demand compensation for forced unpaid slave labour- Indentureship was a paid worker system !

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, August 29, 2023 - Once again descendants of former African slaves are being pitted against descendants of Indian indentured labourers in Guyana by the Jagdeo/Ali Regime.

Lincoln Lewis Op-Ed 29 August 2023

GUYANA | Forde laments Guyanese poverty- Challenges Ali's lip-service to racial equality

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, August 28, 2023 - It is an international shame and disgrace that Guyana, a country this rich, has such a high percentage of poverty.

WiredJA News Team Op-Ed 28 August 2023

GUYANA | Chattel Slavery and Indentureship: Distinguishing the Incomparable Dear Editor,

MONTEGO BAY, August 27, 2023 - On Friday, Charles Gladstone, on behalf of the Gladstone family, descendants of one of the largest slave owners in Guyana Sir John Gladstone, offered...

WiredJA News Team Op-Ed 27 August 2023

GUYANA | Adam's Notebook: Jagdeo makes it clear who is the boss !

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, August 23, 2023 - There is an old saying that two captains cannot steer a ship. And indeed if that happens, surely there would be disaster.

WiredJA News Team Op-Ed 25 August 2023

GUYANA | Jagdeo's tirade against The Washington Conference on Guyana Must be Condemned

NEW York, New York, August 20, 2023 - Amidst rising tensions in Guyana over the PPP government's alleged racism, racial discrimination and injustice against African Guyanese, the country's Vice President,...

Dr. Roxanne Edwards-Jones Op-Ed 20 August 2023

JAMAICA | The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the Constitution - Too Many Violations.

KINGSTON, Jamaica August 13, 2023 - Justice Minister Delroy Chuck's recent imperious manner in the House of Representatives in piloting an amendment to the foundation rules by which the society...

AJ Nicholson Op-Ed 13 August 2023

US Moves to Curtail China’s Economic Investment in the Caribbean

On March 8, 2023, General Laura J. Richardson of the United States (U.S.) Southern Command gave testimony at a congressional hearing wherein she issued a warning to U.S. lawmakers about...

Tamanisha John Op-Ed 12 August 2023

NIGER | Ignore the Bluff, ECOWAS Will Not go to War in Niger Says Joseph Wangija

Bola Tinubu, Nigeria's president and current chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is perhaps one of the masterful politicians of our generation - a political godfather...

Joseph Wangija Op-Ed 11 August 2023

GUYANA | Adam's Notebook: Their children died in the Mahdia dorm fire, now the government is bullying them

GEORGETOWN, August 6, 2023 - There is no law that says that someone must be bullied into accepting whatever compensation is being offered. In fact, it is illegal. One should...

Adam Harris Op-Ed 07 August 2023

JAMAICA | The crucifixion of Isat Buchanan

The ugly side of Jamaican society is the abuse of its people that is endemic to the way it was forged in slavery, tempered in colonial oppression and exploitation, and...

Dr. Michael Witter Op-Ed 05 August 2023

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