Jun 29, 2026 Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom

(Kaieteur News) – Government has to stop wasting money in Guyana and begin treating basic human needs as the true measure of national progress. Development cannot be judged only by grand projects, ribbon cuttings and inequitable cash grants distribution when so many citizens are struggling quietly in the shadows.

A case in point is the transportation grant which is being given to every school child starting today, regardless of needs of means. That money could have been better deployed towards helping for whom transportation costs to get to school is a real burden and to address other needs in our society.