Journalist Rickey Singh passes

Veteran journalist Rickey Singh passed away this morning in Barbados.

Singh, who was born in Guyana, lived and worked in several Caribbean nations, sharing his opinions and analyses of issues affecting the people of the region.

His column Our Caribbean was published in The Nation and he was a regular contributor to publications in Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.

After completing his “A” Levels, he landed a job at the Guyana Chronicle, where at age 18, he was invited to write for the Junior Chronicle.