Ralph Ramkarran

The question of electoral reform in its broadest sense has attracted attention.

On ‘liberation day,’ April 2, President Donald Trump announced, to the shock and awe of the world, sweeping reciprocal tariffs on the goods of most countries, bringing to an end, in one fell swoop, the era of free trade, the foremost champion of which was Adam Smith in 1776 in “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.”

Venezuela’s aggression towards Guyana now poses an existential threat to Guyana’s survival as a nation state.

Guyana welcomes US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Apart from relations with Caricom in relation to energy security, illegal immigration and criminal networks as defined by US U.S.

A letter in Stabroek News by Keith Bernard entitled “The British – and Dutch-descended populations’ historiography seems to have been drowned out by larger ethnic narratives” caught my attention yesterday morning.

So Maduro wants to talk based on the provisions of the Geneva Agreement.

Venezuela’s most recent belligerent act, the unprovoked and aggressive intrusion into Guyana’s maritime space, attracted widespread condemnation, including from the United States. 

The institutions most often criticized by the Government and private sector officials are the banks.

Chapter II of the Constitution of Guyana sets out the Principles and Bases of the Political, Economic and Social System of Guyana.

Whether or not readers of this column believe me, I have never been able to afford a new car because of the exorbitant duty.

Is there any lesson to be learnt by the dismissal by the Chief Justice of the case brought by three Mocha residents, Roxanne Allen, Junior Allen and Lashonda Ellis, for relief from the High Court for demolition of their homes, deprivation of their property rights, degrading treatment, among a large number of other remedies?

The Chair of GECOM, Justice Claudette Singh, has decided that biometric identification as the sole, mandatory, means of identification in unconstitutional.

The agreement by Israel to end the genocide in Gaza, after being pressured by the emissary of President-elect Trump, Steve Witkoff, was proposed since last May and approved by Hamas in July.

The People’s National Congress (PNC), Alliance For Change (AFC) and Working People’s Alliance (WPA) recently announced that they will be meeting to discuss the establishment of a coalition for the purpose of contesting the upcoming regional and general elections to be held by November this year.

In commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the PPP, I write about a little known event that formed part of the circumstances that shaped Guyana’s entry into the democratic fold of nations.

With only minimal fanfare and little public notice, the National Assembly last week unanimously passed into law the Security Interests in Movable Property Bill 2024.

Jonestown is once again in the news and is attracting widespread and serious comment.

The A New and United Guyana (ANUG), Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) and The New Movement (TNM), which contested the 2020 elections, utilized section 22 of the Representation of the People Act (ROPA) for the first time in Guyana’s history and wrote to the Chief Election Officer informing him that they have “joined” their lists.

“The law is a jealous mistress and requires long and constant courtship.

The three members of the Elections Commission representing the Opposition recently issued a joint letter calling for the implementation of biometrics by way of electronic fingerprint technology, to identify voters at elections.