Ralph Ramkarran

Firemen are first responders who are required to help and protect victims and their property.

Prior to the announcement of the date for local government elections, there was speculation, particularly in Opposition circles, that the Government would find reasons not to hold the elections.

Much discussion and debate has occurred since the elections of 2011 in relation to post-elections coalitions in Guyana.

Guyana’s main political parties will only be interested in constitutional reform to transform our ethno-political system if a sufficiently large portion of the electorate demands it.

President Granger’s address to the National Assembly completely omitted any reference to constitutional reform.

Stabroek News will forever be defined by its birth pangs from an authoritarian womb.

Local government elections are to be held on November 12th. With the polls, the never-ending stream of suspicions have emerged as the Government established new local government units and merged others.

Sex and politics intersected in an explosive controversy that has gripped the United States as Professor Christine Blasey Ford gave evidence last Thursday to the United States Senate about a sexual assault perpetrated against her in the summer of 1982 by Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s nominee to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy, on the US Supreme Court.

Of all the other Caricom countries, Guyana has enjoyed the closest relations with Trinidad and Tobago.

Ryan Crawford, whose middle name you will have to guess, is an attorney-at-law in practice in Berbice, and the son of the late Marcel Crawford, one of the Ancient County’s distinguished lawyers.

Those who advocate changes in the composition and method of selection of the members of the Elections Commission suffer from the ostrich syndrome.

Last Sunday, it was reported that a mother from Enmore on the East Coast had chased her three-year old son around the yard of their home and subsequently stabbed him several times.

Ivor Archie has been the Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago (TT) for ten years and is a prominent judicial personality in the Caribbean.

A report on the cost of food for each sitting of Parliament being $700,000 has triggered a particularly sharp debate about the cost and the alleged supply of alcohol.

The AFC declared on Monday last that it would be contesting the November 12 local government elections on its own.

An extensive debate is currently raging in the media on the Government’s lethargic approach in preparation for the oil industry.

It has long been recognized that the judiciary and its decisions are not and should not be immune from criticisms.

On Friday last, the New York Times (NYT) published a report, headlined ‘The $20 Billion Question for Guyana.’

Charles Ramson (Jr) recently announced that he would seek the PPP’s nomination to be its presidential candidate for the 2020 general elections.

During the lifetimes of Cheddi Jagan and Janet Jagan, the PPP twice, unanimously, decided to support a two-term presidential limit.