Ralph Ramkarran

The Christmas Season this year will give us at least three clear holidays, and four for office workers.

Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves publicly described the agenda for the meeting between the two Presidents as being in the interest of “peaceful coexistence,” respect for international law and avoidance of the use of the threats of force.

(Conversation Tree expresses its sincere condolences to the GDF and to the families and friends of Guyana’s brave and intrepid military officers who lost their lives while protecting and defending us).

The boastful bravado of the Nicolas Maduro/Delcy Rodriguez political duopoly, mirroring the audacious and nefarious plots of the Venezuelan ruling elite, has been dented by the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

The confrontation between the Government and the Georgetown City Council has gone on for far too long and should now come to an end.

After more than 12,000 deaths, more than 5,000 being children and 3,000 women, with 3,700 missing, there is no end in sight to the Gaza slaughter.

In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly on September 20, President Irfaan Ali referred to a “very threatening message from Vene-  zuela” in the form of a Communique attacking Guyana for advertising oil blocks in Guyana’s sovereign waters.

Guyana’s challenge to Venezuela’s referendum, fixed for December 3, is to be heard by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on November 14 in the Hague. 

Venezuela’s plan to create a state of ‘Guayana Esequiba’ on Guyana’s territory is an act of brazen and lawless perfidy.

During the past week the Israeli Government has ordered the evacuation of northern Gaza into southern Gaza.

Some of the names of the wars launched against Gaza include ‘Summer Rains’ 2006, ‘Hot Winter’ 2008, ‘Returning Echo’ March 2012, ‘Pillar of Defence’ October 2012, ‘Protective Edge’ 2014 and ‘Breaking Dawn’ in 2022.

International condemnation greeted Venezuela’s statement of 19 September rejecting the “illegal bidding” for oil blocks carried out by the Government of Guyana.

Most Guyanese welcomed the meeting between the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), led the House Democratic Leader, Hakeem Jeffries, and the delegation from the Guyana Government. 

There was insufficient newspaper reporting yesterday on the reasons for the dismissal of the charge against Mr.

The 18th Summit of the G 20, comprising 19 countries and the European Union, takes place this weekend in New Delhi, India.

What are these tools? I was a member of the Elections Commission for the 1973 elections.

First coined as an acronym for some emerging economies in 2001, BRIC countries formally emerged in 2009 at a diplomatic meeting in Russia involving Brazil, Russia, India and China.

The Demerara Rebellion of 18 August 1823 was a seminal event in the history of enslaved resistance in British Guiana and in the colonial world.

Editorialising on “Mining and Amerindians” last Friday, after my article, “Chinese Landing” on Sunday, Stabroek News largely adopted the point of view of the Amerindians of Chinese Landing as its own.

Illegal mining at Chinese Landing has been in the news. A report in SN on Thursday last, stated that the Village Council said that it never asked the government to stop all mining on its lands as some of its villagers earn their livelihoods by mining.