Daily Features

– What? His Excellency see, hears us all? Hoping to be brief but politically pointed today.

Funny the things you remember, because try as you must, sometimes you just cannot forget.

A friend of mine told me that I was out of touch with the national mood: ‘people voted and they want to know who won’.

In normal times a sudden drop in the price of oil would elicit a collective sigh of relief among Caribbean governments and Central Bankers.

By Hans-Werner Sinn MUNICH – The fight against COVID-19 is a full-on war.

Even though a statute puts power in the hands of a Returning Officer, that Returning Officer will understand that he holds in his hands the future and stability of Guyana as we go forward, because every vote must be made to count.

By Moses Bhagwan If our statement that called for the establishment of a Government of National Unity, carries the implication that we stand in the way of the democratic process, then we may be guilty of misrepresenting ourselves.

Our elections are always an interesting period to observe. The fear, mistrust and misinformation that usually festers unnoticed has the tendency to run amok in times such as these.

– living, coping with any unliked government Hello there, I wanted to discuss the PPP’s Madam Teixeira’s comments related to how His Excellency’s state watches and hears all of us, as well as a short piece on bandits and thugs as political protesters.

Days ago, the Berbice reggae artiste, “Mystic” released an online video of a Bartica pastor re-singing his 2019 hit single, “Live Like We At De Cricket.” 

It has recently taken another life and I will not lift the smallest finger to help to prolong the present winner-takes-all political system of governance, matters not who will rule!

By Moses Bhagwan and Eusi Kwayana We write as two Guyanese who have come out of the leadership of both major parties, who have lived through the violence of the 1960s, and who have been following with deep sadness and alarm the news of the outbreak of conflict following a mainly peaceful electoral campaign and voting process in our beloved country.

Two weeks ago, Caribbean Heads of Government passed a resolution critical of US policy towards Cuba.

Last Monday, Guyanese voters took to the polling stations to cast their ballots for general and regional elections following the 21 December 2018 vote of no confidence in the Government.

In this post-elections drama, the sheets feel cold as restless nights and tension grip us.

With thousands of Guyanese casting their votes earlier this week, our nation has spent several days waiting with bated breath for the results to be announced.

Oil revenues and His Excellency’s new pension First, three major points upfront: (1) A few weeks ago as the Democratic Party in the USA began its search for a candidate to oppose Republican President Trump, the results of an election process known as a Caucus could not be quickly ascertained.

Groundhog Day is a critically acclaimed comedy film about a weary American weatherman caught in a time loop, repeatedly reliving mistakes and events.

The results of the current national and regional elections have already confirmed that anyone who believes that regime change will in itself set Guyana on the path to ethnic unity and development are deluding themselves.

By  Ricardo Hausmann CAMBRIDGE – It was bound to happen. At some point, Venezuela would enter the electoral debate in the United States.