Forty years after Forbes Burnham radically reformed the independence constitution and twenty years after that, the ‘Burnham’ constitution was reformed by the PPP/C government, why is the present constitution still being disparagingly referred to as the ‘Burnham’ constitution that needs to be scrapped?
In last week’s article, we referred to the urgent need to convene Parliament in order to set the legislative agenda for the rest of the year, including the presentation and approval of the budget for 2020.
By Steven Jensen Steven L. B. Jensen is a Senior Researcher at The Danish Institute for Human Rights.
What do we expect of our leaders? Are we only concerned that they are qualified to be named to serve but their moral standards are not important?
High standards for PPP Comrades now, my own wish list Hello friends I plan to go very easy on your concentration and tolerance today.
Within our society, there is a dangerous philosophy that surrounds workers and the things that they are expected to endure.
The U.S. Embassy in Georgetown, Guyana has increased passport appointments for American citizens as we follow the Department of State’s “Diplomacy Strong” phased approach to resuming operations.
With its big, bright yellow sign, “Khan’s Hideout Bar” proved anything but a safe drinking hole for 17 thirsty men who defied COVID-19 regulations on Tuesday, and ended up being arrested at the Montrose, East Coast Demerara establishment.
‘It may indeed be possible to conduct the Presidency from a jail cell:’ so said the late Professor Monroe Freedman, one of the United States’ leading experts on legal ethics, upon considering the possibility of indicting and sentencing the president (https://wustllawreview.org/essays/
By Immaculata Casimero, Junisha Jonny, Romario Hastings and Medino Abraham Immaculata Casimero is Wapichan from Aishalton, a women’s rights advocate and chairman of Aisharatoon Women’s Association.
I have been around in this business for 25 years and I have never seen a post-elections process like I have seen here in those 25 years, anywhere…[W]e saw things, with our own eyes, which were clearly not credible and clearly not right.
Most Guyanese are underpaid. The majority have probably never earned a living wage.
Battered as we are; hundreds of thousands of our countrymen in optional voluntary overseas exile; and with decades of our development delayed and denied primarily through political selfishness, do we dare to hope during this beginning of another People’s Progressive Party (PPP) national tenure?
At one point in our history, sugar served as the crown jewel of Guyana’s industries.
The upbeat Chief Executive Officer of the “young and growing” Guyana-based timber export company promised logs and lumber in “any quantity” and of “the best quality.”
Sometime between now and the next five years, Guyana will have to embark upon constitutional and more specifically electoral reforms.
A huge section of the Milne Ice Shelf, the last of Canada’s intact ice shelves located on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, has collapsed into the Arctic Ocean, creating an “ice island” about 30 square miles in size, larger than that of the area of Manhattan.
By G. J. Giddings Dr. Jahwara Giddings is Professor of History at Central State UniversityIt is always a good time to reiterate Guyana’s food traditions, practices, and prospects, and to emphasize the power and potential of good food in general.
Last Update: 616.80 Movement: 0.00% Current Update: 616.80 YTD Movement: 1.78% The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) remained unchanged during the first period of trading in August, 2020.
The election process finally concluded last Sunday with the People’s Progressive Party/Civic being declared the winner.
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