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Dramatic turn in US politics

Kamala Harris, described as an American woman of African and South Asian heritage, is poised to be nominated as the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party in US elections to be held in November.

The Alliance For Change

The AFC burst on the political scene in 2005. Raphael Trotman and Khemraj Ramjattan, its main leaders, along with Sheila Holder, were leading members of the PNCR and PPP respectively.

Congratulations!

I congratulate the ten Judges who have been appointed and wish them well in the discharge of their important duties.

Putin’s visit to North Korea

President Putin’s visit to North Korea and the revival of a Cold War defence treaty of mutual support has exacerbated the security concerns of the West, the US, South Korea and Japan.

The flogging of children in schools

News reports yesterday suggest that the Ministry of Education will soon pronounce on the issue of the flogging of ten Queen’s College students by a senior teacher which occurred on May 16.

Looking overseas – Trump and the ANC

There is always much to write about Guyana. But whether there is anything this week beyond the regular news, good and bad, to interest the reader enough to spend fifteen minutes on a Sunday morning on an 800-word article, is doubtful. 

Guyana at 58

Birthdays are always a time for celebration and reflection. Many Guyanese will feel happy that we have survived as a united nation.

Marxism in the news

Marxism has been in the news recently with our governing political party, the PPP, finally removing it from its constitution on the ground that it’s an ‘ism,’ a relic of the past.

The PPP Congress

The Congress of the People’s Progressive Party, few and far between, is taking place this weekend in the elevated ambience of the Arthur Chung Conference Centre at Turkeyen, Georgetown.

Presidential immunity

The issue of presidential immunity reached a high point in the United States during last week in the hearing of a case in the United States Supreme Court brought by former President Donald Trump.

The hindrance to striking

Article 147(2) of the Constitution provides that: “Except with his or her own consent no person shall he hindered in the enjoyment of his or her freedom to strike.”

Venezuela finally unmasked for the world to see

Guyanese need no evidence of the perfidy of Venezuela. Before the ink was dry on the Geneva Agreement signed in February 1966 and on the Order in Council granting Independence to Guyana from British colonialism in May 1966, Venezuela invaded Guyana’s half of Ankoko in October 1966 and has since been in illegal occupation of the island.

Third party politics

A review of third parties, their roles and future, were discussed in SN’s editorial yesterday against the background of VP Jagdeo’s announcement that the PPP was ready for the challenge.

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