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Regulating private security firms
It took two years after former President Bharrat Jagdeo assented to the Private Security Services Act (2009) for the Order actualizing its provisions to be signed by the Minister of Home Affairs.
Flooding and incompetence
As stated in the February 5, 2012 Sunday Stabroek editorial, after two decades in office inclusive of a major disaster seven years ago, the PPP/C government has run out of excuses where it relates to viable solutions and a comprehensive plan to confront flooding.
Avoiding gridlock
“As willing as my government is to exercise patience, forbearance and reasonableness in the interest of all of our people, my administration will not be held [to] ransom… [by] intractable postures,” President Ramotar told parliamentarians in his first address to the National Assembly on Friday.
Political campaigns that produce heat but no light
As the race for the US Republican party nomination meanders between four different candidates, the use of negative campaigning has assumed new significance.
Flip-flopping on the Falklands
Just in case anyone believes that Caricom states are still capable of consistently clever diplomacy, then think again.
Caring for the elderly
It was reported last Friday, that following one of their meetings, the government and the parliamentary opposition agreed to set up three committees that would, broadly, deal with issues affecting governance, the constitution and the economy.
Global economic difficulties and ourselves
It would not be odd if, in various capitals of the smaller states and economies of the world, both officials and citizens are beginning to be somewhat fearful of the continuing economic crisis among many countries in the Eurozone, and of what has appeared to be a gridlock between the centres of government and Congressional decision-making in the United States.
Dr Gopaul’s pronouncement
About a week ago, Labour Minister Dr Nanda Kishore Gopaul made an eye-catching comment in a section of the print media about what he described as “brazen disrespect for the country’s labour laws by some local and foreign companies.
Priorities for investigation
Parliament’s new configuration and the PPP/C’s loss of its accustomed majority will test all sides in and out of the House on several seminal questions.
Flood cycle
One wonders what else there is to say about flooding in Guyana that hasn’t be said many times before.
The silencing of Salman Rushdie
Valentine’s Day this year will mark the twenty-third anniversary of the Iranian fatwa against the novelist Salman Rushdie.
The weakness of Caricom diplomacy
Wednesday’s editorial, ‘Britain and Caricom,‘ raised a few questions about the coordination, coherence, efficiency and efficacy of Caricom’s collective diplomacy.
Save our children
With 2012 just a month old, there have already been at least four reports of serious crimes committed against children in Guyana.
Britain and Caricom
The dominating thought in the minds of those who would have heard of an imminent meeting between the foreign ministers of Caricom and their counterpart from the United Kingdom, William Hague, a little over a week and a half ago, must have been whether he would be bringing fresh, positive news about what Caricom considers the exorbitant Air Passenger Duty (APD) imposed by the British.
Life after the presidency
On December 3, 2011, Bharrat Jagdeo assumed the status of a ‘retired’ president.