Editorial

The realisation that at age 14, Andy (other name unknown) was so drunk or so high or both that he never heard the engine of the truck under which he slept start up has caused consternation.

Given the deep-seated divisions and stalemate that have characterized the 10th parliament, any type of all-party agreement is music to the ears and welcoming news to all Guyanese.

The National Communications Network (NCN) is a state-owned media agency and accordingly, it ought to be particularly mindful of its obligations to balance and fairness in its coverage of public issues.

In last Monday’s editorial we reflected on the negative view  of the PPP’s General Secretary Mr Clement Rohee on the readiness of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) for the holding of elections and the latter’s own official silence on whether it could meet the August 1, 2014 deadline for the polls which have not been held since 1994.

The government received justified commendation for announcing last year that a commission of inquiry would be held into the death of Dr Walter Rodney in 1980.

Last week, in a statement that quickly went viral, a Washington-based anchor for the Russia Today television network resigned on air.

Contrary to what we posited in our editorial last Friday, that authoritarian regimes generally view making concessions, including being brought to the dialogue table, as a sign of weakness, the President of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Diosdado Cabello, affirmed that same day that the Peace Conference launched by President Nicolás Maduro was not “a sign of weakness.”

As Mashramani recedes and carnival season unfurls in the Caribbean, few who see the floats can fail to admire our capacity for creativity and ingenuity.

We do not feel the need to explain what might appear as an editorial preoccupation with events in Ukraine.

During the course of last week the Ministry of Education issued a public statement to the effect that it would shortly be hosting consultations on “professional standards for teachers.”

At a press conference on February 17, 2014, PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee said that the government-nominated members of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) were doubtful about the commission’s readiness to hold local government elections.

On Republic night around 9 pm the Minister of Finance was involved in an accident. 

In mid-June 2013, a search engine that guarantees its users privacy noticed a sudden influx of 500,000 new queries.

At the time of writing, another student demonstration was due to take place in Caracas yesterday, to demand, among other things, the freeing of the hundreds of protesters detained by the authorities and justice for the more than 500 wounded in the recent street clashes.

Water, or rather the provision of water which is of a consumable quality without producing deleterious effects, has become a million-dollar business in this country.

Hard on the heels of our editorial last week on Russia and the West has been the culmination of the incipient, uprising centred particularly in Kiev, against Ukraine President Yanukovitch, his swift departure from the capital as he sensed the rising power of his opponents, and then the establishment of a new temporary ruling regime in the country.

A few weeks ago the Kaieteur News published an article based on an interview with Ms.

Justice Sukul’s disbarment by the Bar of England and Wales earlier this month and his subsequent resignation have raised important questions here about the functioning of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) which the public has every right to pose.

The usual crowds, one imagines, will be lining the parade route today to watch the floats. 

A fortnight ago, on the opening day of the Winter Olympics, Moscow police arrested several LGBT activists for waving rainbow flags while they sang the Russian national anthem in Red Square.