As APNU+AFC and its surrogates continue to defy the will of the people by first sponsoring naked electoral fraud and when that failed occupying all tiers of the judiciary with spurious and vacuous legal challenges to the declaration of the result of the March 2nd elections, it is evident that Guyana faces its greatest threat to democratic governance since the massively rigged elections of 1985, courtesy of the then PNC which today again features in treachery of the same order.
The de facto government has hardly demonstrated its competence in managing the Covid-19 pandemic.
The ongoing crackdown in Portland, Oregon – enforced by unidentified federal agents in camouflage and tactical gear – has produced scenes more reminiscent of democratic resistance in a banana republic rather than a protest in an American city.
One can envisage the justices of the CCJ rolling their eyes around in exasperation when the latest frivolous electoral appeal from Guyana lands on their bench.
Since 2002, the Paris Plages event in France has been offering Parisians and visitors free summertime beachside recreation along the Seine River.
Jack Charlton, the former England defender, a key member of the 1966 World Cup winning team, passed away on 10th July following a long illness.
There is something insidious in the ‘nature’ of the Coronavirus. Its ‘mission’ extends beyond taking lives.
Thursday, July 16th 2020 marked the 9th anniversary of the formation of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU).
Perhaps the most perplexing thing about the aftermath of the March 2nd election is that the caretaker President has managed to create an alternative story about the process which defies incontrovertible evidence and the testimony of innumerable witnesses, yet is still believed by a significant number of people.
Earlier this month Harper’s magazine published a 532-word “Letter on Justice and Open Debate” signed by more than 150 well-known writers and journalists.
The caretaker President has rewritten the rule-book for the rigging of elections.
On Sunday last, this newspaper reported that ExxonMobil and two of its subcontractors had been fined three times this year – in March, April, and May – for “minor spills of hydraulic fluid in the offshore Stabroek Block”.
On Sunday, the West Indies cricket team completed a fine four-wicket victory over their English hosts in the First Test at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton.
With hindsight, it is more than a little surprising that, glaring and reckless transgressions notwithstanding, large sections of the Guyana population still comply with the unprecedented strictures and encumbrances required of us on account of the most alarming malady that we have ever had to confront, the Coronavirus.
An overarching and vaguely worded national security law imposed on Hong Kong this week marks the end of an era.
What else can be said about Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield that has not already been said?
In a Page One comment on June 25th, Stabroek News stated the following in relation to the Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield: “As we have said before, Mr Lowenfield must be summarily dismissed from his position.
Most Guyanese are hoping that the CCJ’s decision on Wednesday marks the end of the long excursion into legal back alleys intended to block the declaration of the true result of the election held on March 2nd.
This was bound to happen. The signs were there all along that Hong Kong’s semi-autonomy and the way the special administrative region flexed it were vexing to the People’s Republic of China so no one should be surprised at the recent new security law imposed by China that in essence could be used to quell dissent against the Chinese government and reduce Hong Kong’s autonomy.
Last Wednesday, the life innings of the oldest surviving West Indian Test cricketer, Everton Weekes came to an end.
