When all of the bewildering events of yesterday at the office of the Region Four Returning Officer are taken into account, the only conclusion that can be drawn is that Gecom and its staffers are working in the interest of APNU+AFC and rigging the 2020 general elections right before our eyes.
Internet users are increasingly becoming younger. Many more young people and children are online everyday than adults and more than likely this will grow as time advances.
The ICC Under–19 Cricket World Cup is the tournament known for catapulting the emerging wave of new talent in the game unto the international stage.
Last Friday’s media release issued by the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on the subject of the country’s traffic tribulations appears to have derived from some of the outcomes of the February 19-20 Third Ministerial Conference on Road Safety held in Stockholm, Sweden.
With the stakes for Elections 2020 being as high as they are, it is important that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and the Guyana Police Force (GPF) discharge their myriad obligations today competently and efficiently.
Changes in Guyana’s political landscape have not been much in evidence over the decades, and the few which have materialised have been very slow to make their appearance.
As Covid-19, which claimed its first British victim yesterday, continues to spread around the globe the World Health Organization estimates that it will soon reach most “if not all countries.”
In democracies subject to less drama than this one, elections might be occasions for a rise in the level of popular excitement, but generally speaking they are not a source of stress for the average voter.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that was expected to be signed between the Ministry of Public Security and the United Nations Children’s Fund on Tuesday to formalise the provision of diversionary measures for children in conflict with the law is another step towards giving young offenders a second chance as provided for under the Juvenile Justice Act of 2018.
As the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases continues to escalate on a daily basis and spread to different countries, it is time to acknowledge, despite the statements otherwise, emanating from the World Health Organisation (WHO), that the world is facing a pandemic.
We have been, for many months now, in the grip of a season of elevated madness on our roads, a period characterized by road use behaviour that has been characterized by ever increasing levels of recklessness, to which the traffic authorities appear to have no serious response, so that – or at least so it seems – we must watch the lunacy and its consequences play out to grim endings and attendant grief, stricken, it seems, by a powerlessness to bring these horrific anomalies under at least some reasonable measure of control.
In recent days, the opposition PPP has raised concerns about a decision by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to reduce the use of private residences as polling places.
Today marks the 50th anniversary of Guyana becoming a republic. The vast majority of Guyanese were born after that time, and anyone who was an adult on that very first Republic Day would now be included among the oldest segment of the population.
Last November, during an interview with CNBC, a New York hedge fund manager was asked about Senator Elizabeth Warren’s presidential prospects.
Caught in a time-warp our two antediluvian parties revealed their true identities last Thursday.
Earlier this month, February 8 to 13 to be precise, some 20,000 delegates from over 150 countries met in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates for the 10th session of the World Urban Forum, convened by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme.
As increasingly vast amounts of television and sponsorship money continue to flood the world of sports, and the lines between sports and entertainment becomes even more blurred, the pressure on teams to win titles and championships continues to rise.
The recent GTT Giftland Complex robbery and the swift apprehending of one of the two men alleged to have perpetrated the crime attracted media and public attention for at least a few days, a noteworthy development given the fact that, these days, individual incidents of crime occupy so much space in the realm of public discourse.
It is the season of manifestos in which prospective voters are regaled with promises of all types.
Next Sunday we will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of Guyana becoming a republic.
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