Editorial

The management of the City of Georgetown has been palpably unflattering in many ways and for many years now.

A report from Shulinab, South Rupununi in Region 9 released by the government’s Department of Public Information (DPI) on Saturday last was cause for cautious optimism, while being an example of how Guyana is still not getting it right with regard to the agricultural and small business industries.

On Monday, the Third Day of the Third Test, the West Indies, still basking in the glow of winning the first two matches and regaining the Wisden Trophy, received some hard lessons on how harsh and taxing the game can be at this level.

Just around  the same time last week when the Department of Energy was preparing to break the news of ExxonMobil’s eleventh and twelfth oil discoveries offshore Guyana,  prosecutors  in Geneva were winding down a two-year-old money laundering inquiry involving  the eldest son of Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nugema Mbasogo, Africa’s longest serving ruler.

Friday’s press conference called by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) was further evidence that this high constitutional body has allowed itself to be subverted by the government with the express intention of delaying general elections and further thrusting the country towards a constitutional crisis.

After all the expectations generated by the promises of the 2015 campaign, and the hope that some tinkering, at least, would be done on the Constitution to make our political world a little less stressful, here we are again, back to square one.

Earlier this week, while promoting his new movie, the Irish actor Liam Neeson shared a personal anecdote about revenge.

There is a well-known African proverb which says, “It takes a village to raise a child.”

In November 2009, oil-rich, and apparently cash-flush Venezuela, under the then-president Hugo Chavez’s Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas, gave Guyana a grant of US$2 million for the construction of a shelter for the homeless.

Last Saturday a rare celebration occurred at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua as the West Indies won the Second Test match versus England inside of three days to take an unassailable 2 – 0 lead and regain the Wisden Trophy for the first time in ten years.

It is not uncommon in instances of political crisis, whether domestic or international, for the tide of events to roll along sedately for a period then suddenly, without warning, accelerate alarmingly, sometimes leaving analysts scrambling to keep pace with events.

Thursday’s trifecta of decisions by Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George has further exposed the exiguity of the government’s defiance of the motion of no confidence which was passed against it on December 21, effectively ending its tenure and mandating that general elections be held in 90 days.

It is clear from all the exposés about what goes on in the current White House, that as far as President Donald Trump is concerned, loyalty trumps everything.

Announcing the end of Mexico’s 13-year drug war, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told reporters yesterday that “The main purpose of the government is to guarantee public safety … What we want is security, to reduce the daily number of homicides.”

The death of three young children, being cancer patients at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has once more starkly thrust that hospital into the limelight of public scrutiny, creating serious public interest in the outcome of a promised investigation into the three deaths which occurred over a matter of mere hours and days.

A few days ago, rumblings were being heard again in Kenya about ending the importation of second-hand clothing.

The casual cricket follower who resides somewhere in the Eastern Hemisphere must have been quite confused when he initially tuned in to his favourite cricket channel to view the First Test between England and the West Indies last Saturday morning (in the Caribbean, evening on the Sub-continent).

It would be a good thing if the removal of Mr.

Article 162 of the constitution sets out the functions of the Guyana Elections Commission.

Recognition is customarily accorded to a country’s government on the basis that it is a de facto government.