Conversation Tree

The earliest manifestation of Guyana’s new status in the international community is the attention it attracted between the 21 December, 2018, and the 2 March, 2020.

Free and fair elections are guaranteed by access of all political parties to the political process, an accurate voters’ list, freedom to vote in conditions of security, the secrecy of the ballot, an adequate system of identification of voters, a transparent counting method and secure transmission of the results.

The rigging of elections in Guyana has multi-dimensional aspects and in that it represents manifestations of the deepest fissures of our society.

In the case of the Attorney General v Richardson, the then Attorney General, Basil Williams, challenged in the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) the ruling of the Guyana Court of Appeal striking down as unconstitutional the provision of the Constitution that limited a President to two terms.

Since Moses Nagamootoo ‘unfriended’ me from Facebook at the end of the elections’ crisis, I have been unable to trace those activities that he may choose to make public to FB friends.

The statement captioning this article was made by the President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), the Hon.

The fundamental objective of a political party is to gain political office and implement its policies for the benefit of the country.

Law Week, sponsored by the Guyana Bar Association (GBA), is yet another innovative and imaginative effort by the legal profession to highlight and promote the importance of law and a law-based society in Guyana.

A robust debate has been triggered by Guyana’s Local Content Act (the Act) between Guyanese and Trinidad and Tobago business organisations, businesspeople and involving some Guyanese public officials.

The visit of US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Barbara Feinstein, to Guyana, and her wide-ranging discussions, mark an important step in the evolving relations between the US and Guyana.

The Soviet Union, of which Russia was the dominant part, like the United States, has played an important role in the politics of modern Guyana.

The theme of the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) Annual Police Officers Conference, held during last week, was “Promoting improvement of public trust and confidence, maintaining safety and security through competence, professionalism and partnership.”

Civil society began to attain prominence about fifty years ago as non-state actors outside the political and business communities.

Russia’s long-expected land, sea and air invasion of Ukraine on Thursday last is to be condemned.

The spectacular possibilities that await Guyana were revealed at the recently concluded oil and gas conference.

Cynthia Nelson has fascinated Guyanese for over a decade and a half with her “Tastes Like Home” articles in Stabroek News.

Mudwata, still defiantly profane and homophobic, is back, daring the authorities to find him and ridiculing their arrest of Keron Bruce.

The crisis which emerged after the Russian deployment of troops on its border with Ukraine in recent weeks has led to diplomatic discourses between the United States, Russia and NATO.

The editorial of Stabroek News and the letter by Clement Rohee in yesterday’s edition provide two of the most excellent tributes to the late Yesu Persaud that have been written.

Trends have emerged in Guyana where political parties, principally the PNCR, sometimes define their responsibilities as relating to only those who they ‘represent’ or their ‘supporters’ or who ‘voted for them,’ even though, as Government or Opposition, they are expected to represent the interests of all Guyanese.