What are these tools? I was a member of the Elections Commission for the 1973 elections. I was also a member of the Elections Commission for the 1992, 1997 and 2001 elections. I have witnessed first-hand the ‘tools’ used in the darkest days of election rigging in 1973, the incipient steps in 1992 to put […]
Author Archives: Ralph Ramkarran
BRICS
First coined as an acronym for some emerging economies in 2001, BRIC countries formally emerged in 2009 at a diplomatic meeting in Russia involving Brazil, Russia, India and China. South Africa became a member in 2010 when the group’s name changed to BRICS. Its primary focus at that time was reforming the global financial system, […]
THE BLOOD NEVER DRIED OVER THE BRITISH EMPIRE
The Demerara Rebellion of 18 August 1823 was a seminal event in the history of enslaved resistance in British Guiana and in the colonial world. Its exposure of the horrors of slavery, along with the Morant Bay Rebellion in Jamaica on 17 December 1831, involving 60,000 enslaved persons, 400 of whom died, and an area […]
A TENDENTIOUS EDITORIAL ON CHINESE LANDING
Editorialising on “Mining and Amerindians” last Friday, after my article, “Chinese Landing” on Sunday, Stabroek News largely adopted the point of view of the Amerindians of Chinese Landing as its own. In doing so SN tendentiously describes some of what I said as ‘baffling’ and ‘bizarre.’ SN suggested that since Chinese Landing got “no support […]
CHINESE LANDING
Illegal mining at Chinese Landing has been in the news. A report in SN on Thursday last, stated that the Village Council said that it never asked the government to stop all mining on its lands as some of its villagers earn their livelihoods by mining. Also, it does not approve of the government’s fact-finding […]