Pokrovsk, a town in north-east Ukraine in the Donetsk region, has long been surrounded by Russian troops and the noose has been tightening. It is reported that Russian soldiers, who are now fighting in devastated parts of the town, will soon capture it. After the fall of Pokrovsk, a logistics hub of road and rail […]
Author Archives: Ralph Ramkarran
Without context, the victory of the PPP at the last general elections was a landslide. Within the context of elections in Guyana, where the PPP has gained over or close to 50 percent of the votes in all general elections since 1992, and in the past five years the economy has grown exponentially, creating high […]
Earlier than expected, the request for the extradition of Azruddin Mohamed and his father, Nazar Mohamed, came through from the US and was immediately acted upon by the Government. This has happened days before the opening of Parliament shortly after which Mr. Azruddin Mohamed is expected to be elected Leader of the Opposition. Any expectation […]
The US’s intimidatory deployment of military resources in the Caribbean Sea, allegedly to disrupt the flow of drugs from Venezuela to the US, was expanded from the eight warships, carrying surface to air and surface to surface missiles, a nuclear submarine and F-35 aircraft, by the addition of the world’s largest aircraft carrier, the Gerald Ford. Apart from an arsenal of […]
Prior to the September 1 elections, it appeared that the PPP and PNCR were forever destined to be considered as ethnic parties because they obtained their support largely from the two major ethnic groups that make up the Guyana population. The size of the these groups, when considered against the political support generally received by […]
