Just one year before the birth of Stabroek News, friends, colleagues and acquaintances, who were disaffected PNC supporters, and even some cautious PPP supporters, were hopeful that new policy directions would emerge under President Hoyte, following the passing of President Burnham in 1985. Alas, the audacious rigging of the 1985 elections that gave the PNC […]
Author Archives: Ralph Ramkarran
In explaining the reason for the war by the United States against Iran, US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said it was because of fears that Iran would retaliate in response to planned Israeli action against Tehran. “We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action; we knew that that would precipitate an attack […]
PRESIDENT ALI FOR TALKS WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP
Long a proponent of tariffs to prevent other countries from “ripping off” America, President Trump proclaimed ‘Liberation Day” on April 2, 2025, when he imposed sweeping tariffs on most countries of the world. The President circumvented the US Constitution (Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1) which gives power to the Congress to “lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excise.” The Article also gives Congress the authority to “regulate […]
Stabroek News is an integral part of my life. Were it human I would have owned it as family. For longer than I can remember, my mornings began with coffee and Stabroek News, first the hard copy and later the electronic copy. Over the past decade plus, Stabroek News has published a weekly article I write for my blog, Conversation […]
