A letter in Stabroek News by Keith Bernard entitled “The British – and Durch – descended populations historiography seems to have been drowned out by larger ethnic narratives” caught my attention yesterday morning. One of the most prominent professional institutions that have emerged from Guyana’s colonial history is the law firm of Cameron & Shepherd […]
Author Archives: Ralph Ramkarran
PRESIDENT ALI MUST NOT BE A SUPPLICANT TO MADURO
So Maduro wants to talk based on the provisions of the Geneva Agreement. In the first place, President Ali must not give credibility, or fall victim, to the hoary tale of Venezuela’s false interpretation of the Geneva Agreement that it mandates a resolution of the border controversy by negotiation between the two countries. Negotiation was mandated only in relation to […]
GUYANA SEEKS MEASURES FROM THE ICJ TO BLOCK VENEZUELA
Venezuela’s most recent belligerent act, the unprovoked and aggressive intrusion into Guyana’s maritime space, attracted widespread condemnation, including from the United States. This atrocity is certainly intended to intimidate Guyana and to escalate tensions. It may also well be that with a US company, Exxon, with partners, engaged in extracting oil from within Guyana’s EEZ, […]
THE BANKS AND THE STONE AGE
The institutions most often criticized by the Government and private sector officials are the banks. The most recent is that the banks are in the stone age. If the Government has the power to legislate, and the banks are among the most regulated institutions in the country, a relevant question is: having regard to the […]
MASHRAMANI AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES
Chapter II of the Constitution of Guyana sets out the Principles and Bases of the Political, Economic and Social System of Guyana. Articles in this chapter require the promotion of recreation, leisure and culture. These and the other principles and bases, such as the wide goals of economic development and goals of the economic system, […]