The Property Tax Act in Guyana was passed in 1962 as part of the budget proposals of that year on which Nicolas Kaldor, a moderate social democratic Cambridge University economist, had advised. The proposals were the most revolutionary of the era, described as a genuine attempt to solve Guyana’s economic problems, but violently opposed by […]
Author Archives: Ralph Ramkarran
It has been difficult to write about the US/Israeli war against Iran because events have been moving so fast that before an article can be published new assessments become necessary. The pause in the fighting since February 28 took place last Wednesday, April 8, in what has been described as a two-week truce after a remarkable series of […]
125 YEARS One hundred years ago, on 5 September, 1926, an editorial in the New Daily Chronicle of 5 September 1926 stated: “For many years past Messrs. Cameron and Shepherd, of the City, have enjoyed the privilege of being regarded as the Colony’s leading firm of Solicitors: for very many years they have enjoyed the […]
Before the ink was dry on the Geneva Agreement in 1966, Venezuela invaded Guyana’s half of the island of Ankoko. Since then, its aggressive intent against Guyana has manifested itself in many ways. Over the past five years, Venezuela’s aggression against Guyana has expanded, encompassing land and sea. That new aggression consists of both a military build-up in equipment and personnel in border regions […]
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 […]
