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 […]
Author Archives: Ralph Ramkarran
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 […]
According to the official results, electoral support for the PNC grew from 40.52 percent in 1964 to 55.81 percent in 1968, to 70.10 percent in 1973, to 77.66 percent in 1980, to 78.54 percent in 1985. Despite the ethnic voting patterns in 1957, 1961 and 1964 and internecine violence that lasted from 1962 to 1964, the PNC proclaimed after the […]
During last year the Chairman of Banks DIH, Clifford Reis, complained about the functioning of the Stock Exchange. When the Chairman of the largest, pioneering, public company, speaks people usually listen. He had good cause. Between 2023 and the present, despite record profits, and a burgeoning economy, the share price of Banks DIH stock has […]
