The complaints of workers at Aurora Gold Mines brings into focus the weakening capacity of the trade union movement in Guyana. The early era of trade union activity in the Caribbean took place amidst intense worker unrest in the 1930s which triggered a British investigation published as the Moyne Report in 1945. Moyne said that […]
Author Archives: Ralph Ramkarran
The question posed in the headline might appear to be trivial. But behind it lies the fundamental issue of the PNCR’s reckoning with the election results and the policies it will adopt towards the Government and the PPP. The question many will ask is: Has the PNCR taken any lessons from its catastrophic loss in […]
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 […]
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 […]
