Out of a puff of white smoke, an American Pope appeared, to the astonishment of the world, including the United States. It had always been believed that the Catholic Church would not further elevate, and be seen to confer, more influence on the most economically and militarily powerful country in the worldby electing an American Pope. Even the United States had long accepted that it was unlikely that […]
Author Archives: Ralph Ramkarran
The family of Adrianna Young, through their lawyer, have asked a second autopsy of the body. From what has been published in the press, there was no reason given for the request. Surely, after an autopsy conducted by three prominent pathologists, the authorities should be given an explanation as to why a second autopsy is […]
Despite interesting news in Guyana last week, it is impossible to ignore the violent events that occured, following what took place at Linden on April 7 and 8 in which Ronaldo Peters and Keon Fogenay were shot and killed by the Police, Peters in the course of being arrested, Fogenay in protest disturbances. Sergeant Philbert Kendall has been charged with the murder of Peters.Last Wednesday Guyanese would have received with deep shock the tragic and brutal murder of three members of […]
The question of electoral reform in its broadest sense has attracted attention. A case has been filed seeking an order that an individual can contest elections without having to be on a list of candidates. The law was passed pursuant to the constitutional reform process in 2000/2001 but regulations to effectuate it, though promised, were never made. Currently, to be a candidate,a person must be named on […]
On ‘liberation day,’ April 2, President Donald Trump announced, to the shock and awe of the world, sweeping reciprocal tariffs on the goods of most countries, bringing to an end, in one fell swoop, the era of free trade, the foremost champion of which was Adam Smith in 1776 in “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth […]
