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 […]
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ADRIANNA YOUNGE AND THE VIOLENT EVENTS OF LAST WEEK
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
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 […]
SHOCK AND AWE!
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 […]
THE US, CHINA AND GUYANA’S BORDERS
Venezuela’s aggression towards Guyana now poses an existential threat to Guyana’s survival as a nation state. If Essequibo is taken over by Venezuela, Guyana becomes a rump state with its western border on the eastern bank of the Essequibo River. Guyana will have no mineral wealth, no oil production, a large portion of its rich agricultural land lost and flailing on the international scene trying to […]