Tradition in politics and governance in most developed political systems dictates that when a person is appointed to a position by political preference, that person is expected to resign when the appointor or recommender leaves office. This, of course, applies only to particular categories of offices such as ministers of government, members of boards and […]
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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 […]
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 […]
