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 […]
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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 […]
This article was written and published in September, 2021, under the title “D’Urban Park,” urging its creation as a ‘recreational space,’ one of the objectives of the President’s Plan to rescue Georgetown. Now is therefore an opportune time to revive consideration of the future of D’Urban Park.
