Elections in Guyana are always attended by unique drama, if not at the beginning, then at the end. Where else in the world would Russian journalists be accused of rigging the elections by manipulating figures on computers while armed with lead pencils and writing pads? Where else in the world would a President agree to […]
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Zohran Mamdani is a 33-year-old democratic socialist, who contested primary elections of the Democratic Party in New York for election as the candidate for Mayor. He won resoundingly, obtaining 56 percent of the vote to Andrew Cuomo’s 44 percent. Mamdani initially had no name recognition, and he was polling 1 percent. Cuomo, widely known and […]
In a letter to the Stabroek News on June 28, 2025, Dr. Narayan Persaud Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, made the preposterous claim that “Guyanese can objectively observe for themselves that the current PPP/C administration exemplifies the essence of a National Front Government.” Dr. Persaud was not talking about any national front government. He was talking about Dr. Jagan’s conception of a National Patriotic Front Government […]
This question that forms the headline of this article is before the Chief Justice in the case of Christopher Ram v The Attorney General and the decision is due to be given on June 26. Ram is asking the Court for an order that an individual can stand for elections to the National Assembly as […]
The phrase that headlines this article, “The Sanctity of Contract,” has been widely used for the last few years by the Government in defence against calls for the renegotiation on the contract between ExxonMobil and the Government of Guyana. The Government relies on the phrase to advance the proposition that one party to a contract […]
