Esther Perreira, a PNC supporter, filed an election petition in 1998, challenging the validity of the 1997 elections on several grounds, one of which was that the elections…
Opinions
Granger is not a man of his word – his words are deceitful, sheer lies
By: Dr. LESLIE RAMSAMMY Napoleon Bonaparte once warned the best way to keep one’s word is never to give it. David Granger says he is a historian but…
Strategy for small parties and change
By: RAVI DEV In January 2005, with elections a year away, I proposed a “Centre Force” strategy for the plethora of smaller parties then around: ROAR, GAP, WPA…
WILL THE AFC SURRENDER?
By: RALPH RAMKARRAN Jaded by the PPP/C’s 23 years in office, many were elated at the coalition between the APNU and AFC because it offered the real possibility…
New Political Parties
By: RALPH RAMKARRAN As Guyana’s political season enters its beginning stages, a plethora of new political parties are coming forward to present their programmes to the electorate, seeking…
GRANGER pleas for a second chance filled with empty promises
By: Dr. LESLIE RAMSAMMY David Granger is desperate. Now that elections are finally set for March 2, a whole year passed the deadline, the aloof Granger suddenly has…
Choice is between a humble, caring man and an unbothered, aloof, uncaring dictator
By: Dr. LESLIE RAMSAMMY Monday’s news headlines revealed stark differences between the main Presidential Candidates for the upcoming elections. One newspaper headline showed one candidate without security, embracing…
PPP’s targeted cash transfer programme is radically different from WPA’s proposal
BY: Dr. LESLIE RAMSAMMY One local news outfit proclaimed last week that Bharrat Jagdeo endorsed the unconditional cash transfer proposal of the WPA. This was preposterous fake news.…
66 years ago – October 1953
BY: RALPH RAMKARRAN It was on October 9, 1953, 66 years ago last week, that the Conservative British Government of Winston Churchill suspended what was known as British…
October 5, 1992: one step forward, one step backward
October 5, 1992 started a low-intensity civil war which has never abated. This conflict, the effects of which the country is still experiencing, was caused because one political…