By Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus In The Concept of the Political, Carl Schmitt (1888-1985), famously theorized politics as a set of power relations between friends and enemies. The distinction between friends and enemies is the essential criterion in delineating the lines of political conflict, and the boundary line of political communities. If you do not understand this as a ...

The United States (US) on Tuesday announced it would reimpose sanctions on Venezuela’s oil and gas sector, effectively blocking trade in those hydrocarbons  because the Nicolas Maduro administration has arrested members of the “democratic opposition” and has barred candidates from running in upcoming presidential elections. Venezuela, in response, said the US action amounted to a deliberate attempt to hit the ...

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) would be working closely with the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) to establish another stock exchange in Guyana geared primarily for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to raise financing, Chamber President Kester Hutson said. “Our advocacy will extend to having a privately-led JSE established locally for our MSMEs,” he told Demerara Waves ...

An extension officer of the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) was killed Tuesday morning on the Tacama Trail, Ituni in a vehicle accident police said. He was identified as Aaron Leitch, a crop extension officer in Ituni District. The incident occurred at about 8 AM when the pick-up, owned by the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) and ...

The fire that Monday morning destroyed one building and damaged two others at Springlands, Corentyne was of electrical origin, the Guyana Fire Service said Monday. “The fire’s purported cause was the overheating of energized electrical appliances, resulting in arcing and sparking that ignited nearby combustible materials,” the GFS said of the blaze that occurred shortly after 9 AM. The two-storey ...

City Mayor Alfred Mentore on Tuesday sought to justify his position that vending would be allowed outside Muneshwer’s store on Water Street opposite Bounty Supermarket, although there is a High Court order prohibiting the placement or leaving of objects on the pavement and on streets nearby. “As long as nothing is left but persons are there overseeing whatever they bring ...

Town Clerk of Guyana’s capital, Georgetown, Candace Nelson Monday night said a High Court Order blocks sellers from engaging in vending activities on the pavement or the roads just outside Muneshwer’s Limited on Water Street opposite Bounty Supermarket. She said City Mayor, Alfred Mentore was to  tell the vendors that they could sell on the roads. “The Court order is ...

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Monday publicly slammed the Guyana Stock Exchange (GSE) as “substandard” and suggested that its operations were backward and a disincentive to businesses in Guyana. The lack of necessary infrastructure, technological advancements, and regulatory framework at the GSE compromises the financial health of businesses, restricts their ability to attract investment, and ultimately ...

Vendors outside Muneshwer’s Limited on Water Street opposite Bounty Supermarket on Monday suggested that they felt misled by top City officials who they said permitted them to sell on the road just off the pavement on stalls that must be moved at the end of each business day, but now they are being told that they could not ply their ...

Fire fighters were Saturday morning assaulted while battling a blaze that destroyed a house in Linden and left two persons homeless, the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) said Sunday. “Regrettably, during the incident, our firefighting personnel faced assault from residents on the scene. Such actions are strongly condemned, and the matter has been reported to the police,” the fire service said. ...