Opinion

Dancing on Black Ice: That Legal Threat Over a Non-justiciable Constitutional Provision by Vivian Williams It is hard to think of a more flawed interpretation of an expressed constitutional provision than what we are currently witnessing in the feud over the selection of a Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). Current President David Granger offers a baffling interpretation of the ...

by GHK Lall I noticed the news report of secret balloting and the election of a General Secretary.  The first thoughts were: none of my business and communism.  Then, I read of decentralizing and visions of victory a few years hence, and I came to full attention.  This is my business, and concerns my environment, and a certain minimum standard ...

Now that the President has found the list of names submitted by the Opposition Leader for Chairmanship of GECOM unacceptable, I feel that it is timely and appropriate to offer a few comments. First, I thought the composition of the list was provocative, if not mischievous.  My initial reaction was that this list was submitted to be rejected.  How could ...

I think that President Granger had no choice in the matter of the former Minister of Health.  He gave it time, and resisted serious pressure to jettison the embattled minister.  It is why I commend him for taking the action he did recently.  Now for some more details as to how I read these developments. For starters, the former health ...

Kwanzaa is an African cultural holiday. Celebrated from 26 December thru 1 January, its origins are in the first harvest celebrations of Africa from which it takes its name. The name Kwanzaa is derived from the phrase “matunda ya kwanza” which means “first fruits” in Swahil | This year, as usual, ACDA’s our community feast or gathering will take place ...

Viewpoint by David Hinds After careful study of the statements from the President and other members of the government along with those of members of the opposition regarding what has now become the controversial Homestretch Development Incorporated, I have three interrelated comments. First, why was this government or quasi-government company not made public at the time it was created? I ...

Eye On The Issues by GHK Lall The nation learns of two detectives from the Major Crimes Unit (MCU) turning their backs on four million dollars, and then turning in those seeking to obstruct and pervert justice.  It is why giving up is never an option; and why blanket condemnation is always improper and flawed. Four million in a lump ...

by Pastor Kwesi Oginga It is troubling how the scandal generated by the religious sector in Guyana has been dominating social media. Its popularity is fast becoming the sexual immorality scandal that is the equivalent of the Jim Jones tragedy, in 1978. It is international. It stubbornly appears day after day, in many different forms on social media, and is converted ...

Eye on the Issues by GHK Lall Here we go again. Reports are that the two private contractors, Puran Brothers and Cevons Waster Management, are uttering clear warnings that they would have no choice but to discontinue garbage collection work on behalf of City Hall.  It is the usual reason, which needs no introduction: they are owed hundreds of millions, ...

Eye on the Issues by GHK Lall I observe that the opposition has seen the light after some two decades of slackness and dullness.  Finally, it has replaced its printed media signature with not another aged uninspiring presence; but an unusual, if not unholy troika.  Their duty is to preach the party’s apocryphal gospels to the Guyanese multitude via the ...