Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus I couldn’t help but notice how the WPA literally inserted itself between the PNC and AFC at the Buxton line-top on Emancipation Day. While the photographer who took the shot of Norton and Hughes with the WPA must be given credit, one must wonder why these parties have to rely on the weakest chain in ...
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AFC leader in conflict of interest – Jagdeo; Hughes says not responsible for oil sector’s legal portfolio
General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC), Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said Alliance For Change (AFC) leader, Nigel Hughes’ insistence on remaining ExxonMobil’s lawyer is unethical and amounts to double standards but Mr Hughes said he has not been responsible for the company’s portfolio for the past 24 years. “What is it saying all along? That we have ...
Read More »NCN announcer’s APNU+AFC candidacy at centre of Editor-in-Chief being sent on leave
The Editor-in-Chief of the state-owned National Communications Network (NCN), Leeron Brummel was late this afternoon sent on leave, stemming from his objection to a governing coalition candidate reading the news. Demerara Waves Online News/News-Talk Radio Guyana 103.1 FM was told that Mr. Brummel was summoned to a meeting by the NCN Chairman, Enrico Woolford, and told that he was being ...
Read More »“Jail him” -Ramjattan’s first reaction to cops burning teenager
Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan said his first reaction when he learned that a policeman allegedly burned a teenage intruder suspect with hot water was “jail him”. “I said ‘jail him, immediately, lock him up’ and I understand they put them in chains too because this is so atrocious,” he told News-Talk Radio Guyana 103.1 FM/Demerara Waves Online News. ...
Read More »OPINION: Political and bureaucratic cheating brings intense personal recoiling
by GHK Lall When I read of one suspiciously underhand episode after another involving senior people in this country, there is intense personal recoiling. For in my book, their three-card character, believed sophisticated schemes, and too many times rickety defenses fail either to win sympathy or to garner any speck of support. Rather, there is sharp disgust for what I ...
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