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Guyana needs an overhaul of its copyright act, the establishment organisation of creators and publishers and an organisation that would be responsible for the registration and management of rights, according to a recently conducted study by the World Trade Center Georgetown (WTCG). Among the recommendations of the study are the preparation of a revamped and modernised Copyright Act; establishment of ...

by GHK Lall Back close to the beginning of April, when the news of the Constitutional Reform Commission (CRC) first hit the public, I called it as I saw it then in SN, KN and elsewhere. To be precise, “the CRC is dead on arrival.” Not going any place. Nothing of substance is to be expected. Some may see it ...

The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association‘s (CPA) 46th Conference of the Caribbean, the Americas, and the Atlantic Region opened on Monday in Guyana with stirring appeals for parliamentarians to work in the public’s interest, including improving governance, because already people are losing faith in the democratic process. Opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) parliamentarian, Ganesh Mahipaul said one of ...

By GHK Lall Though I am pessimistic about the prospects of power-sharing in this country, I see it as the only way out of our draining problems. The winner-takes-all results over each elections cycle have left us in a darker, more dangerous place. Our society is more polarized, losing citizens more disgruntled, more uncooperating, and more undermining. We cannot go ...

by GHK Lall I keep asking myself: Who are these people? How is it that we keep manufacturing them like clockwork every elections season? It is small wonder that we are left with what we have known all along, and which promises to dominate the proceedings again going forward. For a brief moment, they stirred hope, but have now blended ...

Two of Guyana’s small political parties, A New and United Guyana (ANUG) and Federal United Party (FED-UP) are coalescing to contest the March 2, 2020 general elections, according to FED-UP executive member Chandra Sohan. Sohan told News-Talk Radio Guyana 103.1 FM/Demerara Waves Online News that voters would have to look for the name, ANUG+FED-UP on the ballot paper. He added ...

By GHK Lall Media reports are that there is some hint of leadership movement on one issue: chairperson for Gecom. It should be cause for optimism, that a pathway is being recognized that has to be drilled out of the chronic constipation. The Guyanese people are encouraged to harbor such optimism. For my part, I am more inclined to view ...

By GHK Lall The foundation and engine room of any governance mechanism is credibility. The willingness of citizens in their various segments–be they critics, adversaries, cynics, neutrals, even believers–to invest confidence and reliance that integrity and good faith course through officials and processes, as guided by law: respecting of and bowing before the law. Using these as bases, I contend ...