Tag Archives: Guyana

by GHK Lall I have always said and believed that it is how leaders react under the pressure of the moment that defines them. How leaders who hold themselves as the best thing since Solomon respond when backed into a corner, or are drawn out into a calculated exchange, or are compelled to deal with the facts at hand is ...

President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday said government has asked for international help with “assets” to deal with drug-laden planes that fly over Guyana, just days after the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) unearthed 4.4 tonnes of cocaine from several pits in Matthews Ridge, North West District. “We’ve already asked and we’re ready to work with our partners, once we’re given the ...

By GHK Lall I keep it simple in this chat about democracy versus autocracy in Guyana. I agree and disagree with the erudite Dr. Bertrand Ramcharran. I mostly disagree with those who disagree with him. First, some poor man’s definitions would help. Democracy is government by those with the greater numbers, a system where high ideals once resonated. Autocracy is ...

President Irfaan Ali on Friday announced that authorities were reviewing the impact of foreign exchange demands from neighbouring countries, even as he said Guyana’s economy grew by an estimated 49.7% in the first six months and is forecast to end the year with an additional percentage on its overall projection. “An evaluation by a technical team is ongoing now to ...

by GHK Lall I keep learning new things about this country. The new is how devoted it is to what is nasty, ugly, surly, and now stands as the only accepted way for Guyanese to interact with one another. I think it is the Ali-Jagdeo school of communication standard that has taken hold and will not let go. This is ...

A total of two persons have succumbed to gunshot injuries they received early Saturday morning outside V’s Delight, Lodge, Georgetown where there was an All Black party, the Guyana Police Force said Sunday. Police said Lawrence ‘Boy-Boy’ Wayne died Sunday morning at about 9 hours. ‘Boy-Boy’ was not named in two earlier police bulletins, and it was unclear when he was ...

By: Dr. Vivian M. Williams, Esq. ConocoPhillips knew it was in for a rough ride when it gave in to the lure of Venezuela’s oil and an array of concessions. Oil it was that put Venezuela on a slippery path to conflict on the global stage. Before bedazzling ConocoPhillips in the 1990s, the South American provocateur nationalized the oil concessions ...

By Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus We all love truth, but they are different kinds of truths. The truth most universally loved is moral and transcendental. We can call this truth in itself; it is spaceless and timeless. Then there is truth that is based on rationality. In this case, truth is based on cost-benefit analysis, on a logic of ...

A man, who allegedly struck down and killed a Jamaican man in December 2019 in Queens, New York, was caught at a horse race meet in Guyana and taken back to the United States (US) where he was refused bail on Friday, officials and news reports said. Head of the Guyana Police Force’s Criminal Investigations Department, Assistant Commissioner Wendell Blanhum ...

by GHK Lall Former US President Barack Obama rolled backed time to roll out one his sparkling deliveries for the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night. He is always good for a glorious home run, isn’t he? “I don’t want to live in a country that’s bitter and divided.” Me too! And for the edification of all Guyanese, including President ...