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Jan 19, 2020 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds It is generally accepted that many voters cast their votes against parties rather than for parties. Other voters vote for a party rather than for the policies of that party. In Guyana it is generally felt that most of our…
Continue readingguyana chronicle By Staff Reporter -January 17, 2020 Dear Editor A KEEN political observer would not fail to recognise that there has been backpedalling by the Opposition Leader and General-Secretary of the PPP/C Bharrat Jagdeo on a number of issues of national importance. The most recent took place at the party’s…
Continue readingTacuma Ogunseye By Stabroek News January 19, 2020 Acknowledging that the APNU+AFC coalition government has made mistakes, Working People’s Alliance (WPA) Executive Member Tacuma Ogunseye on Friday night urged forgiveness and pleaded with supporters to vote at the March 2 general and regional elections. “Every vote is important,” said Ogunseye, emphasising…
Continue readingguyana chronicle By Staff Reporter -January 17, 2020 WHEN the news broke that former Guyana and West Indies cricket captain Clive Lloyd was knighted by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II in her recent New Years Honours List, many Guyanese and West Indians expressed their delight. Lloyd, and his former teammate, Barbados and…
Continue readingJan 12, 2020 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds According to reports, PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo told attendees at the recent launch of the PPP’s 2019 campaign that the PPP “is the natural home for Afro-Guyanese”. This is not the first time the former president has spoken on…
Continue readingPosted by: Denis Chabrol in Elections, News, Politics, Youth January 8, 2020 The incumbent A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Tuesday night in the East Coast Demerara village of Buxton appealed to youths to go out and vote because there has been an reduction in crime, improved drainage and roads as well as social welfare…
Continue readingBy Ralph Ramkarran January 5, 2020 The financing of political campaigns without accountability can lead to corruption and it often does. This is the reason why there are campaign finance laws. In many countries, these laws are extensive and are enforced. Several election cycles ago in Guyana the issue of the…
Continue readingJan 08, 2020 Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Yesterday, I was in an early morning telephonic conversation with David Hinds when I alerted him to a beautiful, incisive, insightful, reflecting, contemplative expression of thought by Professor Kean Gibson in the form of a letter in another newspaper yesterday. Just a brief digression;…
Continue readingJan 05, 2020 Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with Dr. David Hinds This is my first column of the year. I deliberately choose to do it on a subject not directly related to the current election campaign for reasons I would explain in a subsequent column. In a few days the world…
Continue readingBy Henry Jeffrey stabroek news January 8, 2020 During one of his parliamentary budget presentations, then minister responsible for local government, Harripersaud Nokta, gave a list of what the PPP/C intended to accomplish in the sector over the coming year. A shout came from the opposition side: ‘what is your vision for the…
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