Letter to Justice (retired) Claudette Singh, Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (Geocom) Act in declaring an electoral result without further delay The following letter was sent to the Chair of Geocom by York University Professor Radhakrishnan Persaud, President of the recently founded Institute for the Gobal Avancement of Constitutional Principles: Dear Justice Singh: As […]
Jamaica, July 11, 2020. The following statement is issued by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Professor of Economic History. Sometimes it requires a personal rather than political or professional perspective to see beyond the borders of a seemingly divisive circumstance, and to offer a dispassionate comment. I was named by my father after his cousin, Hilary […]
By Gerard Johnson It was a day of rage and mayhem unlike anything the capital had seen since the Black Power revolt of 1970. From Beetham to Belmont, Sea Lots to Cocorite, from Laventille to Morvant, hundreds of angry marauding youths from these depressed areas rampaged through the streets of Port of Spain, blocking […]
By Carlton Joseph Last Saturday, July 4, the United States celebrated 243 years of Independence. The celebration was muted as the country was dealing with the COVID 19 pandemic and the alarming spike in virus cases. The official U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has now topped 130,000 with nearly 2.7 million confirmed cases of the disease […]
By David Jessop Last month a bill was introduced into the US Senate by three Republican Senators. In part, it proposes that nations contracting with Cuba to receive medical support be designated as engaged in ‘human trafficking’. Responding, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) issued a strongly worded statement ‘repudiating’ the measure and praising […]
EDITORIAL A federal Commission of Inquiry to look at police killings When more than one thousand protesters gather outside City Hall in Toronto to call for the defunding and abolition – yes, abolition – of all police forces in Canada, we should realize that something is terribly wrong. While we believe that reform of police […]
The Canadian Council of Business Leaders Against Anti-Black Systemic Racism has released the BlackNorth Initiative CEO Pledge. It ask senior business leaders in Canada to commit their companies to specific actions and targets designed to end anti-Black systemic racism and create opportunities for all of those in the underrepresented Black, Indigenous, People Of Colour ‘BIPOC’ […]
By W. Andy Knight and Winston Dookeran We have followed the general election in Guyana held on 2 March last with great interest and grave concern. This particular election has significant implications for democratic governance, not only for Guyana but, for the entire Caribbean. What we have been witnessing over the past 120 days […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued the following statement on Canada Day: July 1, 2020 On Canada Day, we celebrate the amazing place we call home – and the people we share it with. Whether you are firing up the barbecue or playing outside with the kids, this is a chance to reflect […]
Last week, President Donald Trump decided that regardless of the Coronavirus pandemic, he was going to launch his 2020 presidential campaign. Frankly, I have no problem with his decision to start his campaign but I am concerned that at his recent rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma where temperature testing was conducted and facemasks handed out, […]
