Remembering Martin Carter as Guyana is dying
AS a boy growing up in Buxton, I participated in almost every facet of village life—from sports to drama to politics to religion. Looking back, I have come to realise I was part of something bigger...
View ArticleWhat the Caribbean brought with it at independence
A FEW weeks ago, I gave the 12th annual Patrick Emmanuel Lecture at the University of the West Indies campus at Cave Hill, Barbados. I used the lecture to reflect on Caribbean independence as a process...
View ArticleThe year 2017 was terrible for both the government and opposition
TODAY is the last day of the year—another year of frustration and dashed hopes has come to an end. We look forward to the new year, as we must, with some degree of optimism that things will get better....
View ArticleDrastic action needed now to save West Indies cricket
— Guyana Government must act to end local impasse THE West Indies have just completed yet another disappointing overseas tour—this time the team failed to win a single game across the three formats...
View ArticleI am Black and Beautiful
ON this Martin Luther King Jr weekend, I am moved to reflect on my Blackness. I come from a tradition that is not afraid to speak about race and blackness. While I am fully aware of the risks therein,...
View ArticleExecutive power and constitutional reform
ALTHOUGH, constitutionally, Guyana has three co-equal branches of government in practice, the executive overpowers the other two branches. In fact, one can reasonably argue that there is a form of...
View ArticleCampaign finance reform legislation
OVER the next two years, Guyana is expected to hold two elections—the local government elections later this year and the general elections in 2020. Despite promises of campaign finance reform, the...
View ArticleCommissions of Inquiry
POLITICIANS are a special breed—they never fail to amaze you. There is a kind of barefacedness about their utterances and actions that makes you wonder if they should be leading people and nations. As...
View ArticleThinking about Social Cohesion
THE Ministry of Social Cohesion from time to time has reported that it has done work in the communities and it has held workshops and other stakeholders’ forums. However, I get the sense that the...
View ArticleNotes on identity, ethnicity and race
IDENTITY is complex; it is partly who we say we are and partly how others perceive us. It is also a historical phenomenon that is sometimes determined by migration- forced and voluntary—and by groups...
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