DRAMATIC TURN IN US POLITICS

Kamala Harris, described as an American woman of African and South Asian heritage, is poised to be nominated as the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party in US elections to be held in November. In slow-motion, over two weeks and more, the effort of President Biden to seek a second term as President, amidst collapsing poll numbers, palpably […]

LOOKING OVERSEAS – TRUMP AND THE ANC

There is always much to write about Guyana. But whether there is anything this week beyond the regular news, good and bad, to interest the reader enough to spend fifteen minutes on a Sunday morning on a 800-word article, is doubtful.  One exception is the election of Kamal Ramkarran as the new Bar Association President. […]

AN ELDERLY MAN BUT WITH FAR MORE BAGGAGE THAN A POOR MEMORY

Reading between the lines of the reports coming out of the recent engagements between US Government officials and the Arab community in Michigan, it is clear that President Biden has lost a large section of Arab American support. Listening to the political debates in the US about relative support of the presidential candidates, it has […]

HOUSE LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES AND GUYANA

Most Guyanese welcomed the meeting between the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), led the House Democratic Leader, Hakeem Jeffries, and the delegation from the Guyana Government.  The statement of the CBC said that it had a productive meeting and discussed energy and food security, regional economic prosperity, and economic stewardship. The strength of the bilateral relationship […]

BLINKEN’S VISIT

The visit to Guyana of US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is an indication of the growing importance of Guyana on the international stage. This importance is a by-product of Guyana’s bourgeoning, petroleum-based, economy which will soon place Guyana as the largest petroleum producer per capita in the world. This, however, means little because with production at 1 or […]