Did Guyanese elect a boy in 2001 to do a man’s job?

by Emile Mervin
When former Governor of Arkansas, Bill Clinton, was elected President in 1992, a woman from his home state penned a letter to TIME magazine stating that America had elected a boy to do a man’s job. She obviously had her own reasons.
But by the time Clinton demitted office after serving two terms, the [...]

Do Manifestos Mean Anything to the Electorate?

by Dr. Christopher A. Johnson
Since the dawn of democracy, there has been an increasing emphasis on detailing the parameters of policies and programs to benefit global electorate- societies. Historically, politics was limited to power brokers and financiers who sponsored candidates or political parties and for the most part; citizens did not really account for anything [...]

DECISION 2006 (Part 7): Turning land of many waters into land of many opportunities

by Emile Mervin
That Guyana is known as the land of many waters has nothing to do with the recent chronic floods in places they are not really needed, but with the many small-to-medium sized bodies of tropical water that nature deposited to decorate and help develop the land.
Yet it is amazing despite being called the [...]

If I were President, I would resign pronto!

by Emile Mervin
If I were the President of Guyana , at this juncture of my government’s fragile political life I would ask for foreign assistance pronto! Why? My police and army have been seriously compromised, my economy is in dire trouble, the political opposition – though loosely organised – is at least united in one [...]