Entries from July 2006

July 27, 2006

AFC holds the ‘key’ to the door of Guyana’s brighter future

by Emile Mervin
With President Bharrat Jagdeo identifying August 28 as Eelection Day and the deputy Chief Election Officer (Operations) threatening to resign because of shocking incongruities inside GECOM’s hierarchical machinery, it is extremely difficult to view this upcoming election as simply a choice between and among political parties.
In fact, it would be very unfortunate if [...]

July 14, 2006

Roger Khan and Guyana’s inconvenient truth

by Emile Mervin
Someone once said that the first casualty in war is truth. Another said that truth is relative. And still another said, once you know the truth, you will be set free.
In Guyana, where relative peace is once again permeating the atmosphere in the wake of Roger Khan’s removal to the United States, truth [...]

July 4, 2006

An inconvenient truth

by Keith R. Williams
The legal saga involving Roger Khan continues to evoke a myriad of emotions, ranging from his absolute enshrinement as a saintly saviour of the Nation of Guyana, to his absolute vilification as the putative spawn of demonic Beelzebub.
And as he was diplomatically renditioned away into US custody via our sister nation of [...]