Tag: Ravi Dev

Budgets in Guyana always presage a season of discontent. They exacerbate the proclivity of groups in plural societies to compare their situation against other groups, signalled by budget allocations. Invariably, ...

Political Commentator Ravi Dev penned:   Constitutional ‘reform’ was promised by the incumbent PPP government in their 2020 manifesto and the Attorney General has assured us the process has been launched. ...

How can social groups move away from petty gossips to bigger narratives? I think that that is a big challenge that needs addressing. Are there small talks leading to conflicts ...

Witnessing the collapse of another U.K. government is so lackluster in 2022 that it teeters on being banal if it weren't one of the top five global economies today. Following ...

I believe that the government’s call for a “One Guyana” is to remind us, the citizens of this country Guyana, that we must see it as a “common venture”. And ...

With the discovery of oil off our shores, there is much talk about economic growth and development and how to make it “sustainable”. The passing of business tycoon Yesu Persaud ...

I note the glee of the PNC and its followers pouncing on the mispronunciations of a few words by President Ali and VP Jagdeo at the UN General Assembly. It ...

It has been almost two years since the “CariCom Commission on the Economy” presented its Report “Caribbean 9.58 - Speeding up the Caribbean”, but to deadening silence locally. Perhaps it ...

One of the most poignant cries heard in Guyana especially around elections, is “Why do we have to call ourselves “Indian” or “African” or “Amerindian” Guyanese? Why can’t we be ...

Politically, Guyana is a country like a bear caught in a trap and can only eat away its trapped foot in a desperate attempt to free itself. One reason is ...