Opinion

by GHK Lall “But that should not have happened. I am told there was no great discussion. Exxon only sent in some proposals but they shouldn’t have even entertained that. So my position still stands, I will go with what GRA has. I told [GRA Commissioner General, Godfrey] Statia you will deal with it directly and not the ministry any ...

By Dr. Randolph Persaud, Professor Emeritus In 1994 the UNDP for the first time introduced the concept of Human Security. An overarching concept, human security has revolutionized how policy makers, scholars, NGOs and INGOs think about both domestic and global governance. Human security is built around three major shift, namely (1) that mitigating threats to human life and well-being should ...

by GHK Lall Excellency Ali recently said that this country will not pay more than 4% interest for loans.  Thanks, Excellency for that position.  I laud it as a powerful, resounding, and unambiguous posture found immensely appealing.  For the first time in a long time, Guyana’s President Ali has spoken with clarity, authority, and potency.  It is the way that ...

By Dr. Randolph Persaud, Professor Emeritus The following sentence by Norman Browne is so unbelievable that I did something I had never done. I asked ChatGPT for assistance in composing my narrative. Here is Browne – “The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has long prided itself on its commitment to democratic values and adherence to its constitution” (KN, 12/9/2023). I ...

by GHK Lall It finally did come to that time.  So long, Ambassador Sarah Ann Lynch.  It was a hard slog, but one about which the American public could be justifiably proud.  Regarding the reactions of huge blocs of Guyanese, it would not be in such an emotionally sparkling tone, nor I believe what I articulate as my view of ...

by GHK Lall Before proceeding, I tip my hat to Attorney General Mohabir Anil Nandlall, SC, MP., for announcing the withdrawal of that law firm bid for a $9.6 million public contract.  It is the wise and honorable thing to do, sir.  Well done.  Now to today’s focus. I always wondered why Vice President Jagdeo do almost everything.  Now I ...

By Dr. Randolph Persaud, Professor Emeritus We are barely done with GHK Lall’s apology, and now another failed APNU-AFC bureaucrat, Dr Vincent Adams, has surfaced to take a shot at Bharrat Jagdeo. Adams’ little deposit in the media (SN 9/9/2023) is more a product of frustration at his own party’s bungled attempt to steal the National and Regional elections of 2020. ...

by GHK Lall No government that claims to be about democracy’s ideals ever degrades to Gestapo-like tactics, coddles stormtroopers.  Live in Guyana is a shadowy online group in Guyana that operates openly and with impunity.  This group is unleashed to malign Guyanese who roll back the veils camouflaging PPP Government practices, and agitate its top brass.  The obscene is used ...

By Dr Randolph Persaud, Professor Emeritus Every now and again someone emerges in this land who claims to be the new Messiah. They come in big, bad, and with bad-ass bravado. They spout, tout, and shout. They assume the identity of saints, geniuses, pundits, men who will knock senses in the minds of a lost nation. They talk and write ...

by GHK Lall A youngster was prompted by someone he felt he had to please to attack my servanthood and, worse still, my integrity.  Because he had to please at all costs, it was felt that any means would suffice, and the lower the better.  He did go low: splicing and cherry-picking, and exaggerating and distorting.  The lengths that is ...