Opinion

By Dr Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus I am delighted to take this opportunity to welcome the new United States Ambassador to Guyana, Her Excellency Nicole D. Theriot. Ambassador Theriot, you have already compiled a distinguished record of public international service on behalf of the American government and people, and we have no doubt that Guyana will be stronger during your ...

by Nigel Westmaas In his latest missive on the Demerara Waves website (October 22), ‘Patriotism should go beyond Venezuelan issues,’ Adviser to the Office of the President Dr. Randolph Persaud left me utterly taken aback in his concluding paragraph where there is a sudden and unexplained caution to Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton that he should “distance himself from those like ...

By Dr Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus Kaieteur News’ editorial of October 23 (Guyanese on Gaza developments) must give pause to all who are committed to the basic ethics of responsible journalism. Since editorials communicate the basic stance of a newspaper, publisher Glen Lall must draw a red line to prevent KN from becoming an inadvertent flirt with violence. The time ...

By Randolph Persaud (Randy), Professor Emeritus Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton and others are doing the right thing to stand united with the PPP/C led Government of Guyana in our challenges with Venezuela. One must hope that Norton and company will not shy away from their patriotic duty once the Venezuelans come to their senses and begin to conduct themselves according ...

by GHK Lall To ringfence or not to ringfence, is now more than the question.  It has risen to the incendiary issue of the hour.  Two men of majestic proportions, Dr. Bharat Jagdeo and Alistair Routledge, have announced and pronounced on ringfencing pros and cons, and in the end, it is not what Jagdeo could do for Guyana, but what ...

by Donald Ramotar, former President of Guyana On October 19, 1983, the Grenada Revolution, which was victorious on March 13, 1979, suffered a very fatal blow. It’s principal leader, Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and five other very prominent leaders of the New Jewel Movement (NJM) and the Grenadian Government, were executed. The others were Noris and Fitzroy Bain, Jacqueline Creft, ...

by GHK Lall They tell me that Attorney General, The Hon. Mr. Anil Nandlall, SC, MP, Esq., is a fine son of this magnificent soil.  That he is, oh yes, that he is.  The word is that the same Mr. Nandlall is an even finer ray in his luminosity on things related to the law.  Though there is confidence that ...

By Dr. Randolph Persaud (Randy), Professor Emeritus I write in response to a letter in the media (10/13/2023) in which the current PPP is accused of diverting from its ideals established seventy-three years ago when the party was founded by Cheddi and Janet Jagan, and others. The said argument by Hamilton Green demonstrates that neither he nor the PNC/APNU, have ...

by GHK Lall The call of circumstances led me to listen to some more of President Ali’s tirade against former President Ramotar.  It for Mr. Ramotar’s leaning in the direction of renegotiation of the Exxon oil contract.  I wish that a word other than tirade could be employed to describe His Excellency’s presentation, but I cannot, when a diatribe was ...

by GHK Lall A social media clip came to me overnight, compliments of a citizen.  It was His Excellency, President Dr. Irfaan Ali.  After the first line, “Everybody is a specialist now…a former president…” I took a hasty exit when he reached “engineer” in that same sentence.  For what I saw and heard in those 15-20 seconds was not a dear ...