Opinion

By Dr Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus Just about when you think you have seen the most ill-founded, absurd, and outrageous accusations in Guyanese politics, comes a deposit from someone who hides behind a pen name, but who nonetheless accuses the current administration of lack of transparency. Peeping Tom’s May 12th Kaieteur News column is indicative of the absurdity to which journalism ...

by Kerensa Gravesande-Bart Kerensa Gravesande-Bart is a first-generation, Guyanese woman entrepreneur and devoted mother. Alongside her husband, Lloyd Bart, she has co-created two thriving companies that have left an indelible mark on the oil and gas industry in Guyana. She is also a Co-founder and Former President of the Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry Guyana (WCCIG). She has won ...

By Retired Rear Admiral Dr Gary Best  Apart from the glimmer, glamour, and dancing imitations, not to mention the short skit showing disdain for the nation teachers’ struggle for better salaries and benefits, the PPP’s exceptionally long-overdue congress brought nothing new. Certainly, no real changes. What the PPP said were ‘changes’ is a camouflage for it remaining the same. In ...

By GHK Lall Former government Minister, Mr. Nigel Dharamlall has become the hottest hot potato for the PPP. With some accuracy, it could be said that he is the source of more tension than the Venezuelan military buildup in the Ankoko area. What to do with the man, a loyal soldier for the party, probably a man who walks around ...

by GHK Lall It was rolling thunder overhead just after noon on Thursday May 9. Schoolchildren caught unawares screamed in fright. I am sure a building or two shook. Some public buildings nearby went into a wintry hush. Dead silence reigned. Guyanese were left in a state of awe. American warplanes overhead in an earsplitting, teeth rattling, mind blasting volley ...

By Dr Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus This is the final of my three-part series on why the PPP is the only national political party in Guyana. Always Keep your Promises The PPP is a promise-keeping machine. The following promises were made in 2020 and to date all have been kept or on track to be fulfilled by 2025: Reversal of ...

By Dr Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus, American University, Washington DC In Part I of “Why the PPP is the only national party in Guyana,” I presented four elements that qualify the PPP as a national party. These were (1) it must cover the entire territory of a country and have a nation-wide political infrastructure to have ongoing dialogue with communities ...

by Retired Rear Admiral Dr Gary Best In a next opinion I will deal with Jagdeo, Ali and the PPP’s lies about the PNC being a racist party – a classical projection of a duo who thinks about race all the time.  As promised, I will now address Jagdeo and the PPP’s fixation with the PNC’s performance while in office ...

By GHK Lall So, what really came out of the PPP [C] Congress? Truth be told, plenty. Let’s turn back the clock and see. To spice up things and keep the delegates excited, there was one inspiring leader singing an inspiring song. Down with Marxism! Out with Leninism! Look, I know it is not the Mighty Sparrow of the Mighty ...

by GHK Lall I had repeatedly warned Attorney General Anil Nandlall that he was spending too much time in court chasing after Exxon’s interests. Now, look at what happened to him in the PPP Central Executive elections. It is a public humiliation, where he barely managed to get his nose inside the top ten. It was not just where he ...