Opinion

By Dr. Randolph Persaud, Professor Emeritus I read with interest a piece by Collin Haynes in the media talking about a “race dilemma” in Guyana (KN 19/9/2023). The main contention is that “[i]n order for the country to move past racial bias that’s (sic) been ingrained in the moral fabric and political psyche of the nation, every party in power ...

by GHK Lall President Ali is caught on the jagged prongs of a dilemma.  He turns to the left he is in trouble; he looks to the right, and he would be in the wrong.  This is being between the devil and the raging sea, and it is the President’s lot.  I feel sorry for him: he is damned if ...

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 ...