Opinion

By Dr Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus There is an annual ritual in this country. Every March, die hard anti-PPP operatives wake up from a yearlong slumber of their conscience to pronounce Dr Cheddi Jagan as the greatest man who ever lived in this country. By the end of March, these political hacks from the PNCR led APNU+AFC, including those who ...

by GHK Lall SN’s two lead captions of Monday March 11th paired Excellencies Ali and Jagdeo baring their teeth and talons at prospective parties and their personnel gearing up for the late 2025 elections.  It promises to be a humdinger, a real whatchamacallit.  President Ali went low: motives.  The former president Jagdeo came out swinging: come right.  Both national leaders ...

By GHK Lall Guyana’s archbishop of straight talk, fair play, and telling it as it is, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, is up to his usual sanctimonious self again. Guyanese must learn to ‘temper’ their expectations relative to their oil riches. What they get, how much they are going to get, and when they will get, something of substance from their oil ...

By GHK Lall President Irfaan Ali went to Williamsburg, Corentyne, Berbice for the ribbon cutting for a new Republic Bank branch. The president spoke about loans, mortgages, investments, and more. He should have limited himself to ribbon cutting. It was a mouthful, according to a Demerara News article captioned, “More loans being repaid, borrowings increasingly diversified-President Ali” (March 09). When ...

By Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus, American University, Washington DC. More than 30,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed by incessant military activities by the Israeli Defense Force. Most of the dead are women and children, and noncombatants. Although Israel undoubtedly has every right to defend itself, it does not have the right to wantonly violate every international and humanitarian ...

By Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus Much has been aired recently on Cheddi Jagan’s ideology and politics. A key part of the ongoing debate is the extent to which Jagan was a communist, or not. Relatedly, there is also intense disagreement on whether Jagan’s ideology pushed the West to remove and keep him from office.  My take is that Jagan ...

By Retired Rear Admiral Dr Gary Best, LLB; LEC The recent gruesome killings of two gold miners from Bartica at Arimu Backdam, Cuyuni River, Region Seven is a stark reminder of ‘a State of insecurity’ in this PPP led Guyana. In other words, how insecure we all are under this PPP administration. More importantly, it is a reminder of a ...

by GHK Lall Back to school in March has a good feeling.  I share a few closing thoughts on this impasse now momentarily cleared.  I hedge bets with momentary, as there is an untrustworthy PPP government involved.  Also closing thoughts could turn out to be second-to-last ones (penultimate is left to wunderkinds and polymaths), given what has gone on, and ...

by GHK Lall I noticed that Christopher Ram, accountant and attorney, went to town on Vice President Jagdeo in his March 1st oil column in SN, relative to the issue of a potentially calamitous oil spill.  Aside from the area of asset valuation, as shaky as it was, there was also what the Vice President gave quite a speech on, ...

By Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus Hardly a day goes by without Kaieteur News publisher Mr. Glenn Lall making some derogatory remarks about ExxonMobil. The attacks are vented either directly or through Kaieteur News’ editorials. The letter section of KN and articles by columnists also partake in the relentless assault against the very company that is spearheading the massive investments ...