Opinion

By GHK Lall As part of my continuing political watch in this country, I noted with interest an utterance by a rising light in Guyanese political circles.  Prominent attorney, Roysdale Forde, expounded that the PNC must cease to be a race-based party (Demerara Waves, October 22).  This is where I stand. Race-based politics dominate both of our major political parties, ...

BY GHK Lall Since I now make a living sharing unsolicited assessments of candidates for leader of the PNC, I keep going.  Dr. Richard Van-West Charles for PNC leader has a certain strength to it; I now explore what stands to his credit, while noting e hurdles he must overcome.  As before, I must speak frankly, and hope that I ...

By GHK Lall The word gaining momentum is that Mr. Joseph Harmon, current Opposition Leader, is making sounds about running again for the prized PNC leadership position.  My first reaction was ‘say that again’ which was followed by ‘this just can’t be,’ so unbelievable it was, so unsound it would be for the PNC, for this society.  The implications of ...

BY GHK LALL Aubrey Norton has done more than thrown his hat into the ring for PNC leader.  He has been selling himself as the man to lead comrades and party out of the political wilderness in which it has been mired, for over a year now, if not since that fateful successful ‘no confidence’ motion in December 2018.  From ...

This year’s World Maritime Day theme, “Seafarers at the Core of Shipping’s Future” seeks to put the spotlight on seafarers by highlighting the important role they play in the maritime world now as well as in the uncertain future. On the occasion of World Maritime Day, we must appreciate the work being done to take care of our shipping needs ...

By GHK Lall Whenever I see actions of the state following certain well-traveled routes, I manage expectations.  Precedent and commonsense tell me that the game is up, goose cooked, and regular menu served.  The official covers are labeled procedures and process. I detect this at work with the Orin Boston murder over there in Dartmouth, where a family tragedy traces ...

BY GHK Lall The two media captions are arresting.  They are “Venezuela’s gov’t, opposition formally agree to unite around border controversy with Guyana” and “Ali maintains precondition for engagement with Harmon” and Stabroek News (September 8)   My thoughts follow. Here the official reaction of the Guyana Government has been quick: “Guyana cannot be used as an altar of sacrifice for ...

by GHK Lall Today I join two events because I believe that they are related.  The first occurred at an opposition rally in Brooklyn, with 2,000 Guyanese attending.  The second was of an almost overnight Presidential announcement of a ‘one-off’ $25,000 cash grant for some 60,000 Guyanese pensioners, and others living under distressed circumstances.  The claim in Brooklyn was of ...

BY GHK LALL As we approach the one-year milepost of His Excellency, President Dr. Mohamed Irfan Ali’s installation in office, I cut through the national forest of political propaganda and PR fluff, and measure the record of the man and leader using six yardsticks.  In no particular order, they are: unity, transparency, accountability, economy, COVID-19 credibility, and floodwater gravity.  The ...

by GHK Lall It was a long-awaited moment in endless time.  An eternity of time that only knew an extended uninterrupted age of harshness and savageness, and of bitterness and anguish, that is of what only man can do to man.  It is of how man can be to his fellow man.  Even those who claim(ed) to be about God ...