Opinion

By Paul Sanders, New York, January 2021 For one last time. Imagine Donald Trump. President Donald J. Trump. Mofo. Imagine. He stands often at the South Lawn. The reporters shout questions at him. It’s a ritual; it’s always the same. The questions change and the answers mostly don’t. Don’t call this a conversation. But it unfolds roughly along those lines. ...

2021 came with a lot of renewed hopes for sports and sporting men and women; lots of federations, associations, clubs and organizations have begun training and a have hosted a few events subject to the approval from the government. One such body which had the privilege to host an event was the Kashif and Shanghai organization with their ‘bounce back’ ...

By GHK Lall It is with considerable interest and alarm I read the headline only of the article captioned, “Venezuelan Maduro vows to “reconquer” Essequibo; makes new decree” (KN January 9).  My alarm at this latest neighborhood jarring should be that of all Guyanese; it is a wakeup call, definitely a timely and most needed one. First, I must give ...

By GHK Lall When I write about Guyana versus the USA, I really seek to zero in and shine the spotlight on David Granger versus Donald Trump.  It is how both, in the great crucible of challenge with everything on the line, responded to the fires that came to the mantles of office that both wore in different parts of ...

by GHK Lall I note with some interest the recent announcement from a new voice about political interest for leading at the highest level.  What I offer on this and any similar future development speak not to the merits or otherwise of any such new figures, but to the stark realities sure to be encountered by those visions and ambitions.  ...

by GHK Lall I am writing this very early, but I think that Senator Joseph Biden has won the race for President of the United States.  I did not vote, but I recognize him as my president.  Anything else, or anyone else, would be the highest injustice, the exemplification of wrongdoing and for the worst possible purposes. My first recommendation ...

To the people of Guyana, I write to you today to thank you for hosting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last week. Guyanese hospitality was evident throughout this historic visit in the form of flags, billboards and friendly hellos. The visit was significant not just because Secretary Pompeo is the highest-ranking U.S. official ever to visit the “land of ...

By GHK Lall US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, came, saw, and conquered Guyana in all of less than a single full day.  As an American I am proud; as a Guyanese I shrink from the implications underlying Mr. Pompeo’s successful visit.  God has blessed, again, America; he must hate Guyana with the nonsense in which we engage. I heard ...

by GHK Lall I break my peace to share that, in the choice of Ms. Alison Redford, QC, fallen ex-premier, perennial regulator, and current World Bank Advisor, the PPP government continued the insulting of Guyanese by political governors.  For when the government agrees (kowtows) to such a presence, it sells citizens out.  In fact, Guyanese are sold a pig in ...

by GHK Lall I did something that I have not done for over forty years, I took the time to read President Ali’s address, the whole thing, as shared with me by Demerara Waves.  Jimmy Carter was the last beneficiary of such interest on my part.  This is some of what I read and what I have to say. Many ...