Guardians of Guyana
As the government advances the process towards building a new four-lane, high-span fixed bridge across the Demerara Harbour Bridge, President Dr. Irfaan Ali announced on Monday that tenders are expected to be opened on October 3, 2021. According to President Ali, the new bridge is part and parcel of the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) … Read more
Guyana’s Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, said on Friday the award of the Kaieteur and Canje blocks offshore the South American country was in keeping with the nation’s laws and that no evidence of corruption has been found to date. The Vice President’s remarks follow several reports in the media which have criticised the award … Read more
Dear Editor, THE character that is Bharrat Jagdeo is a very interesting and most unbelievable actor in the political theatre of Guyana’s politics.If nothing, he knows how to attract the media’s attention. Despite his constant berating of them, they seem bewitched and obliged to show up at his every beck and call. His most recent … Read more
The academic achievements of one of the frontrunners in the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) race for presidential candidacy, Mohamed Irfaan Ali, are under question.Recently, Ali has been featured in the media over the 19 charges with which he was slapped by the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) of the Guyana Police Force.Now, Ali is making … Read more
Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo is unapologetic that he had unilaterally allocated radio licenses to, among others, his People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) “You hear every single day ‘friends and family’ and, of course, the PPP got a license and I don’t mind that one that one, I am a politician so they can accuse me … Read more
By Abena- Rockcliffe- Campbell Alexei Ramotar- son of former President Donald Ramotar-was paid over $32M to manage the now stalled $7.9B E-Governance project. Despite his handsome salary, young Ramotar, failed in job performance.The calculated figure does not include his 22.5 percent gratuity that was made payable twice a year. Also, even though the young Ramotar … Read more
By Abena Rockcliffe The term “friends with benefits” was magnified in a section of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) audit report which confirmed that Dr. Ranjisingh ‘Bobby’ Ramroop—best friend of former President Bharrat Jagdeo—was able to grab the Sanata Complex at a gift price. The report also highlighted NICIL’s admittance that it … Read more
First phase e-governance initiative 85 percent complete THE first phase of Guyana’s E-Governance initiative, utilising a fibre optic cable stretching from Lethem to Georgetown, is 85 percent complete and the Project Manager, Alexei Ramotar , said that segment will be ready for commissioning by July month end, if not before.President Donald Ramotar’s son told the Guyana … Read more
Stagnation, violence, corruption, arch-sectarianism, and unfettered crime—this is the heritage that President Bharrat Jagdeo will bequeath to his country. Now that Jagdeo has announced that he will not seek a third term in the upcoming August election, he may well ask, as a New York mayor once did, “How did I do?” The answer, in … Read more
On 4 December 2009, Guyana’s President, Bharrat Jagdeo, was interviewed on the BBC programme “Hard Talk“. At one stage, the presenter, Zeinab Badawi, asks Jagdeo about REDD. What Jagdeo doesn’t say in response is more interesting than what he does say. He doesn’t mention the logging companies already logging Guyana’s forests. He doesn’t mention mining. … Read more