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𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬. 𝐀𝐥𝐢 -𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐏𝐏 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 – 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐜𝐡

April 29, 2026/in Opinions/by Staff Writer

𝐁𝐘: 𝐆𝐇𝐊 𝐋𝐀𝐋𝐋

My thinking was that Irfaan Ali, Guyana’s PhD president needed urgent help to make better use of his time. Searching for, locating, and dealing with the best people would assist him to prioritize, leave a lasting impression, eventually. I prefer being wrong; a president is involved. He jumped out; proved me right. About time mismanagement. A brooch, Dr. President? Is somebody kidding? Of all the matters crying for immediate attention, a brooch worn by America’s Venezuelan presidential plant with Essequibo ingrained, is what sends Excellency Ali off, drives him to get in the face of CARICOM leaders? Knock me down; let me stay down there, please. It’s better to be at the bottom than have to deal with this type of, ah (er), genius now so popular in modern Guyana. Worth saying again, however painful: new PhDs lack past profoundness.

Former Venezuelan caudillo, Nicolo Maduro Doro, repeatedly called Guyana’s Irfaan Ali an imperialist stooge, and his PPP Govt an American puppet. Shades of the PPP’s newest, closest friends, the Red Chinese. Neither he nor anybody in the PPP could generate a halfway hearty riposte. But Irfaan Ali is up the wall and going to the mat on some brooch. Of course, it is the symbolism, the bold-faced testing of the waters in the Venezuelan leader’s appalling audacity and arrogance. Aside: unless Americans put her up to that, so they can rush to Guyana’s side, emphasize the special friendship between the US-Guyana. America controls Guyana, dangles its leaders on a string. America suspends Venezuelan leaders by their neckties, and they still delight in sticking their tongues at GT and the PPP.

Now Pres Ali is on fire and he runs to some CARICOM leaders with sharp protests to convey his displeasure. He, a president, was labeled “insolent” by the now jailed onetime Venezuelan badman, and what did Excellency Ali do? He settled for silence as his trusted companion. Clearly, there is some difficulty within PPP Govt camps in figuring out how to keep Pres. Ali focused, and maximizing returns from his scarce time. It was he himself who said in his first year, that he’s a busy man, with a million matters managed all at once. But he is so sharp-eyed, and brilliantly advised, that he zeroes in a brooch and makes a big stink about it.

Venezuelan agents violate borders, shoot Guyanese soldiers, sack local communities, haul away spoils. The best that PPP Govt headmen have to offer is soft words, softer sticks, and the softest footsteps. But a miniscule, miserable, and maggot-like brooch is made into this monstrous apparition and existential concern. Is this PPP Govt a comedy or an effigy? When I first read of Senora Delcy Rodriguez’s daring foreign adventure, while armed with a brooch, my reaction was if that is how she gets an adrenalin rush, then the gracious lady is best given wide berth, left to her antics. Civilized Guyanese know that’s exactly how one responds on encountering certain citizens on the street. People talking to themselves. People dressed in gaudy costumes, with bizarre ornaments completing intriguing dress codes.

Because I know how PPP leadership thinks, Dr. Ali’s firefight over a fly is taking a sledgehammer to a snail. Much ado about the rambunctious and frivolous. At bottom, it is the PPP Govt’s (and leadership) patented pattern of deflection. Distracting from the ruff stuff, covering up the tuff stuff. Like that US$2 billion gas project bacchanal. Pres Ali has studiously avoided addressing the gaping exposés in that energy masquerade, and in Delcy Rodriguez’s brooch he found the perfect distraction for gullible Guyanese. Recall the four-step recovery program developed by the PPP. Distort first. When that fails, deflect. Should that drop dead, then deny. And when all of those fall apart, then seek and destroy the messengers. Ali sealed his lips on the US$2 billion bag of tricks. Delcy Rodriguez’s brooch pulled his lips apart.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 592 𝙂𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣-𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 , 𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮,𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙄𝙣𝙂𝙪𝙮𝙖𝙣𝙖 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨.— ✦

Canadian Firm Moves to Develop Uranium Project Long Whispered About in Guyana

April 29, 2026/in Featured, Culture & Society/by Staff Writer

For decades, there have been quiet acknowledgments—often denied, downplayed, or ignored—that Guyana sits atop uranium deposits. Today, those suspicions are no longer buried.

Canadian company U92 Energy Corp. has now formally advanced plans for a uranium project in Region Seven, effectively confirming what many in technical and mining circles have known but rarely stated openly: Guyana possesses commercially viable uranium resources.

The company disclosed that its Kurupung project spans approximately 92 square kilometres and is tied to a historical estimate of 20.6 million pounds of uranium. While U92 cautions that these figures are not yet compliant with current reporting standards, the scale is enough to place Guyana on the map of emerging uranium jurisdictions.

In its investor updates, U92 openly describes Guyana as a “mining-friendly” territory supported by a pro-mining government—language that signals confidence not just in the geology, but in the political environment surrounding extractive industries.

That openness marks a stark contrast to years of near silence around uranium. Unlike gold, bauxite, or now oil, uranium has remained a sensitive subject globally due to its strategic and security implications. Yet, with nuclear energy gaining renewed traction as part of the global clean energy transition, that silence is rapidly eroding.

The company is preparing to commence a 5,000-metre diamond drilling programme, with equipment already in-country and site preparations underway. Its goal is to update and expand the existing resource estimate by the second half of 2026.

Behind the scenes, technical teams are revisiting more than 129,000 metres of historical drilling data—further evidence that uranium exploration in Guyana is not new, but rather an old reality now stepping into public view.

What was once cautiously avoided in national discourse is now being positioned as an economic opportunity. The question going forward is not whether uranium exists in Guyana, but how transparently—and responsibly—its development will be managed.

The Wales Watchdog Series: Part 1

April 27, 2026/in Investigative Report/by Staff Writer

𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 :

In the interest of transparency and national accountability, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 592 𝙂𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣 is embarking on the grueling task of unraveling the labyrinthine conundrum that has become the Gas-to-Energy project. What was birthed as a singular, unilateral vision—a project declared the largest and most impactful in our nation’s history—was inexplicably brought to life without the safeguards of a formal feasibility study. Even more alarming is the apparent absence of rigorous due diligence regarding the contractor, Lindsayca, whose checkered international record was seemingly overlooked. As the price tag balloons and the timelines shift, we are committed to deconstructing this complex web of financial maneuvers and procedural bypasses, ensuring that every Guyanese citizen is clued into the reality of how their future is being managed. We invite you to join us on this investigative journey as we demand the clarity and oversight that our treasury, and our people, deserve.

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗘: 𝗔 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗘 𝗢𝗡 𝗣𝗜𝗘𝗥 𝟭

In December 2022, the Government of Guyana (GoG) stood on the precipice of history, signing a $759 million USD contract with the Lindsayca-CH4 consortium. The promise was simple, yet seductive: a 300-megawatt power plant and Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) facility that would slash electricity costs by 50% by 2024.

But as the 2024 deadline crumbled, and as we stand in 2026 with a project total ballooning toward $1.1 billion USD, The 592 Guardian has pulled back the curtain on the “investigative vacuum” that allowed this deal to proceed. Our findings suggest that Lindsayca was never the “energy powerhouse” advertised, but rather a master of the 𝗘𝗣𝗖 𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹—Pl operating on high debt, low transparency, and a history of litigation.

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗭𝗨𝗘𝗟𝗔𝗡 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗦 & 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗡 𝗛𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗟𝗘

Lindsayca was born in 1995 as a family-owned engineering firm in Venezuela. When the brothers Hector and Jesus Fuentes Guimare moved operations to Houston in 2003, they didn’t export a legacy of massive turbine construction; they exported a Rolodex.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗹𝗮𝗴𝘀 𝗜𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱:

• The Gazprom Precedent: Before landing in Guyana, Lindsayca was embroiled in a $43 million USD dispute in Texas with Russian giant Gazprom. The allegations? Over-invoicing and under-performance on a gas compression plant. The pattern of “billing for the unbuilt” was established long before they touched Guyanese soil.

• The Debt Ratio: Independent financial audits from the 2016–2019 period—available during the bidding process—showed a company with staggering debt levels. Yet, the GoG’s evaluation committee deemed them “technically and financially sound” over world-class bidders like Guycan (Daewoo/Mitsubishi).

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗚𝗔𝗠𝗘: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 “𝗥𝗗” 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡

Our investigation has tracked a sophisticated “internal procurement” loop. Lindsayca Guyana Inc. has not been purchasing critical materials directly from manufacturers.

Instead, invoices obtained by The 592 Guardian show a circular flow of funds:

1. Guyanese Taxpayer Dollars are paid to Lindsayca Guyana.

2. Lindsayca Guyana “purchases” materials from Lindsayca RD SAS (a shell entity in the Dominican Republic).

3. Lindsayca RD SAS—owned by the same Fuentes brothers—buys the materials with a massive markup, effectively “round-tripping” the profit into offshore accounts before a single turbine is fired.

“This isn’t infrastructure; it’s an extraction mechanism. They are self-supplying at a premium, then crying ‘insolvency’ to demand more money from the Guyanese treasury.” — Investigative Source, GTE Taskforce

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘: $𝟭.𝟭 𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚

Today, the “Deal of the Century” has become a “Debt of the Century.” The math is cold and unforgiving:

• Original Bid: $759 Million

• Arbitration Loss (DAAB): $102.7 Million (Paid by you, the taxpayer, due to site-access failures).

• The New Demand: $250 Million (The current “shakedown” amount Lindsayca claims is needed to reach late 2026).

𝗧𝗢𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗦𝗧: $𝟭,𝟭𝟭𝟭,𝟳𝟬𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗨𝗦𝗗

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗡’𝗦 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗧

The lack of due diligence by the Government of Guyana was not an “oversight”—it was a systemic failure. By bypassing established giants with proven track records for a firm with “shaky” financials and a history of legal warfare, the state has placed our energy security in the hands of a contractor that thrives on delays.

As the private jets ferry executives between Houston, the DR, and Georgetown at a cost of $70,000 USD per week, the Guyanese citizen is left holding a utility bill that isn’t shrinking—it’s subsidizing a Venezuelan-owned shell game.

𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗢𝗥’𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 “𝗨𝗞 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗘𝗨𝗩𝗘𝗥” & 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗨𝗦$𝟭𝟬𝟮𝗠 𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗟

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟱𝟵𝟮 𝗚𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 has uncovered a deliberate legal sequence that effectively “armored” the Gas-to-Energy (GtE) contractors against Guyanese oversight.

While the public was told this was an American-led project, the legal reality was engineered in the UK. On November 30, 2022—just 14 days before the contract was signed in Georgetown—the consortium registered 𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗦𝗔𝗬𝗖𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗟𝗢𝗣𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗟𝗟𝗣 (𝗢𝗖𝟰𝟰𝟰𝟴𝟴𝟮) in the United Kingdom. This was not a coincidence; it was a tactical deployment.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 “𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹”:

•𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟵 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗽: By using a UK entity, the contractor successfully invoked the 1989 UK-Guyana Bilateral Investment Treaty. This allowed them to bypass our national courts and “drag” the government into international arbitration via the Dispute Adjudication/Avoidance Board (DAAB).

•𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦$𝟭𝟬𝟮.𝟳 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝘆𝗼𝘂𝘁: As of January 2025, the DAAB ordered the Government of Guyana to pay the contractor a staggering US$102,679,839 for site handover delays and remediation. Despite government claims of “confidentiality,” records show these payments—equivalent to billions of Guyanese dollars—are already being siphoned from the Consolidated Fund in installments through 2026.

•𝗭𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗮𝘅 :Because the entity is a UK Limited Liability Partnership (LLP), it operates as a “tax-transparent” vehicle. Combined with the UK-Guyana Double Taxation Agreement, the contractor is shielded from local withholding taxes. While Guyanese citizens fund the project, the profits are repatriated to Houston and London virtually tax-free.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗺 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲: Our “putting people first” administration signed a contract that allowed a foreign entity to use a British flag as a legal shield. As a result, Guyanese taxpayers are now paying a US$100 million penalty to a company that, by design, contributes nothing back to our national treasury in taxes.

This concludes the first segment of our investigative series.

𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗬 𝗧𝗨𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗜 : The Double Agents—The Legal Architects and the $102M Poison Pill.

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟱𝟵𝟮 𝗚𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗡: Hard-Truth. Investigative Report. Your Rights, Guarded.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 592 𝙂𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣 — 𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 , 𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙄𝙣 𝙂𝙪𝙮𝙖𝙣𝙖 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨

𝐌𝐫. 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 -𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝

April 23, 2026/in Local News/by Staff Writer

Today, the heart is heavier. The pen feels like feathered lead; LED and metal. Let there be light across Guyana. I shine the spotlight on the top, Pres. Ali. Mr. Pres: has this country crossed a fateful line, yet another to make Guyanese recoil fearfully, shudder disbelievingly? Some answers are needed, so the president is petitioned. Here’s the question, Excellency: is the latest line crossed that of murder covered up, washed away, wished out of existence? Literally?

No place is named. No time specified; neither day nor night. Nothing of murdered citizen who breathed that last breath. Not today. Note no gender is mentioned re the victim, now deceased. Nor how and why that murder happened, what happened almost immediately, and the trail that a sordid sequence of events followed. Nor the blinding, deafening silence dominating since. Of one thing there’s certainty: a murder was committed, and it is so many days now, with a news blackout, and official copout, that a cold case develops, hardens. Indeed, the body is being prepared for final farewells, and still no word. Only shadowy silence, that unnatural stillness which haunts this society when the sinister has to be disposed of, and involved parties all find other priorities to occupy their time, give distance.

Mr. Pres: I would be shocked if there’s the barrenness of not knowing, the darkness of ignorance. If trickles and torrents traveled eastward across river and bridges, then it would surprise if Office of the President doesn’t know? What did the president know, and when? I recall Nixon. There’s sensitivity with murderous details, grisly as they are. Delicacy oftentimes induces displays of discretion. A suicide, I understand. Protecting victim is appreciated. Keeping tabs on suspect(s), without showing hand, has merits. But of the dead, what? Surely, that last speck of earthly dignity that can be given, Dr. President, should be honored; the only way that terrible passing is respected, honored, is in the giving. The circumstances that surrounded. The details that reveal, and reinforce. A human being gasping for life’s last line, in violent circumstances, is what should never be suppressed. No matter gruesomeness, it must be shared with society. A society, Dr. President, that Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, proudly informs the world is one of law, order, and respect for the rule of law. Inspiring that is!

Dr. President, and I persist with the honorific. A leader, at that rarified doctoral height, however achieved, normally gleans some empathy along the way, some understanding in the journey, and some discernments of the lynchpins that hold a society aloft. Their pricelessness. One is the law and its demands. Not AG Nandlall’s law, but that of a higher order. Life’s sacredness. Thou shalt not kill has an incomparable inviolability about it. Never cheap; never to be cheapened. How is the PPP Govt going to deal with this killing that occurred close to a thoroughfare, so close as to be a city, maybe a village. And if a village, one that’s illustrious because of its golden children.

Murder makes politics stop dead. Should. Drunk driving overlooked, winked at by authorities may be routine, no eyebrows raised. Domestic violence lessening, with more enlightenment, more ministerial energy. Tint and error-prone offspring all swallowed by tall grass. But murder, what’s the disposition of murder nowadays in PPP Guyana, Excellency? Surely, not so ordinary, of such low standing, that it’s not newsworthy.

The Police has blotters and bulletins. Hospitals have their logs, forms; yet not one straying, seeping, sharing post. A country under lockdown, should I say, Mr. President? All well taken care of, Mr. President? Note, Excellency, that I jumped the heads of commissioner and minister. No disrespect meant. Simply that alarm and agitation fuse to inspire going to the mountaintop.

President Ali, I asked questions, sir. Done duty to this society, sir. Society waits on Excellency Ali. On a murder hidden. On murder that should be ventilated, never shrouded. The concern is that becomes normalized. No murdered. No murderer. No aiders and abettors. No evidence left. No news about any of those for law-abiding Guyanese. Help, Pres. Ali, help.

Sincerely

Concerned Citizen

𝐖𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩 ,𝐖𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧 , 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐈𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭

𝐆𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 — ✦ —

𝙏𝙝𝙚 592 𝙂𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣 — 𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 , 𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙄𝙣 𝙂𝙪𝙮𝙖𝙣𝙖 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨.

“A Deal Meant to Transform Guyana — That Transformed Everyone But Guyana”

April 18, 2026/in Featured, Editorial, Special Report/by Staff Writer

It was hailed as Guyana’s great energy awakening, a geopolitical handshake between Georgetown and Washington that promised power, prosperity, and progress. But as the Wales Gas-to-Energy project unravels, its legacy may be less “breakthrough” and more breakdown — the straw that broke the pony’s back.
When the Government of Guyana awarded the US $759 million bid (financed at roughly US $587 million) to the Lindsayca–CH4 consortium, it bypassed four lower proposals and catapulted the U.S. Export–Import Bank into Guyana’s largest sovereign energy financing ever. The narrative was sold with polished conviction: America would outperform China, ushering transparency, efficiency, and ethical business practice where Beijing’s shadow allegedly fell.
Yet in retrospect, the moral high ground looks suspiciously like a hill of sand. The U.S. “better partner” promise wasn’t born of goodwill — it was guerrilla economics, an ideological wage to usurp Chinese influence under the guise of partnership. In private, it was celebrated in Washington as a geopolitical victory, complete with claims of 1,500 new American jobs, U.S.-made turbines, and robust returns for investors. But beneath the gloss lay a darker calculus: advancement not of Guyana’s development, but of America’s strategic footprint, dressed up as benevolence.
The irony, of course, is that everyone was playing the same game — only from opposite ends of the table. U.S. actors pushed business policy as foreign diplomacy, while Guyanese powerbrokers treated diplomacy as private industry. The match was perfect; the motivations were identical; only the rhetoric differed.
The Price of Patronage
The Wales deal, lacking meaningful feasibility studies, was engineered for speed, not substance. EXIM Bank signed with eyes open — a move that defied its own internal protocols on project viability assessment. By the time signatures dried and champagne corks popped, the structure was already sinking under the weight of imaginative accounting and inflated valuation.
The result: a project that cost more, promised more, and delivered less. The mantra of “higher price equals superior performance” collapsed spectacularly; Guyanese contractors and political interlocutors enriched themselves in the short term while the nation’s long-term prospects dimmed.
In the local pipeline, Bharat Jagdeo’s fingerprints are everywhere — the familiar strategy of grand design meets selective execution. His political formula remains constant: big ideas, bold deliveries, and bigger beneficiaries. The Wales Gas-to-Energy project fits snugly into his playbook of transformative promises that terminate at the tender board, leaving citizens and institutions to mop up after the money stops moving.
The Crumbling Illusion
Months after the project’s ceremonial launch, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has quietly begun pivoting toward renewable energy sources — solar and hybrid grids — a subtle but unmistakable confession that confidence in the gas project has evaporated. Behind this tactical shift lies an unspoken truth: officials no longer expect Wales to deliver on its own claims of low-cost energy and national diversification.
For the government that once declared the undertaking “the defining infrastructure of a new Guyana,” this pivot is disastrous optics. It signals loss of faith — from state engineers to financiers — and reaffirms what the public suspected all along: that the energy revolution was more public performance than policy.
The Faustian Bargain
The Wales Gas-to-Energy scheme illustrates Guyana’s modern paradox — a resource-rich nation seduced by high diplomacy and corporate promise, yet regionally trapped by the very partners meant to rescue it. In this Faustian setup, EXIM’s billions became both carrot and leash, tethering Guyana to an American strategic agenda while marginalizing other bidders who might have offered competitive cost or tested technology.
The project was supposed to light the nation. Instead, it illuminated everything broken in government’s method of decision-making — the conflation of patriotism with patronage, of development with debt. A deal that was meant to transform Guyana ended up transforming everyone but Guyana: foreign financiers, local intermediaries, and political brokers.
The Moral of the Machine
When vision collides with vested interest, energy projects morph into fiscal fossils. The Wales venture now stands as Guyana’s white elephant — massive, immovable, and symbolic of excess masked as progress. What was billed as a new dawn of industrial independence has darkened into a contest of egos and external control.
So, as GPL turns its eyes to the sun and wind, perhaps it is fitting; after all, gas has proven too volatile when mixed with politics. The Wales saga teaches what every nation learns too late — that in the theater of development, the curtain always falls before the people get their share of light.
Appendix: The Numbers Behind the Rhetoric
Project Title: Wales Gas-to-Energy Project
Location: Wales Estate, West Bank Demerara, Guyana
Financing Structure:
•EXIM Bank (U.S.) loan financing: Approx. US $587 million
•Total project value / bid price: Approx. US $759 million
•Local fiscal exposure: Government of Guyana guarantees and indirect commitments through GPL and related subsidiaries.
Tender Overview:
•Initial bids submitted: Four confirmed consortium proposals.
•Lowest bid: Approximately US $520 million (rejected without detailed explanation).
•Selected consortium:
Lindsayca–CH4 partnership — a grouping with limited regional track record and controversial management figures with Venezuelan associations.
•Award rationale (official statement): Claimed superior “technical and logistical coordination,” though internal documents reveal scant feasibility modelling or lifecycle cost projections.
Contract Timeline:
•December 2023: EXIM initial credit terms negotiated through U.S. Embassy in Georgetown.
•February 2024: Cabinet approval amid expedited tender clearance.
•March 2024: Financing package finalized; signing ceremony held, followed by high-level U.S. press release touting job creation and American equipment exports.
•January 2025: Preliminary works begin on site; cost escalations recorded within first quarter.
•Late 2025–Early 2026: GPL initiates pivot toward renewables, citing “strategic diversification” and “load balance development priorities” — coded indicators of diminishing faith in gas-to-energy viability.
Discrepancies & Observations:
•Overvaluation margin: ~US $170–240 million above median bid range.
•Feasibility studies: None published; internal technical assessment still marked “preliminary.”
•Actual job creation figures: Less than 400 confirmed locally, according to labor registry data.
•Equipment sourcing: Over 85% U.S.-manufactured, matching EXIM’s domestic stimulus motive rather than Guyana’s cost efficiency.
These data points demonstrate the widening gap between financial narrative and project reality, underscoring the exposé’s central argument: the Wales Gas-to-Energy scheme was never about Guyana’s transformation — it was structured from inception to feed geopolitical ambition and insider profiteering. The figures — dry as they look — tell a poetic truth: in Guyana’s version of development, the math always exposes the myth.
The Wales Gas-to-Energy Scandal: By the Numbers
THE NUMBERS DON’T LIE
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TOTAL BID: $759 MILLION
EXIM FINANCING: $587 MILLION
GOG BURDEN: $172 MILLION
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
BIDDING FARCE
$520M ← REJECTED (45% CHEAPER!)
$589M ← REJECTED
$642M ← REJECTED
LINDSAYCA-CH 4: $759M ← SELECTED
PROMISE vs. REALITY
┌─────────────────┬─────────────────┐
│ PROMISED │ DELIVERED │
├─────────────────┼─────────────────┤
│ 1,500 JOBS │ ~400 JOBS │ 74%
│ LOW-COST POWER │ COST EXPLOSION │ FAIL
│ US EQUIPMENT │ 85% US-MADE │ “WIN”
└─────────────────┴─────────────────┘
COLLAPSE TIMELINE
2024: EXIM signs, champagne flows
2025: Costs explode, work stalls
2026: GPL abandons ship → RENEWABLES
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
KEY TAKEAWAY: $759M bought geopolitics, not power.
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SOURCE: Kaieteur News bid documents + GPL filings
KEY TAKEAWAY: Higher price ≠ Better performance. $759M bought geopolitics, not power.
SOURCE: Kaieteur News tender documents, GPL reports, EXIM Bank disclosures.
𝙏𝙝𝙚 592 𝙂𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣 — 𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 , 𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙄𝙣 𝙂𝙪𝙮𝙖𝙣𝙖 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨

𝐂𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐔𝐏 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐒 𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐋𝐀𝐓: 𝐆𝐀𝐑𝐁𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒 𝐆𝐄𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐓𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐒 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑

April 14, 2026/in Culture & Society/by Staff Writer

Residents of Georgetown are outraged this morning after a highly publicized major garbage cleanup operation — carried out just yesterday, Saturday, April 12 — appears to have had little to no lasting impact on the capital’s streets. By Sunday morning, visible piles of waste and debris remained scattered throughout the city, raising serious questions about the effectiveness of the operation and the accountability of those responsible.

Eyewitnesses report that conditions on the ground look virtually identical to the state prior to Saturday’s cleanup, with garbage lining streets, sidewalks, and public spaces as though no work had taken place at all.

“It’s like yesterday never happened,” said one frustrated Georgetown resident. “What exactly did we pay for?”

No official statement has been issued explaining the apparent failure. Community members are demanding full transparency — including who funded the cleanup, who carried it out, and why the results are nowhere to be seen.This story is developing. The 592 Guardian will continue to follow up as officials are pressed for comment.

𝑇ℎ𝑒 592 𝐺𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 — 𝐴𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦. 𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑡ℎ. 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒.

𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐥𝐢’𝐬 ‘𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭’ 𝐇𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝, $𝟏.𝟒𝐁 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬”

April 14, 2026/in Editorial/by Staff Writer

𝘎𝘶𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘢’𝘴 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘰𝘺𝘢 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵: 𝘞𝘩𝘰’𝘴 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘞𝘩𝘰’𝘴 𝘗𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘭?

Guyana is about to ship its first official soya beans to Barbados, and President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali could not hide his pride. At the Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce, he presented the move as a national milestone—proof that Guyana is “expanding agricultural production” and “strengthening regional food security.”

What he did not say is that the farm behind this export sits on State‑owned land, accessed by a 40‑plus‑kilometre road and a wharf built by the Government at a cost of more than $1.4 billion, and that the venture is run by a private consortium whose members are already well‑known, yet whose terms remain hidden from the public.

The real cost of the “first export”

Government records show that since 2022, over $1.4 billion has been spent on roads, wharves and related infrastructure in the Tacama–Savannah corridor to support large‑scale corn and soya production. In 2024, the Ministry of Agriculture openly budgeted $967.8 million just for the Tacama silo and drying complex alone, adding to the broader infrastructure tab.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘺; 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘰𝘯𝘦‑𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦‑𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘶𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘪𝘴 “𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨” 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.

State‑owned land, private leases

The Tacama–Savannah farmland is State‑owned and leased, not free‑hold. The Ministry of Agriculture has publicly advertised that over 25,000 acres in the intermediate savannahs are being leased to agro‑investors, with clauses for lease renewals and conditions for farmers operating in the area.

Among those named in the corn–soya project are Guyana Stockfeeds Ltd, Royal Chicken / Royal Animal Products, Edun Farms, SBM Wood & Dubulay Ranch, Bounty Farm Ltd, and NF Agriculture. Yet the Government has not disclosed lease terms, rental rates, or whether these companies enjoy preferential conditions over other applicants.

Private consortium, public subsidy

The grouping is repeatedly described as a private‑sector‑led initiative or “consortium.” The companies put up the working capital, equipment and management; the State puts up the road, the wharf and the enabling policy framework.

But that is not a PPP in the classic sense. There is no public‑sector equity stake, no clearly disclosed revenue‑sharing mechanism, and no published agreement showing how the Government recovers value from the $1.4B infrastructure. What exists instead is a one‑sided subsidy model: the taxpayers pay for the assets, the consortium reaps the export margins.

Unanswered questions behind the “first export”

President Ali’s announcement about exporting soya to Barbados has not closed the loop; it has opened a fresh set of questions the public deserves to see answered:

1.𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀

•What are the lease terms (duration, rent, renewal clauses) for the State‑owned land underpinning the Tacama–Savannah soya–corn project? Are any of these companies paying below‑market rates, and on what basis?

2.𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁‑𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆

•How does the Government intend to recover or offset the $1.4B+ infrastructure spend? Are there user‑fees, wharf charges, or carve‑outs on export proceeds attached to this project? Or is this simply a straight‑up subsidy with no clawback?

3.𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀

•Through which legal entity or joint‑venture is the soya being exported to Barbados, and who ultimately captures the export margins? Are small local farmers and contract growers guaranteed a fair share, or will the bulk of the value stick to the integrated corporate group?

4.𝗣𝗣𝗣 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗶𝗱𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹?

•Is this formally classified as a PPP, and if so, under what Cabinet‑approved framework or statute? If it is not a PPP but a subsidised private venture, why were these companies chosen without competitive tender, and what criteria guided the selection?

5.𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀

•Why have the project agreement, MoU, land‑use contracts, and infrastructure‑access deals between Government and the consortium not been published? Will the State commit to releasing these documents in transparent, redacted form as part of its “open‑for‑business” narrative?

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗺 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲

Guyana may be shipping its first soya beans to Barbados, and that is a moment worth noting. But that moment should not be allowed to paper over the fundamental imbalance: 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦‑𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦‑𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦‑𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦‑𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳.

𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗮𝘅𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀’ 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗚𝘂𝘆𝗮𝗻𝗮’𝘀 “𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁” 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘀.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟱𝟵𝟮 𝗚𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 — has once again uncovered another instance of our Government’s sophisticated opacity, which we will continue to pursue in the furtherance of the Public Interest.

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟮.

𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐌𝐞 — 𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲

April 14, 2026/in Opinions/by Staff Writer

When Home Affairs Minister Oneidge Walrond launched her now-infamous crackdown on tinted vehicles, she stood before the nation and told us what was meant to be a defining line in law enforcement reform:

“𝑫𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆.” 𝑵𝒐 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔, 𝒏𝒐 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒕𝒐 “𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔.” 𝑵𝒐 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍-𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒓𝒂 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒅, 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓.

But Guyanese citizens are now left asking — did she mean a word of it?

Because for days, social media has been flooded with footage showing a government-issued pickup — a multimillion-dollar taxpayer-funded vehicle — being hauled from a trench. The incident reportedly followed a night out, and according to multiple accounts, the driver was none other than Minister Walrond’s own son. The videos show laughter and levity where accountability should have been.

And what has been the official response? Silence.

Not a word from the Ministry of Home Affairs. Not a statement from the police hierarchy, which operates under her authority. Not even an acknowledgment from the Minister herself — despite journalists having put the question directly to her within the same Police Media Group she oversees.

If it were an ordinary citizen caught recklessly misusing public property, the Minister’s tint-crackdown swagger would have reappeared in full force. There would be arrests, charges, and public shaming. Instead, the institutions that exist to enforce standards seem paralyzed under proximity to power.

This is not just hypocrisy — it is a constitutional distortion. The police, reportedly instructed to step back when she appeared at the scene, raise the troubling specter of executive interference.

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒍𝒂𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒘𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝑮𝒖𝒚𝒂𝒏𝒂’𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒉.

So yes, let’s address this anomaly — this glaring betrayal of the “One Guyana” promise. The Minister of Home Affairs cannot credibly lead a ministry dedicated to impartial justice while selectively shielding her own family. The standards she demands of the public must extend to her household.

When it comes to Family, Friends, and Favourites, it seems the Ministry of Home Affairs has one unwritten rule: silence is the policy.

Reports identify the driver as the Home Affairs Minister’s son, allegedly after leaving a nightclub. What followed was not transparency, but a wall of silence thick enough to hide a scandal.

That silence raises urgent questions of public accountability:

•𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐮𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚? 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐲𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐬𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬.

•𝐖𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐳𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞? 𝐈𝐟 𝐬𝐨, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬? 𝐈𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 — 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞?

•𝐖𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬?

•𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 — 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦 — 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝?

It is difficult to avoid the stench of double standards. The same woman who spent the past year lecturing the public about responsibility, road safety, and accountability has gone mute when those principles touch her own doorstep.

Last year, at the launching of Road Safety Month, Minister Walrond warned against “carelessness, speed and distraction” and pledged that even a single death caused by a drunk driver was “one too many.” She later stood beside a grieving mother at an event for victims of road accidents, her voice thick with empathy as she spoke of “tragedies we have the power to prevent.”

In December, she thundered about transparency, promising to bring an end to the “selective practices of the past.”

Today, those very words have returned to challenge her credibility. By allegedly interfering in the crash scene and remaining silent while the police hold their breath, she has done exactly what she accused others of doing — bending the law for convenience and privilege.

𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔. 𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒔.

When the Minister responsible for law and order fails to submit herself and her family to the same standards she is mandated to apply to ordinary citizens, she undermines every police officer, every prosecutor, and every citizen who still believes in equal justice under law.

No minister can credibly lead a portfolio dedicated to “safe, transparent, and enforceable” governance while embodying the opposite.

The time for silence has passed. Minister Oneidge Walrond must go — not because of the circulation of a video, but because she has forfeited the moral authority to lead. The people’s desire is clear: Guyana deserves a Home Affairs Minister who serves the law, not one who bends it.

𝑰𝒇 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒖𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓: 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑶𝒏𝒆𝒊𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏.

Minister’s Son Damages Government Vehicle in Late-Night Incident

April 14, 2026/in Special Report/by Staff Writer

Georgetown, Guyana — Questions are swirling around the Ministry of Home Affairs after the son of Minister Oneidge was reportedly involved in an accident that left a brand new, multimillion-dollar government vehicle damaged, raising serious concerns about the misuse of taxpayer-funded assets.
According to sources close to the matter, the Minister’s son was seen leaving a club shortly before the incident occurred. The vehicle, which belongs to the Government of Guyana, sustained damage — prompting immediate public outcry over who authorised its use by a private individual.
Opposition party WIN puts the following questions directly to the Honourable Minister:

First — Why was your son in possession of and operating a vehicle that is the property of the Government of Guyana? Government vehicles are publicly funded assets intended strictly for official use, not personal or recreational purposes.
Second — Given that your son was reportedly seen leaving a club prior to the accident, was a breathalyzer test administered at the scene? The public deserves transparency on whether standard police procedures were followed.
Third — Was the Minister’s son taken to the nearest police station following the incident, as would be required of any ordinary citizen involved in a vehicular accident under similar circumstances?

Sources further indicate that reporters within the Police Media Group, of which Minister Oneidge is a member, have already raised questions about the incident — questions that have gone unanswered to this day.
The silence from the Ministry is deafening.

Guyanese taxpayers, who funded the purchase of this vehicle, deserve full accountability. WIN Party— calls on Minister Oneidge to address reporters promptly, provide a detailed account of the circumstances surrounding the accident, and clarify what disciplinary or legal actions, if any, have been taken.
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠.𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟓𝟗𝟐 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐩.

The Theft of Thanks: How Another Guyanese Gift Became A Government Stageshow

April 14, 2026/in Featured, Special Report/by Staff Writer

Last evening, as the state cameras panned across neatly manicured lawns and fireworks stitched the air, the country was told a familiar story — one of “presidential vision” and “regional transformation.” But beneath the glow of the drone lights and the edited applause lies an inconvenient truth: this is not the government’s creation. It is a repackaged act of private generosity and foreign philanthropy, rewritten into a political triumph.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐨𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐚

Before the plaques, before the speeches, there was Joe Vieira — a man whose life bridged agriculture, recreation, and public service. The land on which the new “Guyana–China Friendship Park” now stands was once part of Plantation Meer Zorgen — and it was not seized, bought, or assigned by any ministry. It was given, outright, by Joseph Rudolph Vieira, AA, to the people of Guyana.

Yet, his name is nowhere in the new narrative. No marker of his generosity stands beside the president’s podium. No mention of his gift survives the government’s public relations machinery. Instead, state media now presents the space as a “vision realized” under the current administration. A more precise term might be appropriated legacy.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 $𝟏𝟐 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞

As headlines trumpet the “government’s investment in recreation,” few citizens are told that not a single Guyanese taxpayer dollar funded this $2.5 billion transformation. The entire park — design, construction, and finish — was financed through a grant from the People’s Republic of China.

Yet, the government has positioned itself as both benefactor and builder, turning ribbon-cutting into performance art. It’s a sleight of hand as old as propaganda itself: when you control the narrative, you don’t need to control the facts.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞

Why does the public not know? Because truth is inconvenient when you’re busy choreographing glory. The omission of Joe Vieira’s contribution weakens the myth of state-driven progress. The silence about the Chinese grant undermines the narrative of “responsible fiscal management.” To admit that this was a gift would be to expose the administration’s reliance on external benefactors and inherited assets — a revelation that punctures the illusion of economic self-reliance and domestic vision.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲

It’s not merely what’s said, but what’s unsaid, that writes history. When the nightly newscast breathlessly reports “another government milestone,” it becomes a participant in what can only be called accolade theft. The truth is simple: this park exists not because of allocation, but because of donation. The government’s role was custodial, not

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟓𝟗𝟐 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭

True leadership honors provenance. It builds upon the gifts of predecessors with humility and transparency.

𝙏𝙤 𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙅𝙤𝙚 𝙑𝙞𝙚𝙞𝙧𝙖 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙘𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙖’𝙨 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 — 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙜𝙖𝙨𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜.

If governance becomes theater, then public memory must become resistance. Because naming the truth — who gave, who built, who claimed — is the only way to reclaim integrity in a country drowning in its own propaganda.