🇬🇾 UNCLE RAMESH’S TAKE 🇬🇾
Your Uncle from Toronto Who Actually Reads the Chronicle
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Greetings from Toronto, where the snow is finally deciding to leave us in peace, and where I spent this morning reading the Guyana Chronicle with a very large cup of tea and a growing sense of national pride.
Yes, pride. I know some people in this family — certain cousins who shall remain nameless — prefer to read the Kaieteur News and find doom in everything. But today, Ramesh is going to tell you what is actually happening in Guyana, which is: a lot of good things.
Let me explain.
✅ THE CASH GRANT: AS PROMISED, AS DELIVERED
The Chronicle is reporting that 48,858 central government employees — public servants, teachers, disciplined services — will receive the $100,000 national cash grant this week. Digitally. Into their bank accounts.
This is the third time this government has put money directly into the hands of Guyanese people. Third time! $25,000 in COVID. $100,000 last time. $100,000 again now. When you add it up, that is $225,000 per eligible household from this government alone.
My cousin Dhanraj in Berbice called me last night. He said, and I quote: “Ramesh, de money land in meh account today, bai.”
I said: “Dhanraj, this is what development looks like.”
He was very quiet after that. I think he was moved.
Now the opposition and the Kaieteur people want to argue about overseas Guyanese not getting the grant. I understand this frustration. But Ramesh would like to point out: you cannot digitally transfer money to someone who does not have a Guyana bank account and is living in a different country’s banking system. This is not discrimination. This is logistics.
Open a bank account. Come home for a visit. Problem solved.
🛢️ EXXON WANTS MORE — AND THAT IS GOOD
Now I know the Brief — those jokers — will make some comment about the seabed “filing a complaint.” Very funny, cousins. Very witty.
But let me tell you what Exxon increasing Yellowtail from 263,000 to 290,000 barrels per day actually means: more production, more profit, more revenue sharing, more money for the natural resource fund, more money for the government to build roads and schools and give cash grants.
The President has already said that with rising oil prices from the Middle East situation, Guyana stands to get a larger share of profits sooner under the profit-sharing arrangement. Exxon’s president Routledge confirmed this.
Ramesh has done the math. More barrels × higher prices = more money for Guyana. This is arithmetic, not politics.
Now, there are people who worry about spills. Ramesh also does not want a spill. Nobody wants a spill. But Exxon has been operating on these FPSOs for years with no major incident. The Chronicle notes this. Kaieteur News prefers to emphasise the risk every time Exxon does anything. Ramesh prefers to note that Exxon’s shareholders in Texas are not the only ones benefiting — every time I check the Natural Resource Fund statement, the number goes up.
That is a good thing. You are allowed to say it out loud.
⚡ ALSO: ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLES
The Chronicle has raised an important infrastructure issue. These electric motorcycles are causing serious road problems in Guyana. They are quiet, fast, cheap, and being operated by people who apparently believe traffic laws are a Western imposition.
This is a regulatory problem and the government should address it.
I am not going to make a joke about this because my brother-in-law was nearly hit by one last December and it was not funny.
🏛️ THE MOHAMEDS (Ramesh Has Thoughts)
The Brief will tell you all about the CCJ application and the Case Management Conference tomorrow. I am going to note just one thing:
The Court of Appeal of Guyana found “no merit” in the claim that Minister Walrond was biased simply because he is in the government and Azruddin Mohamed is in the opposition. Both the High Court and the Court of Appeal have reviewed this case carefully and reached the same conclusion.
Ramesh is not a lawyer. But three courts in sequence is a pattern.
As for the wheelbarrow of coins — the Chronicle did not cover this in great detail, and I respect their editorial judgment. What I will say is that a man who claims to be persecuted while also owning luxury vehicle imports, gold export operations, and an opposition party has a rather well-appointed version of persecution.
This is all I will say on this matter. The courts will do their work.
📺 WHAT THE BRIEF MISSED
The Brief tends to focus on the dramatic. Here is what they did not cover this morning:
From the Chronicle:
- Aubrey Barker-Ogle Road linkage is now open and bringing relief to residents. Infrastructure, people. Not glamorous. Very important.
- GPHC-HERO Mission restored mobility for dozens of patients this week through free medical procedures.
- No increase in fuel prices at GUYOIL stations — the company clarified amid Middle East oil price concerns that Guyana’s domestic prices are stable.
- Ashni Singh at BBC World Questions — Senior Minister Singh represented Guyana internationally. The numbers, he told the BBC audience, speak for themselves.
These are not as exciting as wheelbarrows. But this is what a functioning government looks like: roads, hospitals, stable fuel prices, international engagement.
Ramesh will continue to note these things even when certain cousins prefer the wheelbarrow stories.
🇬🇾 RAMESH’S FINAL THOUGHT
I left Guyana in 1998. I came to Toronto with two suitcases and a lot of hope and not much else. For many years, I watched from here as things went sideways at home in ways that were painful.
Now I watch the Chronicle every morning and I see: cash grants, oil production, road projects, international recognition, medical missions, economic growth.
Is it perfect? No. Is there corruption? Of course — show me a country without it. Are there things that need fixing? Always.
But this Tuesday morning in Toronto, with my tea and my Chronicle, I am going to say: things are moving in the right direction.
And if you disagree, you are welcome to pay your court costs in coins.
Until tomorrow,
Uncle Ramesh 🇬🇾
From Toronto, with pride and a strong cup of tea.
Uncle Ramesh is a fictional character representing a pro-government diaspora perspective. His views are satirical and do not represent the views of the Guyana Daily Brief or anyone named Ramesh.