By Uncle Ramesh, proud PPP/C supporter, retired civil servant, and man who has never once been wrong about anything.
People, I wake up this morning and I feel good. You know why? Because this government — MY government — is moving Guyana forward again.
First thing I see: the Digital Identity Card Act is now in force. Mark Phillips himself sign the Commencement Order. Two years in the making and now it real. You know what that means? Modernisation. Digital future. I know some people want to grumble about the Data Protection Act not being in force yet, but listen — you can’t rush everything at once. Rome wasn’t built in a day. Neither was Pradoville.
Next: the Guyana Energy Agency rolling out grid-connected solar. Government always thinking ahead about clean energy and LCDS. 3.5-year payback period! That is incredible value. If you have $1.2 million to spare, you should absolutely do this. Uncle Ramesh is looking into it himself.
And another thing — the government is protecting our forests! Five Brazilian miners arrested, fined, deported. Zero tolerance. This is what leadership looks like. You think the previous government would have done that? The PNC was too busy closing sugar estates and firing people.
Speaking of sugar — I see this Village Voice newspaper trying to drag up old stories about GuySuCo. Let me tell you something: the sugar industry is a MASSIVE undertaking. The President himself said so. Ali knows what he’s talking about. You think rebuilding decades of neglect is easy? It takes time. It takes $8.4 billion a year minimum, and even then, patience is required.
And the AFC fellows crying about cost of living. Jaipaul Sharma talking about $9 billion — well, where was AFC when they were in government and doing nothing? At least this government set aside the money. At least there IS a budget line. More than I can say for some people.
The U.S. Ambassador said it plainly: Guyana is benefiting from the oil boom. Community projects. STEM funding. Cricket sponsorship. Win-win. I have been saying this for years and now the American ambassador is saying it too. Case closed, as far as Uncle Ramesh is concerned.
God bless Guyana. God bless the PPP/C. And God bless the Guyana Amazon Warriors.
Uncle Ramesh’s column appears every weekday. The views expressed are his own and represent a perfectly reasonable and definitely not one-sided interpretation of current events.