By Uncle Ramesh, steadfast PPP/C supporter, proud Guyanese, and man who is having a complicated Good Friday.

People, Uncle Ramesh going to be honest with you today. It is Good Friday. A day for reflection. And I have some reflecting to do.

First — the tariff. Thirty-eight percent. On Guyana. From the United States. That is a lot. Uncle Ramesh was not expecting that. The Ambassador was just here telling us the oil deal is fine and Exxon is great and everything is win-win. Now her boss put a 38% tariff on we exports. Uncle Ramesh notes the contradiction without further comment at this time.

Second — the Wales Gas Plant situation. The government paid US$82 million to the contractors after losing an arbitration. And kept it quiet. Uncle Ramesh does not like this. Transparency is important. The government always says transparency is important. So Uncle Ramesh is waiting for the full explanation. Patiently. Very patiently.

Now. Having said those two things — which Uncle Ramesh says as a concerned citizen and not as an opponent of this government — let me tell you what IS going right.

Project FLOW. One hundred and fifty-five schools getting clean water. ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE. You know how long children been drinking whatever come out of those pipes? This government doing something real there.

The CARIFTA athletes land in Grenada. Tomorrow they compete. This government invested in these young people. In 2024 we came home with eight medals. Uncle Ramesh expects ten tomorrow.

Non-lethal weapons permits — finally a sensible approach to the gun licence backlog. You can’t give out 50,000 guns. Even Uncle Ramesh agree with that.

So yes. It is a complicated Good Friday. But Uncle Ramesh keeps faith. Even when faith requires patience. And some questions. And some answers that better come soon.

God bless Guyana. God bless the athletes in Grenada. And God bless whoever going to explain that US$82 million.

Uncle Ramesh’s column appears every weekday. Today’s edition was written with unusual candour.