Morning to all my people. Uncle Ramesh here, cup of Mauby in hand, looking out over the backdam and thinking about what the papers saying this Sunday. Let me walk you through it the way it really is, not the way the opposition vexers trying to paint it.

1. Ram and his “amateurish” talk

So Christopher Ram go on radio and call the government “amateurish” for not ring-fencing the Stabroek Block. You know what Uncle Ramesh think? Easy to talk big when you not the one at the table with Exxon.

Let me remind everybody: this contract was signed in 2016. Who was in power in 2016? That is right — APNU+AFC. The same crowd that now want to lecture the PPP about oil contracts. They sign the deal, they collect the signing bonus, they keep quiet about the terms for five years, and now they want to criticize the PPP for inheriting it? That is convenience politics, not principled critique.

The PPP Government inherit a bad deal. We playing the hand we dealt. The renegotiation conversations are happening quietly, through channels that actually work, not through radio programmes. Ram can talk. Government does govern.

2. The President telling we the truth

President Ali going out there and warning Guyanese to brace for price increases because of the US-Iran war. You know what the opposition would do? Hide the bad news, say everything fine, then blame government when prices rise. Ali doing the opposite. He telling the people the truth before it hit them.

That is leadership. That is respect for the citizens. That is the PPP difference.

And let me remind everyone: who bring in the $50,000 cash grant per household? Who reduce VAT on essentials? Who cap fuel prices during the worst of the global spikes? Who expand the Because We Care grant? The same PPP Government that opposition want to criticize for cost-of-living pressures they did nothing about when they was in power.

3. The Exxon tax arrangement

Yes, Exxon does not pay corporate tax. We know. Everybody know. It is in the contract from 2016 that the PNC/APNU+AFC sign. The PPP did not sign that contract. The PPP inherit that contract. And the PPP working within the constraints of that contract to get maximum value for Guyana.

Meanwhile, our oil revenue in 2026 Quarter One alone was over G$159 billion. That is not nothing. That is roads. That is hospitals. That is schools. That is the Because We Care grant. That is 84 persons with disabilities graduating from technical skills training. That is the $800 million Matthews Ridge airstrip. That is real development reaching real people.

4. APNU and the data protection talking point

APNU now discover they concerned about data protection? Funny. I do not remember them being concerned about anything except staying in power when they was running the government during those extended APNU+AFC years. Suddenly they have opinions on everything.

The Digital ID system will have proper data protection. The PPP Government does not do things halfway. The Data Protection Commissioner office is being built out properly. Takes time. Worth doing right.

5. Scotiabank naming Guyana Best Bank — recognition for the PPP economy

Scotiabank Guyana being named Best Bank in the Caribbean by Global Finance magazine is recognition not just of Scotiabank but of the Guyanese economy under the PPP. You cannot be the best bank in the region if the economy you operating in is not growing. Our economy is growing. Our banking sector is growing. Our financial services are maturing.

This is what $159 billion in quarterly oil revenue buys when you have a government that knows how to manage it.

6. Matthews Ridge airstrip — development reaching the hinterland

$800 million for a Region One airstrip. You know what APNU did for Region One in five years? They closed down the sugar estates and fired the workers without a retraining plan.

The PPP is investing in the hinterland. Region One is getting an airstrip. Region One is getting health boats (seven of them, commissioned last week). Region One communities are getting new health centres. Region One is getting 200+ mining blocks being allocated for local miners. This is what development look like.

Edghill is delivering. Quietly, consistently, regardless of opposition noise.

7. 84 persons with disabilities graduate — under the PPP

84 persons with disabilities graduated from technical skills training. Under the PPP. Not under any other government. The PPP.

This is what Dr. Vindhya Persaud and the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security has been working on, consistently, quietly, while the opposition focus on grievance politics. Actual graduates. Actual skills. Actual futures.

8. Canal #1 agro-processing facility — value-added agriculture

Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha commissioned the Canal #1 Polder agro-processing facility on Saturday. This is exactly the diversification the PPP has been talking about for years. We do not just want to pump oil and import food. We want to grow food and add value to it here, so the dollars stay in Guyana.

The opposition will say it is just a ribbon-cutting. The PPP says: come back in six months and see the production numbers. Then talk.

9. Reggae Girlz vs. our Golden Jaguars

Our Golden Jaguars are in Kingston tonight playing Jamaica. Football is football. Whatever the scoreline, our girls have represented Guyana with pride in the qualifier cycle. Go Jaguars!

This is the kind of story that reminds us that Guyana is more than politics. We are a people with pride, with talent, with young women willing to put on the green and gold and go into a hostile stadium for their country. That is the Guyana Uncle Ramesh loves.

10. Canadian gold company — more development incoming

A Canadian gold company sitting on 4.6 million ounces of gold in Guyana. More gold production. More royalties. More jobs. More development. This is what a growing economy looks like.

Opposition does criticize. PPP does deliver.

11. Origins Fashion Festival — Guyanese creativity on display

The Origins Fashion Festival will run July 3–5 as part of our 60th independence celebrations. Guyanese designers getting a proper platform. Guyanese creativity being celebrated. This is nation-building through culture. The PPP understands that development is not just economics — it is identity, pride, heritage.

12. Closing thought

Uncle Ramesh tell you every Sunday: the opposition will find something to criticize. It is their job. But look at what the PPP Government has actually delivered in Quarter One of 2026 alone: G$159 billion in oil revenue, infrastructure projects across every region, skills training for the most vulnerable, agricultural diversification, international banking recognition, and a President willing to tell the people the truth about global pressures.

That is not amateurish. That is governance.

Enjoy your Sunday, Guyana. And Go Golden Jaguars!

— Uncle Ramesh