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Uncle Ramesh: De Brief Conveniently Forget Who Actually Building This Country

March 30, 2026 • 2 min read

Uncle Ramesh

Uncle Ramesh Doodnauth, 67, retired civil servant, Brooklyn, NY. Back at the phone on Monday morning.

Bai, I barely finish me roti and me already have to defend me country from de Brief again.

First: de flooding. Yes, it flood. It always flood when it rain dat hard. You know what they doing about it? BUILDING. Roads, drainage infrastructure, whole new housing schemes. You cyah fix 200 years of Dutch drainage engineering in five years. But dem trying. De Brief prefer to make a joke. Uncle Ramesh prefer to look at de big picture.

Monday Brief: Guyana Lectures the Caribbean on Climate, Then Drowns

March 30, 2026 • 3 min read

Daily Brief

Monday, March 30, 2026 | Guyana Daily Brief

The Irony Was Not Subtle

Days after Guyana positioned itself as a voice of authority on climate resilience — advising Caribbean neighbours to “climate-proof” their infrastructure — the country spent the weekend wading through its own floodwaters. Georgetown and its outskirts became, in the words of Kaieteur News, “a flat sea.” The Civil Defence Commission is now warning that heavy rainfall is expected to intensify through Tuesday, with flooding likely to worsen. The drains remain the drains.