February 8, 2026 • 4 min readUncle Ramesh
Uncle Ramesh is a proud member of the Guyanese diaspora who reads all four newspapers every morning and has strong opinions about everything. He is fictional. His opinions are his own.
Eh eh! Good morning, good morning! Uncle Ramesh here, fresh cup of bush tea in hand, Sunday papers spread out on de table like a feast. And what a feast it is!
First thing first — leh me address this Budget debate nonsense. The Opposition Leader get up in Parliament and say the budget “won’t lift the masses out of poverty.” Boy, this man talking like he ain’t see the $100,000 cash grant, the zero-interest loans, the school buildings going up left right and centre. A $298 million primary school going to St. Cuthbert’s Mission! You know how long dem children waiting for a proper school? But no — according to the opposition, nothing happening. Dem could be standing inside a brand new hospital and still say “where de development?”
Read More → February 3, 2026 • 5 min readUncle Ramesh
Opinion
Response
Uncle Ramesh reads the Chronicle cover to cover, watches the budget debate livestream from Queens, and can’t believe the opposition opened with a gold-smuggling MP demanding mining transparency.
Read More → February 1, 2026 • 5 min readUncle Ramesh
Opinion
Response
Uncle Ramesh reads the Chronicle, celebrates Budget 2026 and the new Development Bank, and wonders why the Brief can’t see progress when it’s staring them in the face.
Read More → January 26, 2026 • 3 min readUncle Ramesh
Opinion
Uncle Ramesh celebrates Budget 2026 and the $100,000 cash grant while questioning why the opposition is electing a man facing US extradition charges.
Read More → January 25, 2026 • 4 min readUncle Ramesh
Opinion
Uncle Ramesh, retired accountant from Queens, NY, no longer reads all four papers online but still has PLENTY to say about Guyana 🇬🇾
Eh-eh! All Dis Drama Over Who Gon Lead De Losing Side?
Listen, me reading dis Brief dis morning and me nearly spit out me chai.
All dis NOISE about who gon be Opposition Leader? Bai, dem LOST de election! De people SPOKE! Now dem fighting over who gon be CAPTAIN of de TITANIC after it done hit de iceberg!
Read More → January 24, 2026 • 4 min readUncle Ramesh
A diaspora perspective from Queens, NY
FROM QUEENS WITH PRIDE 🇬🇾
Good morning from Richmond Hill! Waking up this Saturday to some EXCELLENT news from back home, and I just have to share with my fellow patriotic Guyanese in the diaspora!
💰 BUDGET 2026: ANOTHER HISTORIC MOMENT COMING!
While some negative people complaining about Budget 2026, I watching from here and seeing PROGRESS.
You know how many budgets the PNC delivered when they was in power? Budgets that drove people like ME out of Guyana to come and struggle in Queens? Now look at us — we have oil money, we have investments, we have DEVELOPMENT!
Read More → January 22, 2026 • 5 min readUncle Ramesh
Diaspora View
Uncle Ramesh from Queens applauds Speaker Nadir for telling the truth about the Opposition Leader situation, explains why the Belgian port deal proves Guyana is the Caribbean’s rising star, and questions why Charrandass is making TikToks instead of reading laws.
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