Every Sunday, de boys lime by de road and assess de week. This is what dey seh.
FIRST THING FIRST: HAPPY EASTER
Doodoo seh happy Easter to everybody. Banna seh he ain’t eat so much since Christmas and he regretting it already. Fisherman seh he went to early mass, flew a kite with he nephew, and now he sitting down with a plate of cook-up that could feed a small regiment. We taking that as a positive report.
Read More →Good morning. Sunday. Ramesh is reflective, as all good citizens should be on the Lord’s day.
THE GDF IS DOING ITS JOB AND DOING IT WELL
More than 24 hours into the search-and-rescue operation for the ASL pilot in Region Eight, the Guyana Defence Force’s 31 Special Forces Squadron has navigated some of the most brutal interior terrain in the country and arrived within visual proximity of the crash site. This is not an easy thing. This is not a small thing. The GDF has been praised nationally for its Herculean effort, and the praise is warranted. The state mobilised. The state delivered. Ramesh notes this without qualification.
Read More →Good morning. Pour yourself something strong. Sunday’s news does not slow down.
GDF WITHIN VISUAL RANGE OF CRASH SITE — PILOT STILL UNACCOUNTED
More than 24 hours after the ASL Cessna went down in the Region Eight jungle, the GDF’s 31 Special Forces Squadron has reached a position within visual proximity of the wreckage. Getting there required climbing steep escarpments through dense mountain forest — the kind of terrain that reduces experienced special forces to fighting for every metre. A Bell 429 helicopter with a hoist is circling above; a Skyvan is supporting operations. Captain Ryder Castello, the Nicaraguan pilot, has not yet been confirmed alive or dead. The Aviation Operators’ Association of Guyana says private operators are giving full assistance. Everyone is praying. Everyone is watching. The clock has been running for over a day.
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