Greetings from Queens, beta. Uncle Ramesh here, with another response to that DAILY BRIEF. Leh me set de record straight.
🤦🏽♂️ Wales Project: Why You People Always Looking for Trouble?
I read de Brief dis morning and I had to put down me coffee.
FBI raids? Shell companies? Severed banking ties? Beta, you know how international business does work? EVERY major contractor in de world get investigated by SOMEBODY at some point. Dat is how big business is. You investigate, you clear, you move on.
De Brief making it sound like de FBI is camped out at Wales right now. De FBI is in AMERICA, beta. Dem investigated dis contractor in DE PAST. Past tense. Dat means de issue done resolved. If de issue wasn’t resolved, de contractor wouldn’t be operational.
You see how dem Kaieteur fellas does play with words?
And dis Christopher Ram — Mr. “Get Serious” — every time something happen, he in de news being a “national sage.” National sage of WHAT, exactly? National sage of complaining? Beta, when dis man was Auditor General, what HE solve? I ask because I genuinely want to know.
Meanwhile de Wales project is BUILDING. Pipes laying, infrastructure rising, Guyanese workers getting jobs. But de Brief don’t want talk bout dat. De Brief only want talk bout shareholders and shell companies and arbitration from LAST YEAR.
Last year done finish, beta. We in 2026 now. Catch up.
💡 De Blackout: At Least We Catch De Person!
De Brief making JOKE about de blackout. “GPL’s investigative capacities are highly specific.” You see how dem critical fellas does talk?
Beta, I ask you a simple question: WHEN HAS GUYANA EVER BEFORE arrested somebody for a blackout? When? In de PNC days? In de earlier PPP days? When?
NEVER. Dis is HISTORIC. De first time a blackout get a proper investigation and a proper arrest. Dis is ACCOUNTABILITY in action.
But de Brief twist it up. “Why we can arrest one engineer but not contractor?” Beta — DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS. De engineer was operating IN GUYANA, on GUYANESE infrastructure, under GUYANESE law. De contractor matters at Wales involve INTERNATIONAL banking, AMERICAN regulators, COMPLEX legal frameworks. You can’t compare apples and pomerac.
But dem Kaieteur fellas — dem don’t WANT to understand. Dem want sensation.
🌊 De Rupununi: Government Already On It, Beta
De Brief got dis whole sad-sad section about de Rupununi flooding. “Voices unheard.” “Forgotten communities.”
Beta. De government is RESPONDING. I read NewsRoom too, you know. De CDC mobilising. Region Nine REDC coordinating. Helicopter assessments scheduled. Supplies being staged.
You think de government just sit down and ignore de Rupununi? Dis is de same government dat fund Hinterland Solar programmes putting power in homes dat NEVER had electricity before. De same government building roads to Lethem dat nobody in 28 years of PNC ever consider. De same government that allocate historic budget figures to Region Nine specifically.
But when ONE creek flood — ONE creek, beta, after de heaviest rainfall in years — suddenly de Brief want make it sound like Indigenous communities being abandoned.
Stop de drama. De work is happening. It happening EVERY DAY.
🏗️ De Wales Contract: Mr. Su’s Daughter — and What About Her?
De Brief insinuating bout de VP’s former tenant’s daughter getting a Wales contract. “Universe of qualified contractors overlaps with social network of senior officials.”
Beta, I ask you something. Why a Guyanese woman shouldn’t get a contract? She qualified, she bid, she won. Dis is exactly what we WANT — local Guyanese taking de big contracts instead of foreigners taking dem all. Buy Guyanese!
But of course, when a Guyanese person actually WIN a contract, suddenly is “social network” and “coincidence.” If she had LOST, would de Brief celebrate? No — dem would say de tender is fixed for foreigners.
Heads dem win, tails we lose. Same Kaieteur agenda.
Dis is female empowerment, local content development, AND Indo-Guyanese economic mobility — all in one contract. By de Brief logic, de government should DELIBERATELY pass over qualified Guyanese to avoid “perception issues.” Dat is racist, sexist, AND economically illiterate.
I will not stand for it.
📅 Five Years of Oil: De Patience Required
Now here is where de Brief really show its hand.
“After five plus years of production, what has materialised: a sovereign wealth fund that exists, a cash grant programme that distributed once…”
EXISTS, beta. EXISTS. Dat is what materialised. A SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND. We have one of those now. GUYANA HAS A SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND. When did Guyana ever before have a sovereign wealth fund?
Never. Never had one. Now we have one.
But because it not handing out US$5,000 to every citizen every Friday, de Brief calling it inadequate. Beta, sovereign wealth funds are GENERATIONAL. Norway started its fund in 1990. Today it worth over a TRILLION dollars. You think Norway in 1995 was handing out cheques? No. Dem was building. Investing. Growing.
We doing de same thing. PATIENCE, beta. Patience.
De cash grant programme distributed once. Once is more than zero. Last administration distributed ZERO cash grants in five years. We distributed one in five. Dat is INFINITE percentage improvement.
Dem road works between Georgetown and Linden — yes, fourteen years and counting. But who started dat road in de first place? Dis administration. Who else even ATTEMPTED it? Nobody. You can’t critique a project for taking long if no other project even existed.
🦠 Measles: De Government Quietly Working
De Brief say de Health Ministry “quiet” on measles. “A press release is being workshopped.”
Beta, silence is not inaction. While de Brief making JOKES, de Ministry is coordinating with PAHO, assessing vaccine inventory, preparing community outreach, liaising with regional health authorities. Dis is what serious public health response LOOKS LIKE — quiet, methodical, professional.
Loud governments are bad governments. Quiet competence is what we have now. De Brief just don’t recognise it because dem accustomed to dramatic press conferences from de PNC days where everybody shouting and nothing getting done.
⛽ Hormuz: Beta, We Doing Better Than Most
De Brief making us sound helpless on global oil prices. We are not helpless.
Yes, we buy refined fuel at global prices. So does EVERY oil-producing country dat doesn’t have a refinery — Norway included. So does Trinidad. So does Suriname. Refineries cost BILLIONS and take YEARS to build properly. You want we build a half-baked one quick-quick?
De President is doing something better — negotiating regional energy partnerships. Working with PetroCaribe. Discussing refining options with Trinidad. Dis is strategic, mature energy policy. But de Brief don’t see strategy. De Brief only see “petrol price went up.”
Of course it went up. It went up EVERYWHERE. We at least getting OIL REVENUE to offset it. What was Guyana getting in 2014 when oil prices were higher? Nothing. What we getting now? Royalty payments and profit oil shares.
Net position: Guyana wins. De Brief refuses to do de math.
🏗️ Drainage: De Dutch Already Helping
Mr. Vieira write a letter saying de Dutch should send engineers. De Dutch ARE engaged, beta. Dere is an ongoing Netherlands-Guyana partnership on coastal management. Dutch consultants advising de NDIA right now.
But de Brief and Mr. Vieira want make it sound like nothing happening. Things ARE happening. Dem just not photogenic. Drainage is not photogenic. Sea defence is not photogenic. It is slow, technical, expensive work — exactly de kind of work dis government is GOOD at.
You want photogenic? Watch de stadium opening. Watch de Four Points by Sheraton ribbon-cutting. Government can do photogenic AND can do drainage at de same time.
🥊 Boxing: At Least De Brief Got DIS Right
I will give credit where credit due. Dharry, Allicock, Amsterdam — all winners. Beautiful. Dis is Guyanese excellence on de world stage.
Notice how all three boxers thanking de Ministry of Sport for support? Notice how de National Sports Commission funding is making dis possible? Notice how de rain-day contingency for Dharry’s title fight shows de level of planning de government doing for our athletes?
De Brief skip ALL of dat. Dem just say “wishes our boxers all success.” Like de government is invisible. De government is THE REASON dem boxers can compete at de level dem competing at.
Stop de invisibility. Give credit.
📌 De Stories De Brief Buried
You notice de Brief mention de City Council $5.697 billion budget in de “Quick Takes”? Like is small ting? $5.697 BILLION, beta — for Georgetown alone! Dis is HISTORIC investment in our capital city.
You notice de Brief mention de law school moving to implementation like is afterthought? A LAW SCHOOL, beta! Local legal education! Saving Guyanese students MILLIONS in foreign tuition! And de Brief give it ONE LINE.
You notice de Brief barely mention 110 young professional houses at Palmyra? Dat is 110 Guyanese families getting modern homes. One hundred and ten. And de Brief say “we’ll check back.”
Dis is selective journalism. De bad news get headlines. De good news get bullet points. Same Kaieteur agenda.
☀️ Bottom Line
Beta, de Daily Brief is doing what it always does. Take real news, twist it three different ways, sprinkle some “satire” on top, and pretend dat is journalism.
I read de Brief because I want to see WHAT dem twist on any given day. But I don’t BELIEVE de Brief. I believe my eyes. I believe de NewsRoom. I believe de President when he speak. I believe de Vice President when he break down de fiscal numbers.
Patience, beta. Dis is a generational project. We building Guyana proper for de FIRST TIME in our history. Five years is NOTHING in de scheme of nation-building.
Hold de line. Trust de process. Read NewsRoom, not Kaieteur.
Until next time, beta.
— Uncle Ramesh, Queens, NY
Uncle Ramesh is the diaspora voice of The Tradewinds Brief. Same news, different eyes.