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A handful of words with an ominous ring

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“Not going to end well…” There is an ominous ring to the media headlines, in those less than a
handful of words. What do we intend to do about them, if anybody listens or cares about what older
brother said? To repeat for the umpteenth time, this society is not in a good place at all, it is in a very
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When the few Guyanese, who take not a narrow party or racial view of how things should be, but
dare to articulate a broad national vision, they are either studiously ignored or shouted out of
existence by the massed multitudes on both sides of the divide.
What is sad is that we are not in a healthy place that could contribute to the social tranquility so
urgently required here. It is that degree of tranquility which encourages communication across the
divide; that facilitates a merging of minds on what needs to be carved out, how those should be
made to emerge, and who should have a place and hand; and that powers towards any other place
but to that tragic terminal where we appear to be bent on arriving.
Nobody is listening, be they leaders or be they the bulk of supporters, because everyone’s mind is
made up, there is no interest. We, regardless of how neutral or independent is the claim, are seen as
too close to, or too embedded in, the local problem to be able to be part of any solution.
Though, there is disagreement with such thinking, this much cannot be denied: There is neither
courtesy nor time nor room allowed for any accommodation of the necessary conversations about
what should be avoided at all costs, in the interests of the nation, and towards what could be
promising and uplifting for it and all of its peoples.
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But now, from the sagacity and civility of distance, an authoritative outsider, a neighbour, and
foreigner all rolled into one, a highly ranking one, has spoken.
Since he has spoken very frankly and very touchingly, there may be some pausing and a little
listening. This is not because he is regarded as the wisest of all. Rather, it is due to his own
leadership example, and the comparatively more reasonable social state prevailing in the society
over which he is the chief political steward.
And in a nutshell that is Dr. Keith Rowley, the Hon. Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, who took
it upon himself to sound a warning, a timely and very pointed one, to the powers and peoples of
Guyana, a member Caricom state. Whatever else he may be, PM Rowley is certainly wiser, more
mature, more responsible than any of his political peers and brethren here in Guyana.
The prime minister did not pull any punches, which is evidenced and emphasized in the caption,
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hallmarks of the tragic coursing below the surface. This Trinidadian leader is “so very concerned
By Sean Devers The COVID-19 Pandemic has
about the state of affairs in Guyana” that he takes the time to have daily conversations with the
ravaged over 180 Countries and slowly bringing
current chair of Caricom, PM Mottley of Barbados.
economies world-wide to halt and Guyana is no
No Guyanese aware of the situation in Guyana needs an introduction to PM Mia Mottley, and her
exception. The two International Airports and
own efforts and positions made public on where things are in Guyana. But here it is that we have two
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other national leaders spending time to talk about us Guyanese, and we are not engaged in anything
near to what they are sacrificing, their precious time, nothing at all. Read More
We at this paper have tried time and time again, by ringing loud warning bells, without getting
anywhere. We intend to keep ringing those bells, if only to arrest the rush of the thinking that leads to iBet to host eSports FIFA
where Dr. Rowley warned, which is that he is getting “a feeling that this is not going to end well.” 20 Tournament, over...
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As Dr. Rowley said, he hopes to be wrong. We also hope that his words are not prophetic. There
would be no turning back.

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