Dear Editor,
AS the week rolls to an anticipated ‘washed-out’ weekend, H.E. President Irfaan Ali is revering at the Ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, engaged as the leader of the fastest growing economy in the world.
As we bid goodbye to Caribbean’s son, George Lamming, violence and bullies surfaced in the schools, the streets in our Garden City were flooded and the government is once again helping the M&CC. The laugh of the week came from one leader who claimed he was bullied.

Did he create a precedent to hold our breath for this weekend’s AFC caucus (fracas)? Take a moment to smile awhile.
1. The buck stops at the desk of Senior Magistrate Leron Daly as the case of recusing rolls to an end.
2. 1028 days left before what? The earth stands still or comes to an end? A disrupter became an interrupter when she tied herself to the edge of the net with a string around her neck at the French open Men’s Semifinal.
3. Healing will come when you hit the ceiling on a high note with the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Will the canary sing of Walter, Vincent and Shirley?
4. The trend is moving at the pace of the “Bullet Train” to fast forward the value of the growth of offshore fields.
5. “War break” means only one thing, exactly what it says without ambiguity, war break, whether announced or unannounced!
6. Dead meat vs stale meat vs fresh meat. The goose will be cooked, either roast, bar-b- que or fry (unless nature intervenes)!
7. Undaunted in his pursuit of truth and justice, George was a powerful voice and a man of tremendous courage. Yet many of his kith and kin questioned his views.
8. Without the flounce and flair, world leaders are asked to “stop skirting around issues.” After all, the ambience was a house of fashion.
9. Rejection is reason for redirection. CARICOM’s pertinent comment for election riggers.
10. “We need someone in office that the British people can trust,” said the Shadow Foreign Secretary. APNU+AFC Party lost the last election.
11. Our American friends (fiends?) are wrong on this!
12. “The Council frowns on attempts to score cheap political points,” stated the Mayor’s office. Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton, claimed that he was bullied.
13. “Two colors” will see only one color when he faces the court.
14. Scores of waiting pre-service teachers enrolled at the CPCE from Region Two, on Thursday, breathed a sigh of relief when they collected their stipends. After holding their breath for twelve months?
15. “Enough is enough, we need a change. We need better leadership.” Naw, it’s not election time again in Guyana, but, words from the Jamaican footballers wanting the JFF’s general secretary to resign.
16. “You have a government that is interested in getting its cronies rich off of oil and gas and will not look at the options and arrive at the best for Guyana.” Norton finally confessed about the real motives of his APNU+AFC Party. It was Raphael Trotman who signed a lop-sided agreement with the two per cent royalty contract to leave Guyanese in a hole and gave the PPP/C a headache, while lavishing in luxuries on his infamous Texas trip.
17. The APNU+AFC Party is not late with the SOP’s, they’re just delayed.
18. Joe said “Moses is political royalty.” Because of the LOO oil royalty and low math’s ability, now there is “no mo jo.”
19. Two weeks ago, there was “FRESH” anti-protests visible at the African Energy Conference at the Mayfair Hotel in London. After two years, there is still “STALE” anti-protests, variably this time in Guyana.
20. Yoga, Katha and Soca, they all exercise, energise and elasticised the body.
21. Scotia Bank blanks out TT.
22. “Even in my days of political activities against the PPP Government, not one minister was unfriendly to me when they encountered me. I can say without even an ounce of hesitation, they would always talk to me and were never unpleasant.” Words of wisdom, experience and advice from a friend to Norton on the subject of maturity, pettiness, professionalism and diplomacy. Guess the arena is avant, afresh and advanced.
23. Caribbean nations can access funds. Only Guyana is allowed an Unlimited Credit Card. All others have Debit Cards.
24. No “cheating” of the system this time around. Of course, no mo Loo and Bingo.
25. Aid, not Aids, for Central America with a multi-million -dollar package.
26. All I want for Christmas is for you to buy my Christmas album.
27. Donald Trump now knows who his foes…… his friends and family are!
28. The doctor is in the ward…IMF probes Guyana’s financial health.
29. Sitting on the dock of the bay hanging out……waiting to be robbed!
30. Impressed for a party? Naw, dressed to be relieved of heavy and valuable burdens.
31. Who (not WHO) wants to claim Kamala? Jamaicans, Americans or Indians?
32. Color matters. A five-year GMCS Strategic plan will promote a Blue economy in this Green land.

Stay dry and safe with a smile.
Sincerely,
Jai Lall