How long… to judgement day? 

Well, now that the US Southern District Court has indicted Sanction Man and his doting daddy on 11 charges for smuggling gold and undervaluing that Lambo –  from their Florida-registered companies, what’s in store for je accuse?? Well, Sanction Man says “nuttin…nada!!” Once Pressie announces the 13th Parliament’s commencement, he’s gonna swagger over to our moveable National Assembly – in his designer garb – to act as Opposition leader!! Your Eyewitness hopes he doesn’t scream “persecution!!” when the Speaker tells him he gotta take off his dark (designer) sunglasses!!
Right now, however, that’s what he’s been screaming about on the US Court charges!! Yep…you heard that right!! The PPP’s so scared of he and his WIN party’s performance at the Sept 1st elections – where they picked up sixteen seats – that they directed their high-paid lobbyists in the States to ease up on influencing Congressmen and Senators and do their hypnosis on the members of the Judiciary in Florida’s Southern District!! We wonder how the good judges of that District gonna react when Sanction Man appears before them – once he’s extradited!! What your Eyewitness knows is US Judges pride themselves on their professionalism – witness so many of them taking on a sitting President Trump! – and wouldn’t take kindly to such an accusation!!
But hold it!! Sanction Man feels he ain’t gonna be extradited to the US to face the doleful) music!! Maybe he’s being advised by his own (high-priced) lawyers that over in T&T ex-FIFA official Jack Warner was able to hold off a US extradition request since 2015 – and got it quashed two weeks ago. But his lawyers should also tell him that Jack got off from being extradited for his crimes because of a major T&T AG office ‘s SNAFU!! The particulars of the US indictment shoulda been supported by a “speciality) certificate to comply with Art 14 of the US-T&T extradition treaty – which was never obtained but the legal luminaries stated it was – all the way to the Privy Counsel!! But here it’s a horse of a whole different colour!! Not only our state’s legal beavers woulda been aware of Jack’s loophole – they already covered it with last year’s Fugitive Offenders (Amendment) Bill 10 of 2024!! That states simply,  “A record of evidence of the case against the person, including evidence that would not otherwise be admissible under the laws of Guyana, shall be admissible as evidence.”
And – as your Eyewitness said yesterday – the Yanks would’ve been dotting their “I’s” and crossing their “T’s” on evidence ever since OFAC sanctioned the Mohameds last June!!
And it couldn’t be a coincidence that the Fugitive Offenders (Amendment) Bill 10 of 2024 was introduced, debated and passed in July!!!
Gotcha!! Checkmate!!

…to quality infrastructure?
With the extraordinary explosion of infrastructural projects under the government’s developmental plan, your Eyewitness is reminded of something from one of his bygone lives!! Yes…dear reader, your Eyewitness wasn’t always pecking away at a keyboard!! It addresses the kvetching about “substandard” works and long delays that have now become the norm in opposition quarters – and even some supporters!!
Anyhow, he used to apply an ole rule of thumb when assessing projects:  QRST – where
Q = Quality;  R = Resources;  S = Scope and T = Time. So, if you want to finish the job quicker – and so cut Time – then one or more of the following gonna happen. If Scope (design) and Resources are held constant, then Quality gotta be lowered!! If Quality and Resources are held constant, then Scope (Design) must be lowered. If Quality and Scope are held constant, then the skilled Resources needed must be increased. And so on.
Point is, it all starts with a good design – and then don’t cut facors!!

…for BJDRB improvement??
The BJDRB’s first day of operation was marred by an incomplete exit ramp on the West Side. But Minister Edgehill personally stepped into the breach and showed the traffic cops if they enforced the law – traffic flow would still improve!!