Upping…

…the ante
It was rather serendipitous that two days before the Magistrate’s Court committed three suspects – two Venezuelans and a Guyanese – to stand trial in the High Court for the deadly October 2025 bombing of that Mobil gas station in the centre of Georgetown that killed poor six-year-old Soraya Bourne, two individuals attempted to firebomb the GPL Good Hope Distribution Substation on the East Coast Demerara!!
Serendipitous, because it reminds us that slowly but surely, there are forces out there who’re seeking to bring death, mayhem, and destruction in our country – which was finally beginning to take off developmentally!! Earlier last year in May, we had a channa bomb hurled at the Police outpost in East Ruimveldt by two “Spanish-speaking men” – along with a named Brazilian dude!! And then a little while later – not too far away on Mandela Ave – another channa bomb was hurled at the GPL Substation there!! And now the Good Hope bombing!!
At the time, your Eyewitness remembered the Police had info that the bomber was a member of a Venezuelan Sindicato Gang (“R”) who’d arrived in Guyana bringing the bomb on the same day of the explosion!! That was very worrying since it meant that either the fella – or his gang – had already been in Guyana and reconnoitred the location to create the maximum amount of mayhem!! At that time, Mad Maduro had been rattling sabres on our western border!!
The 64-million-dollar question, of course, is who’s behind THIS latest attempt at mayhem – now that Mad Maduro’s behind bars and the various and sundry gangs he controlled would now be doing their own thing?? President Ali soon offered the nation a clue on the answer. He revealed that intelligence had revealed that members of the notorious Venezuelan gang – Tren de Aragua – might be the culprits!! Now, Tren de Aragua had spread into all the neighbouring South American states by posing as Venezuelan refugees – and even into the US, where President Trump took aim at them and threw them out!!
We shouldn’t be surprised that these Venezuelan criminals might be involved – but the question is, “Who would’ve put them up to create public mayhem when there’d be no loot for them to cart away??” And the answer is, “Someone or some group who want to stir the pot in our country using these freelance criminals for hire!!” Now who could that be?? Well, they got to have money, and as Pressie mentioned – all of us heard about some supporters of Sanction Man talking about making channa bombs, didn’t we??
Well, we do hope that the authorities are on top of this situation like a cheap suit – all over the place!!

…our production
Well, Exxon has made their financial investment decision to plunk down some US$12 billion into developing their eighth well – the Longtail location that’s gonna be producing what they call “condensate” – fuel that comes from the specific gas-bearing formations of which a goodly portion then “condenses” into liquid. The remaining natural gas will then make the option that we’ve chosen – to have a replicate of the Wales GtE facility over in Berbice!!
So, for all of those who want us to leave our petroleum reserves under the ocean bed: your Eyewitness wants them to know that this matter ain’t an academic one, as they seem to believe!! It’s literally life and death, one for the folks in Berbice who’ve been patiently waiting for the development they see going on in Demerara!!
We’ve already heard that the Government has plans for a data centre at the location – which will anchor the huge investment needed to get the gas to shore!!
That data centre’s gonna take us into the 21st century!!

…reflection
They say when life gives you lemons, you can make lemonade!! So, he’d like to advise Sanction Man to use the time he’s in confinement to reflect as to whether he shouldn’t go up to Miami and clear his name!!