29 is a golden number

Apr 09, 2023 Editorial

Kaieteur News – It has been a grand journey, laced with many positives, graced with countless blessings. At 29, we are in our prime, determined to give of our strength and energies, focused on sharing our honest insights in a fearless manner, and devoted to giving to all citizens the kind of information and detail about what holds so much meaning for them. It has been delightful, at times; the painful also came. But through it all, the vision has always been about duty to country, and doing so courageously.

The beginnings of Kaieteur News were small and humble, but always with genuineness towards what serves the interests of Guyanese, come what may. Others have their interests, including business, politics, or making money by any means possible. Our interest is to report to the Guyanese people what they need to know, so that they are better positioned to decide for themselves what is truth and what is deception. Or, what is devious and damaging versus what is clean, and clearly incorruptible. We remain humble, but there has been growth, through storm and calm. Any man, local or foreign, from top to bottom, can be looked in the eye, and with one phrase as our mantra, our mission, our mandate: this is truth.

Dedication to truth and power in reporting the news has earned us friends, and the usual enemies of what represents truth. Politicians when in opposition, and their people, love us; the sharp contrast is how they have neither use nor place for the works of this paper when they hold the reins of power. It is a sad fact of Guyanese life, one with which we must live. On this our 29^th birthday, we remember those departed colleagues of ours whose lives were snatched away in the worst way. We recall them with fondness. Their fall energize us even more to continue the struggle to give of our best in honor of our responsibility as recognized members of the Fourth Estate.

Over the years people have come and gone. Some did stay for decades, and usually left with a handshake, a smile, and a round of reciprocal good wishes. To our regret, it has not always been this way. Nevertheless, the journey extends into the distant horizon, so we band our waists in readiness for whatever lies ahead. Whatever it is, we will be ready, for the gifts will come from above (they always have), so that we can see our way, and overcome every obstacle, every challenge, and every subterfuge placed on the path.

In Guyana’s path, there is a prize and a challenge like never before. It is oil, and by the billions of barrels, with possibly many billions more in rewards, whether measured in cash, or by the cubic feet of gas. This is the key to this poor nation’s prosperity. This oil and its courageous stewardship, its principled management, and its safe operations, we have made our calling. It is a calling beyond compare, like none we have had before, and we gear up to keep going to deal with whatever is in store.

The prosperity of every Guyanese depends on authentic handling of this great wealth given to this nation. National and individual prosperity is what is worth fighting for, even when it means laying it all on the line, with nothing held back.

To that we commit and recommit, in all of its many demands, through all required substances, and with all the wisdom to embrace what is ordained to be our part. The future of the Guyanese people hinges on this, the destiny of Guyana as a nation revolves around this. How this oil is dealt with, what we get out of it, and the kind of people that it makes of us, embody some of the driving forces in the next few years of our existence. We celebrate our 29^th anniversary, and we dedicate our efforts to the Guyanese people rising, succeeding, and flourishing with this oil as the glorious foundation. This would be more than a dream come through, it would be a prayer answered, a wish fulfilled. Here is to Guyanese standing up for their own, gathering strength, and ultimately prospering.

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