The Corentyne Crossings

    Infrastructure & Governance · Analysis The Corentyne Crossings One Ferry, Two Sovereigns, and a Mirage of a Bridge On the thirteenth of August, the MV Canawaima cleared a…

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Two Arrivals, 1956: An Appreciation of the Mighty Sparrow

The Mighty Sparrow died in New York on 27 September at ninety-one. In 1956 he won his first Calypso King title in Port of Spain, the same year my great uncle Winston “Uncle Charlie” Lewis carried the Invaders to victory at Georgetown’s Astor Cinema. An appreciation of the Caribbean’s auditor in verse, and a question for Guyana: who is singing the audit now?

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Sugar’s Ghost

A GBJ Series · Beyond the Resource Curse Article 9 of 12 GuySuCo’s long death, and the Local Content Act’s early test. By Nabaclis Piknee · September 30, 2026 This…

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Turkish Powerships and Their Discontents

Two Turkish powerships were hired as a bridge to the Wales gas plant. Twenty-eight months on, the bridge still stands, the rent has risen, September’s blackouts happened with both ships running, and the contracts have never been published. An essay on what an emergency costs when the emergency is not ended.

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