What Barbados Built
On the Brain Drain, the Broken Republic, and the Question Oil Cannot Answer
On the Brain Drain, the Broken Republic, and the Question Oil Cannot Answer
Illustration: Queen’s College, Georgetown — Architectural Pencil Sketch · GBJ Editorial Art
Guyana’s Gas-to-Energy project raises critical questions about procurement integrity and national security. The chosen consortium’s ties to Venezuela and questionable credentials highlight urgent accountability concerns. This analysis examines the implications for Guyana’s development and transparency.
Sunday Essay · Diaspora & Development Why Guyana keeps having the same diaspora conversation — and what it will take to finally stop By Terrence Richard Blackman, Ph.D. ·…
Infrastructure | Analysis The Hourly Intensity Problem: A Data-Driven Approach to Flood Management in Georgetown By Guyana Business Journal Data Desk|Guyana Business Journal|March 30, 2026 139.4 in Peak Annual Rainfall…
Sunday Essay · Education & Society In the era of oil, what is Guyana teaching its children about their own worth? By Terrence Richard Blackman, Ph.D. · March 30,…
Social Policy | Analysis The Diaspora Is Not the Problem: On Citizenship, Belonging, and the Architecture of Oil-Era Benefit Policy By Terrence R. Blackman, Ph.D.|Guyana Business Journal|March 23, 2026 878,674…
Sunday Essay · Caribbean Political Economy Why coordination is no longer enough — and what the region must build instead By Terrence Richard Blackman, Ph.D. · March 21, 2026…
March 15, 2026 “The African and Indian elite of the 1970s drew on the old racist manipulation to defend their interests as rulers.” — Walter Rodney, Columbia University, 1978 “This…
March 10, 2026 “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to…