Author: Paolo Kernahan

Paolo Kernahan PRESIDENT of Guyana Irfaan Ali recently opened up a can of whoop-a–; it was one of those family-sized cans you get at PriceSmart so everyone gets a share. The occasion was a 5.30 am meeting (nothing good ever happens at that hour) to haul contractors, permanent secretaries, ministers, engineers and anyone within a […]

AFTER Donald Trump’s win, late-night hosts and the internet wasted no time jumping on Kamala Harris’s Obamaesque (albeit uninspired) campaign slogan “We’re not going back.” In a bizarre mashup of horrified hilarity, they trilled separately in unison, “We ARE going back!” Pollsters, pundits, bookmakers, chat-show parrots – many were stunned into silence as the comeback […]

Paolo Kernahan “LET ME know when it reach $300” – instructions from a shopper to the cashier at a grocery. On the conveyor belt was a parade of conservatism – dasheen bush and other modest items. The beep-beep sound of the produce being scanned mimics a hospital heart monitor. As the figure on the outward-facing […]

Paolo Kernahan AS A REGULAR user of the nation’s roads and highways, I’m writing to you today to bring some matters to your attention that have either escaped your awareness or reside beyond the limited perimeter of your interest. I must confess I’m at a disadvantage as I’m not entirely sure to whom this gaggle […]

Paolo Kernahan IMAGINE waking up every morning oppressed with dread at the thought of facing your tormentors in school. For reasons you can’t understand, they make it their life’s mission (life so far, at any rate) to make yours a living hell. That’s what it must have been like for Jayden Lalchan for several years. […]

Paolo Kernahan AS COLM Imbert basked in the glow of his budget presentation, that “glow,” for most discerning people, quickly became a miasma – a smothering stench that portends a grim future for this country and an apparent institutional incapacity to navigate the challenges at our throats. Following the script faithfully, the government delivered a […]

Paolo Kernahan I LOVE A good podcast. Know any? Ouch! Lately, I’ve been finding it hard to keep these podcasts down. There’s one basic shortcoming endemic among many of them. For several practitioners of this “updated” format, their interview skills are…dodgy. It’s deeply frustrating to arrive at the cul-de-sac of a two-hour podcast having endured […]

IT’S the age-old question: if you aren’t online, do you even exist? Unless you’re a spy or a fugitive who never sleeps in the same bed twice, not having a digital footprint today would probably sound odd; particularly to smartphone-obsessed types who spend most of their days with their noses pressed against phone screens and […]