Jul 26, 2026 Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column

Hard Truths by GHK Lall

(Kaieteur News) – Barima! Barima! Barima! For those who hear that word repeated, there should be recognition of echoes of Pearl Harbor. A time and tragedy now enshrined in history. From Hawaii, America to Kumaka, Guyana. Another tranquil Sunday morning shattered. The time difference between occurrence and others catching on was an agony in itself. But like Tora, Tora, Tora around Oahu and Americans, so now the MV Barima of Port Kaituma-Morawhanna-Kumaka history forms part of Guyanese horrors. Families wrenched by engulfing grief. A nation in mourning -the honest, human part.