EPA Director, Parsram

Oct 18, 2026 Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column

(Kaieteur News) – My good friend, Mr. Khemraj Parsram is at it again. Trying his hand at being a jester. He should stick to his role as Guyana’s EPA Director, which is proving to be more than a handful for him. The man should collect war pay for his heroic efforts to protect Guyana’s environment from the invading hordes. They may not remind of Genghis Khan’s marauders out of the wilds of Manchuria, but there’s an awfully uncanny resemblance to Americans and Canadians and Australians, among others of that happy brigade.

Mr. Parsram, in a streak of brilliance, offered what glowed with confidence and conviction: nothing moves forward with the uranium project until the EAB rules on non-EIA appeals. Dr. Vincent Adams wrote. Dr. Parsram responded indirectly. “The EAB will review and determine if to agree or disagree with our decision…nothing moves forward until the EAB makes its decision.” Recall what I said about Executive Director Parsram having a go at being a comedian? Well, he just proved it, didn’t he? When has the EAB (Environmental Assessment Board) gone against Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency? When has the EAB summoned the nerve, found the guts, to give the thumbs down to a project favored by a foreign entity? To foreign entities favored by PPP powers, who get superstars to do shovel work?