Frankly Speaking

Consider a “spiritual” Christ Mass

Football – the beautiful game- For Christmas Saint Luke, Chapter Two and its numerous verses tell of what Christians refer to as the Nativity – the story of the birth of the Christ Child.

Eight percent? Dedicated versus naughty public servants

Our world today – gender – re-assigning Upfront let me record my solid position as a government pensioner frequently creating assignments to assist paying monthly bills from time to time: public servants’ basic salaries should have been increased by fifteen (15%) percent, if not higher!

Indian-descended Guyanese: Enduring success. Why?

Three months of the Christ-Mass? Frankly speaking I’m quite aware that any discussion surrounding the overall socio-economic success of one ethnic group in this challenged land of ours might breed some internal ill-will – or open rancour.

Endangered election – Here and far?

Nature’s fury adds to man’s inhumanity It was relatively easy for a one-time national election “animal” like me to become engrossed with the electoral goings–on – just past or current.

Our differences – cultural, social, political, racial

-The “working-from-home” phenomenon I peruse our newspapers and Internet Applications; watch and listen to television and political presentations, it is easy to appreciate that too many contributions – some unwittingly, many deliberately – often, even daily, either emphasise or incite our human contributors’ differences.

Until proven in a court of law?

Already Oil-rich? Or wealth (to come)? I seriously doubt that I have the ability, journalistic/ literary stamina and relevance to write daily letters to the press.

Fixing streets under apartheid

-Ministers anonymous Should a government be “forgiven” for not finding time to facilitate street repairs and upgrades because it’s too busy constructing its evil big-picture apartheid?

How Guyanese corruption became entrenched

Personal September memories For this commentary the definition of corruption will be “morally degenerate” and “a pattern or acceptance and execution of improper, immoral, illegal conduct”.

Racism as a political tool

It’s August! Explore Guyana! These few remarks probably best simplifies my personal understandings, approaches and stressful intolerance with respect to the concept and related issues regarding race.

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