On Cocaine, Guns and Murder

“Om Shree Ganesh Aya Namah”

Gosh! Today I’m as guilty as those newspapers Editors who ensure that the subjects in my caption are plastered on their front pages.

Almost daily. Gory negatives sell more than the “good” news of a new church opening or the birth of quintuplets.

Well, some editors will also explain that cocaine trafficking, illegal weapons, murder, corruption, political abuse, traffic fatalities and fires, all seen to characterize our once-innocent Guyana these days. Their front-pages merely reflect our societal realities. Okay, accepted. For I also believe that when or if we discover oil or our