After the forum: Ali’s coming-of-age?
Is our Georgetown really doomed? Very often it is much easier to be negatively critical than it is to be complimentary towards a rival, competitor or opposition.
Is our Georgetown really doomed? Very often it is much easier to be negatively critical than it is to be complimentary towards a rival, competitor or opposition.
Murder in Guyana, killings in New York I speak – and write here – with more than reasonable authority.
Fearful streets, private security Even after the late GAWU’s Komal Chand “revealed” to me the Holy Man’s original Hindu name, I remained a fan of the West Demerara based Swami Aksharananda.
(Poor?) GECOM Chairpersons Hello friends Consider the term “single-parents”. Does it mean unmarried parents?
I’m sure that I was advised by some knowledgeable superiors during my own active People’s National Congress (PNC) “days”, long ago, that I could be jailed for refusing to register as a voter.
Ukraine again – real and surreal For old veteran People’s National Congress (PNC) man – now brand new Opposition Leader – Norton, there must be a few in-betweens from confrontation to recognition.
One politician’s Good Friday Mankind seems to have a sustained desire, even the crucial need, to believe in something, someone, way beyond his own mortal human everyday existence.
Our poor City, our poor City Hall These “brief notes” will be just that – brief and hardly full of analyses.
No penalties? Then wrongdoing thrives! I know – or am fairly certain – that on this page many years ago, I reported on this social phenomenon of fact.
Oil and elections: should I be scared? For the sake of still-friendly argument, I’ll believe Home Affairs and National Police Security Minister, Honourable Robeson Benn – named by his late father after the alleged communistic Afro-American singer Paul Robeson – that the enhanced city anti-crime plan was conceptualised since November last.
Searching for positives I share most brief – albeit troubled – thoughts in a short column today.
March! Rigging and other anniversaries The COVID-19 pandemic which, naturally and obviously, has “embraced” Guyana – with some reckless co-operation from many “don’t care” myopic citizens – still attracts local attention, heart-break, funding and contention.
Russia/Ukraine: basic points When time is on my hands, among the numerous national issues I often put my mind to is the question of leadership.
Just who “installed” this government Cde Aubrey? Since the late historian Vere T.
February 1763: The human spirit Allegations. Accusations. Facts. Propaganda. Valid? Verifiable?
Poor ‘goalies’, rich Senegal The Caribbean islands of Jamaica and Trinidad/ Tobago are smaller geographically than South America–sited Caricom-member Guyana.
On local hospital — and school books Pardon today’s brevity please.
We complete 29 today!!! Whether husband-and-wife combinations or the now “single-parent-female” phenomenon, people fashion and pore over some form of vital, necessary and domestic budget.
“Mediocrity”? That refers to low, moderate ordinary standards or quality. Even that might be too high, too generous to describe the state of our capital city Georgetown, in truth, the extreme noxious language I wanted to use in my lead caption would have hardly passed editorial standards or sanction.
Would one of my late editors describe this lead issue – or my rendition of it – as a meandering “waffle”?
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