Mosa Telford

We often must be reminded of the power of the mind.

There is controversy surrounding COVID-19 vaccinations in Guyana. While many people are getting vaccinated, others who are vaccine hesitant are being told by their employers that they must be vaccinated or submit to weekly testing.

We exist in a harsh environment not because of the heat or cold or shrubs or stones, but because we are trapped by the system.

The government of Guyana through the Ministry of Education has begun to distribute the ‘Because We Care’ cash grant to every child in the public school system.

Although it is still part of our laws, Guyana has moved away from the death penalty.

Several people have died on our roads this month. Speed bumps and traffic lights do not stop much of the road carnage.

Disaster and crisis have always been common in Guyana. In our moments of calm, whether consciously or subconsciously, we are in a state of constant preparedness for the next chapter in our book of trials and errors.

Several communities across the country are inundated. Almost every region has been severely affected by floods.

I was unmoved by the sound of the fireworks on Tuesday night.

Surviving COVID-19 is not just about being able to breathe. For what is living when it appears that our souls have departed our bodies and have left us listless and cold.

Directors of Superior Concrete Inc., a foreign company in Guyana, disrespected Housing Minister Colin Croal, Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority Sherwyn Greaves and staff of the CH&PA’s Enforcement Department.

I thought about Kescia Branche this week. Kescia, my theatre colleague, was murdered three years ago.

Revulsion, sorrow and shock. These were some of the reactions when a video circulated on social media this week of a man eating a decomposing animal.

The Suffering Hardships, distress and pain cling to us like skin on bones.

Undoubtedly the culture in Guyana is changing largely because of the new oil industry.

Twice now my messages to friends have been left unread because they succumbed to COVID-19.

Headlines about killings are nothing new. Bodies riddled with bullets are, again, unfortunately, nothing new.

In his book ‘A New Earth’, Eckhart Tolle wrote a paragraph under the title ‘Our Inherited Dysfunction’.

I do not know much about the drug trade. The price of cocaine or any other type of illicit drugs is not known to me.

The garbage bin has been sitting near the gate for a week, waiting to be cleared.