Tonight I went on a road trip with two strangers and the fruit of their loins. It’s one of the best things I’ve done in a while. We went from inside the walls of an overpriced place that sells the sort of food Guyanese people don’t really like to ordering nice oily, salty chicken and chips from Royal Castle. Of course, it came with that … Continue reading Road trip

A while back former Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon and I exchanged words about sovereignty. We disagreed on whether a certain US related matter was a threat to Guyana’s sovereignty. These days when I read the news all I seem to see is “DEA” and “FBI” and “CIA” and I’ve seen a news article somewhere today about US-Guyana relations being “fantastic”. I believe … Continue reading Sovereignty *roar*

To give the impression that all police are bad is a fallacy. All of something can never be the same thing. It is a hasty generalization of the worst kind and it is not fair to those men and women in the Force who do their best to serve. And I believe we owe it to those who serve to the best of their ability … Continue reading Restoring Faith – Police and Civilian Relations Pt 2

No matter how much any Government tries to address the short-comings of any institution, there will always be flaws, the public will always be upset about something and governments will always be blamed. However, this does not excuse policy-makers from addressing existing problems but creates more pressure for them to do so. Right now, my younger brother is shackled by the ankle to our cousin … Continue reading Restoring Faith – Police and Civilian Relations

Today is Day 8 of my 90 day blogging challenge and I haven’t posted anything in two days. On Day 6 I had my heart broken for the hundredth time in my life and on Day 7 I felt what people must feel like when the world ceases to have meaning, when it seems like there’s nothing left to fight for or to stand against. … Continue reading Heartbreak and Failure