The disappearance of a man and his daughter
There has been an unfolding of some kind in the story of the people who attacked me on May 24 and threw a miasmic substance on me. Unfortunately, for security reasons this has to remain a sealed envelope. Let us pursue the state media’s angle on the incident. Within minutes, a call was made to [...]
Commemorating Walter Rodney’s death anniversary
Dear Editor, Over the years I have attended many events commemorating the death anniversary of one of Guyana’s, the West Indian and the world celebrated historian/intellectual Walter Rodney. June 13th last were yet another such event, the main difference and something new being the dedication of a monument to his memory, held at the memorial [...]
ROMANCING THE ORANGE
The world will experience one big Dutch party tomorrow! That is not just nostalgia speaking although when I was in my teens, “Dutch” parties were all the rage. What made them “Dutch” rather than just “parties” were that you had to carry something to the party – boys were expected to supply the drinks and [...]
Don’t judge the entire organisation based on the actions of a few
Dear Editor, It pays one better to ignore people like Stella Ramsaroop especially after reading her ‘hate’ essay about the Roman Catholic Church, and Christianity in general, but I just have to set her straight in an essay of my own. The article, published July 7, 2010, captioned “Power, Priests, Pedophilia and Corruption”, lambasted the [...]
The Secular State
Two weeks ago, an organisation by the name of the “Inter Religious Organisation” (IRO) announced that religious leaders were the “conscience of the nation”. From that self-professed platform, its co-chair Bishop Juan Edgehill denounced the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discri-mination (SASOD) of using its festival of gay films to “corrupt” young minds. Edgehill, who is [...]
