Mosa Telford

A meeting was planned to accommodate consultations on the proposed Value-Added Tax (VAT) on private education.

Every now and then one is faced with local stories that leave one questioning the purpose of life.

There are almost two hundred thousand people living in Georgetown. Yet, I am often asked by acquaintances about places to rent in the city.

People dying from AIDS in the present time seems rare. There was a time when people would die, especially the young, and one would often hear, “De big truck knock she down” or “He had de truck.”

Earlier this week, we celebrated Phagwah. Phagwah is a Hindu festival of colours and celebrates good over evil and the beginning of Spring.

Skeletal remains were found in 1974 in Ethiopia from a female hominid of the Australopithecus afarensis species, who has been called Lucy and who is said to be one of our earliest potential ancestors.

I suppose people have always been fascinated with the element known as fire.

This week a woman humiliated a popular Disc Jockey who goes by the name DJ Magnum.

A couple of weeks ago, I attended an evening of reflection for the late Ronald Waddell.

I would imagine that no one pictures their child/children being in a sex tape at any point in their lives.

Paid parking is now a reality in Georgetown. While some seem to have no issue with the new system, many are objecting.

The eyes of the desperate are often sad and pleading and if one stares into them long enough, empathy is evoked.

Security guards are people who deserve the utmost respect. It is a profession that many of us would never venture into either because of the pay, the shifts or because our qualifications and/or interests lead us in a different direction.

Sometimes the dreadfulness stemming from social issues and disappointments with the powers of the day seem to overshadow all the other things that are happening in our country.

I do not usually make New Year’s resolutions. What I do throughout the year is make notes on what I want to accomplish both in the short and long term.

Since its return in 2011 the National Drama Festival has helped to develop and expose the talent of many young people.

We are in a season where the cries of Guyanese at home and even some abroad have become constant.

Recently, Prince Harry of the British royal family visited our country.

The average Guyanese will probably not pry into every detail of the budget.

After the Lusignan massacre occurred, I did not sleep well for weeks.