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Finally, the dry season has arrived, more or less on cue.  The yellow poui, one of four trees we planted 30 yrs ago, is starting its first flowering. Not sure if it flowers thrice before the start of the rainy season, we shall soon see! Nature is alive and well in the Moka valley, saw our first large crapaud in a long time. I remember our friends from Chickland lamenting the fact that fires and human development had destroyed the habitat for these strange creatures so much so that she saw frogs climbing the wooden utility poles, I guess assuming that these were trees. These nights on my slug patrol I am seeing all kinds of nocturnal beings hiding amongst the leaves of various plants and shrubs. Very healthy!

What is not very healthy is the state of the State. Can you imagine for one moment the embarrassment that the CJ debacle has caused?  We now have an outgoing President in direct, open conflict with the Executive. I thought there was a regular meeting between these guys to discuss the state of the Nation? I keep up with the politics of the north and I see such similarities with our two elected leaders. Every time there is a politically negative charged situation something else surfaces immediately and takes the conversation elsewhere. It is as though the entire thing is planned.
We now have a choice of topics and issues to deal with at the same time, one just needs to figure out which one holds more interest. Let's take a look,


  • The complete collapse of the Tobago ferry service.
  • The debacle surrounding the Judiciary, probably one of the most dangerous situations.
  • The collapse of the tourism industry costing the country $100,000,000's.
  • The telling off of the country's major investors, big oil. Not something you do without consequences. 
  • The free reign of criminals.
  • The free for all with the drug and gun trade.
  • The lack of foreign investment.
  • The lack of local investment.
  • The imminent Petrotrin explosion.
  • The terror threat.
  • The lack of forex for the majority but forex for the favored.
  • The fact that as a country we cannot appoint a Commissioner of Police.
  • The breakdown in society represented by civil disorder.
  • The failure of 2500 police officers showing up for work over 2018 Carnival.
  • The fact that we have 2759 known gang members and not one single gang member convicted and jailed.
  • The fact that the PMOTT at a public meeting holds up a list of corrupt politicians and that's it, nothing but the list.
  • The fact that an MP's swearing in as a Cabinet Minister failed twice but was successful on the third try.
  • The fact that a current Cabinet Minister and MP still has questions to answer over cash deposits in a commercial bank.
  • The proposed destruction of the only fruit tree germ plasm bank in the country for housing.
Not sure if this is the whole list, hey it's only been two and a half years!

People of the Rock we are reaching a point of no return. Imagine Guyana is now embarking on a future based on hydrocarbons after being the poor child of the Caricom for decades (I must say because of politics) and we are entering a period of uncertainty (because of politics). This cannot happen, the Rock has so much more to offer, we are a creative, brilliant people who have a great future ahead of us. The one thing that we need to determine is what exactly do we want? how do we expect to achieve our goals? and who is going to take us there?

We have some questions to answer in the very near future and this time around we need to be spot on!

Imagine I am liking frogs and other fauna, why not, there is a place for all!

People of the Rock there is a movement happening, there are people finally coming together to build a nation, a true Republic!

Good night and good luck!



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