Granny Joycelyn’s pension – and her death!

Profile city-wards, towns, districts and villages. All police stations will display on walls and computers every nookand-cranny of a community. Where do trouble-makers gather? Which is a drug-house? Whose backyard or cemetery hides weapons?

Next, my Ministry will ask for legislation to allow enforcement officers to mount sudden surprise searches of places and persons when certain events are on. Human rights and freedoms must be balanced by personal and community security.

Finally for now my Security Ministry will encourage informants and whistle-blowers in border communities to identify just where drugs are brought in and by whom. Funds will be disbursed appropriately – especially after successful prosecutions. As Minister, I’ll also advise my Cabinet colleagues as to where we can source drones for surveilling the borders.

And since prevention is better than cure, my Ministry will collaborate with various agencies to influence our youth to walk the straight and narrow. I think I’ll propose a youth movement styled law-abiders and winners (LAW). Any ideas from you readers?

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The PNC City Council – 2018

Please believe that I had planned this brief but direct appeal to the People’s National Congress (PNC) before I read that her Worship Mayor Green wants the Stabroek Market historic clock working and chiming by late May. May of this very year! Great idea, Madam.

As an aside, I view that lovely non-functioning, almost-national time-piece as symbolic of our national development malaise. Previous governments cared little about the capital because of political demography. Georgetown suffered. Both as a victim of governmental spite and municipal ineptitude.

But read this most basic and brief and simplified appeal to the PNC: “Dear PNC, since minister Bulkan, Mayor Green, Councillors Clarke and Garrett and others command status on your Executive and hierarchy, please caucus with them to fashion betterment for Georgetown in 2018.

“In most wards - from Sophia to Agricola - your PNC-friendly supporters are present (and suffering). If only for that reason, the Party, led by His Excellency, should care - much more. Please don’t tell me about non- interference in the Council’s affairs. Thank you PNC for your active consideration.”

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Farewell, Granny pensioner

June is burying her 70-plus-old mom today. I’ve known June for many, many years. (Old GNS). Her mother granny Joycelyn Joseph was struck down dead on Brickdam on the second day of the year before five in the morning.

Joycelyn wanted to be-- early in the long, long line of pensioners at the Bourda Post Office. What does that tell you?

The young, speeding guilty driver was sentenced to four years in jail. I suspect that because he was really sorry- One life, four years. What does that tell you? I received my own Old Age Pension Book just two days ago. They had run out of books! What does that tell you? Farewell Joycelyn. ************ Until…. Just how will the Georgetown Parking meter issue play out?

Goodbye to Pat Britton Guyana in football.

Coming next Friday: “Our Guyana - A NarcoOilRich State?” ’Til next week! (allanafenty@yahoo.com) a former ace forward for