Opinion

Dear Editor, I would like to take this opportunity to ask the media to be impartial and hold both the Government and the political Opposition accountable.

Pick a day. Any day. And then check the global statistics; you will find that more than 100 women were murdered by their husbands, partners or family members.

Dear Editor, I am of the view that some priorities were misplaced in the recently announced budget.

Dear Editor, At the statutory meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission held yesterday, opposition-nominated Commissioners Bibi Safora Shadick, Sase Gunraj and Robeson Benn were forced to walk out when the Chairman James Patterson, decided that he was inviting GECOM’s Public Relations Officer to be present at every statutory meeting.

 Dear Editor, It is painful to hear Bangladeshi broadcasters bemoaning the standard of West Indian cricket when their own cricketers are themselves not doing so well; but it is true, nonetheless, that most teams are not that great and therefore competitive against one another.

Dear Editor, Respectfully, the Stabroek News editorial on Monday about the Lisa Phase 2 development misrepresented several important financial aspects of oil development and ignored journalistic ethics by including Jan Mangal’s unsubstantiated and unsourced claims about costs. 

Dear Editor, Finance Minister Winston Jordan has presented the 2019 Budget.

Dear Editor, “Tied vote on budget bill would see gov’t fall.”

Dear Editor, I was astounded to read in an online news article   that Scotiabank has sold its local operations and will be exiting the Guyana operations.

Last week six boys attending a very prominent all-boys private school in downtown Toronto were arrested and charged over a hazing incident which had taken place within the confines of the school.

Dear Editor, Messrs Sean Ori and Ruel Johnson wrote letters in yesterday’s Stabroek News touting ‘shared governance’ as a benefit to Guyana, Editor, while they arrived at their conclusions on differing bases, Ori by his rejection of all political parties and Johnson by hopeless pseudo-intellectual gymnastics to avoid saying that APNU+AFC is a miserable failure (too many writing workshops can lead to obfuscation) both are hopelessly wrong.

Dear Editor,  I am heartened to see that His Excellency, President David Granger has returned from successful medical treatment overseas and is doing well. 

Dear Editor, I had refrained from writing this letter while President David Granger was under medical review in Cuba, as a demonstration of concern for his well-being.

Dear Editor, It is just possible that not many ‘customers’ would have noted that their GTT, albeit a monopoly, has applied to the Public Utilities Commission for approval of the following: 1) “to implement bundled packages for its wireline services; 2)  to increase wireline access charges; and 3)  to increase landline metered charges for intra calls.”

Dear Editor, The Guyana National Youth Council remains committed to Guyanese youth and their participation in local and national democracy, as well as local and national development.

Dear Editor, If the recently concluded Local Government Elections (LGE) is anything to go by, Guyanese are fed-up and disillusioned with the APNU+AFC Government of President David Granger.