Opinion

Last month the United Nations estimated that up to 13 million people could starve in Yemen if the Saudi-led coalition prolongs the country’s civil war.

Dear Editor, Here I am after this week’s statutory meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission giving you my usual update.

Dear Editor, I refer to the article titled, ‘Baramita considers rum ban’ which was published in the Stabroek News on November 21.

Dear Editor, The village leaders of Baramita have a daunting task as they contemplate a ban on rum drinking in the village.

Dear Editor, Yesterday I read a very worrying letter from a patient who has the deadly multi-drug resistant TB infection.

Dear Editor, Recently I saw in the newspapers GRA lamenting that the majority of self-employed taxpayers are not filing income tax returns.

Dear Editor, While the Commission of Inquiry into events at City Hall has uncovered several deficiencies and irregularities with regards to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), the statutory meeting of the Georgetown City Hall held on Monday 19th last proved to be no less exciting.

Dear Editor, We are told that it’s not the Ministry of Finance that’s responsible for late/non-payment of salaries to public servants.

With the coming on-stream of the Anti-Money Laundering & Countering the Financing of Terrorism  (AML/CFT) Act, day to day banking has become an increasingly complex and time consuming affair for regular customers in Guyana.

Dear Editor, In alphabetical order I have seen the following at Bourda, at different times representing, and some even leading, West Indies Cricket Teams.

Dear Editor, About three weeks ago, I wrote about a leaking Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) water main in north-eastern Georgetown.

Dear Editor, The challenges facing local government bodies, both at the municipal and NDC levels, are enormous.

Dear Editor, Please allow me space in your Edition to wish His Excellency President David Granger a speedy recovery from his illness in my official capacity as President of the Berbice Cricket Board and Secretary/CEO of  Guyana’s leading youth club, the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS.

As recent as April and June this year, three Guyanese were arrested at the John F Kennedy Airport in New York with a total of 34 live finches that they were smuggling into the United States to later sell for lucrative sums of money.

Dear Editor, Dr. Henry Jeffrey in his `Future Notes’ column that was published on Wednesday, November 14.2018, in the Stabroek News (SN), captioned  `Guyana has never been the home of all Guyanese’, gave his response to the observations I made in relation to his shared governance proposal in his previous SN column on O7.

Dear Editor, I read with interest Dr. Ramsammy’s letter on the subject of Hospital licensing in Guyana `Only two health care facilities have been licensed, ministry has been reckless’.