Opinion

Dear Editor, Regarding your Wednesday, November 14, 2018 news article, “Jagdeo claims ‘massive’ wins for PPP/C at local gov’t polls,” I refer readers to a related headline from two years ago, “PPP/C  suffered stunning loss in Georgetown,” (SN, March 21, 2016).

Dear Editor, It is at times like these that the slash and daggers of politics and identity and disagreement all peter out into nothingness. 

Dear Editor, Please allow me to begin by wishing President Granger every bit of strength he needs to overcome his illness, and it is my sincere hope that nothing I state further will cause him upset should he read the online newspapers as he undergoes treatment in Cuba.

When fire-fighters who were among the first responders to the recent emergency landing of an airplane at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri were accused of stealing personal property of the passengers and crew, the condemnation was swift in coming from the Cabinet and the National Security Council.

Dear Editor, Kindly allow me space in your newspaper to express my gratitude to the South Liliendaal Progressive Development Group, well wishers and the 295 persons who voted and supported me as an Independent Candidate in the just concluded Local Government Elections for Constituency 5.

Dear Editor, The Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown is urging property owners who have to  honour their obligation to the Council to do so urgently.

Dear Editor, Since Ms Beresford assumed office at the Ministry of Social Protection at Anna Regina there has been a dramatic turnaround in the services for old age pensioners. 

Dear Editor, In a desperate attempt to deceive the electorate, leading up to the 2015 general election, the APNU+AFC coalition government propounded one of the most vacuous and misleading manifestos ever.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) hereby informs the members of the public that contrary to the advertisement of a pool party, fete or other such event to be held at the La Bonne Intention (LBI) Estate Staff Club and pool on the 24th November, 2018, there will be no such event held on the said 24th November at the LBI Estate Staff Club and pool.

Dear Editor, As I understand it, an employee at age 60 is paid an N.I.S.

Dear Editor, The results of the recent Local Government Elections have confirmed what most Guyanese already know, namely, that the PPP remains the largest and the most popular political party in the country.

It’s best said in French: plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose – the more things change, the more they stay the same – but no language can quite convey or dispel the disappointment that comes with the knowledge that this is indeed the case in the public health sector.

Dear Editor, The people with the power have no intention of saving our biodiversity.

Dear Editor, On Thursday November 8, 2018 the Rastafari Core Group (RCG), which comprises eight Rastafari groups, met with the Hon.

Dear Editor, Just when I thought that the Guyanese healthcare scene was normalizing, I was forcibly thrown into a mental tailspin, on reading in yesterday’s Stabroek News of the grossly inhumane treatment that  Preya Eshwar, the 16-year-old mother of twins received at the West Demerara Regional Hospital. 

Dear Editor, Guyanese may experience a decent Christmas after all.  After the barrenness of LGE (sounds like a barge, doesn’t it), there is some partial good news in the making.