Opinion

The announcement late last week that Cabinet had given the green light for the implementation of the clause in the Small Business Act that sets aside up to 20 per cent of state contracts for the provision of goods and services for small businesses, with effect from January next year, is good news, as much for ambitious small businesses seeking growth through the acquisition of bigger contracts as for job-creation since bigger contracts will, in some instances, give rise to the need for an expanded work force.

Dear Editor, We are pleased to  read from the October 21st Sunday Stabroek  that “In the coming days, the Pan American Health Organization and World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), with input from the Public Health Ministry and stakeholders, will begin developing a policy for the prevention and control of use of alcohol in Guyana.”

Dear Editor, As continued efforts are made to address mining-related issues within Guyana, the Ministry of Natural Resources wishes to thank those who have assisted in allowing the recent enforcement operation therefore ensuring its completion.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Court of Appeal on Thursday, October 18, 2018, upheld the decision of the Chief Justice (ag) as to the legality of the President’s action in appointing Mr.

Dear Editor, I refer to your article in the Sunday Stabroek dated 21st October 2018 and titled, ‘PAHO/WHO, health ministry to start work on alcohol control policy’.

Dear Editor, The Jagdeo regime (1999 to 2011) had little regard for the law.

Dear Editor, Recently,  the President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Mr Adrian Saunders at a public lecture delivered in Guyana, encouraged Guyanese to write public commentaries critical of decisions of the CCJ.

Dear Editor, The Berbice Bridge Company Incorporated (BBCI) on 16th October 2018, announced across-the-board increases for both vehicles and boats.

Dear Editor, On Thursday October 18th, 2018 the Stabroek News published an article entitled `Merrill Lynch interested in sovereign wealth fund’.

When Berbicians, in particular, would have heard Tuesday’s announcement by the Berbice Bridge Company Inc.

Dear Editor, In the modern era, in both Europe and the USA, resort to random vehicle searches without warrant or cause by the police really started during the second world war.

Dear Editor, The Berbice Bridge Company Inc (BBCI) has held both the PPP and APNU responsible for not honouring increases in tolls pursuant to the Berbice Bridge Act and the Concession Agreement.

Dear Editor, Some things are best described as senseless or insensitive, plainly lacking any commonsense. 

Dear Editor, I enjoy reading Dave Martins’ column “So it Go” in your Sunday edition every week. 

In a letter published in this newspaper on Thursday captioned ‘It makes more sense trying to sort out the mosquito problems to eradicate filaria’, Dr Mark Devonish took the WHO to task over the method used in its campaign to eliminate filariasis from the country.

Dear Editor, Last Thursday, the Court of Appeal of Guyana upheld Chief Justice (Ag) Roxane George’s decision that President David Granger acted in compliance with article 161(2) of the Constitution when he appointed Justice James Patterson as the Chairman of GECOM.

Dear Editor, Your Saturday October 13, 2018 edition reported on an extant court matter involving the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) and the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI).