Opinion

Dear Editor, It was good to have my memory refreshed by colleague John Seeram in SN’s edition of October 10, 2018, on the sensitive subject of the status of the Internal Audit Function in the Mayor and City Councillors of Georgetown.

Dear Editor, Have we lost our sense of history? This week marks the 65th anniversary of the suspension of the Waddington Constitution on 9th October, 1953.  

Dear Editor, I would like to respond to a letter by the Hon.

Dear Editor, What follows is not opinion.  It is piercing harrowing fact. 

Dear Editor, Most of my letters to you have to do with wrongdoings or things I want to see happen to better my country.

Dear Editor, Transparency, accountability and adherence to the Rule of Law are the hallmarks of good governance.

Dear Editor,  On one of the darkest days of the year, the skies in my area turned a brilliant purple at sunset after Hurricane Michael passed through.

Dear Editor, It has become obnoxious for one to read the daily news and see hypocritical, superficial and ludicrous utterances coming from the leader of the opposition Bharrat Jagdeo, who recently claimed at a PPP public meeting that the LGE is the start of a movement to take back Guyana.

President David Granger’s visit on Friday to Rose Hall in the East Berbice has raised at least two serious concerns about the political culture in the country.

Dear Editor, No one made me stay up several hours during the night to follow these matches, so I accept the responsibility for my foolish behaviour.

Dear Editor, To mark the 49th Anniversary of the National Insurance Scheme, Kaieteur News’ editor and columnist Adam Harris devoted his September 30, 2018 column with a paean to Forbes Burnham with the opening line reading “Forty-nine years ago, Prime Minister Forbes Burnham conceived the idea that there should be a National Insurance Scheme.”

Dear Editor, I read that City Hall’s “Solid Waste Director pitches 24-hour garbage collection service” (SN, 12/10/2018). 

Dear Editor, Mr Robin Mills, a guru in the oil industry, writing for The National, an online and print media platform, posted on October 8, 2018 that “Guyana may be the next big beast in global oil”.

Dear Editor, The Institute of Internal Auditors – Guyana Chapter (IIAGC) which is affiliated to the Global IIA headquartered in the USA, has as a major goal, to promote the growth and development of the internal audit profession.

This is a country of big meetings. Perhaps all developing countries are. 

Dear Editor, A few weeks ago, I wrote on the miniaturisation of the ministerial portfolios of AFC Ministers in the Coalition government.

Dear Editor, While there have been several responses to the Honourable Winston Jordan’s letter regarding the coalition government’s stewardship of the economy (SN, 9/10/2018), there has been less emphasis on assessing the Minister’s tone whilst responding to the editorial published in one of our nation’s leading media houses.