Opinion

Dear Editor, While we are still debating the corporal punishment of children, Nepal (population 26 million) has recently become the 54th state to totally ban all forms of this practice on children.

Dear Editor, The small miners of Guyana were deliberately attacked at a public meeting held at Bartica on Saturday, September 29, 2018 by the Opposition party’s speaker, who alleged that the government minister who formulated the Syndicate initiative, owns 87% of all the lands received by the Syndicates throughout Guyana.

Dear Editor, I do not get to write this often, but here goes: President David Granger got it right on hiring Dr Vincent Adams to head the EPA.

Last week, a small group of women confronted Republican Senator Jeff Flake as he boarded an elevator.

Dear Editor, Belated completion of ‘The Agenda’ by Bob Woodward prompted some thoughts pertinent to the local scene.

Dear Editor, Following the publication of a letter in the September 30, 2018 Sunday Stabroek, with the headline, “Working class Guyanese relegated to drive old vehicles”; a response was published on October 4, 2018 headlined, “Taxes have been reduced for approximately 90% of vehicles imported into Guyana”.

Dear Editor, I refer to President David Granger’s interview with the Guyana Review, (October 2018) that was published in the Stabroek News edition of Tuesday, October 2, 2018, and captioned “No walk in the park”.

Dear Editor, October 5, 1992, has gone down in our history as one of the most important dates in Guyana.

Dear Editor, The letter by Nigel Hinds relating to the exorbitant import taxes on vehicles, (SN, 30/09/2018) is something of concern to Guyanese.

Dear Editor, A better relationship is desirable but the one who expressed such a desire has to first walk the talk in meaningful and tangible ways.

Dear Editor, I read with great interest, the letter published “PNC has done little to expand its political base” (SN, 1/10/2018), written by Alex Duncan.

The concept of “Local Content” is not a new one, and contrary to popular opinion or use, is not limited in application to the oil and gas sector alone.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) wishes to respond to the inaccuracies contained in a letter appearing in the September 30, 2018 edition of the Stabroek News newspaper titled ‘Working class Guyanese relegated to drive old vehicles’ from the writer, Nigel Hinds, and finds it necessary to provide some clarifications.

Dear Editor, In March this year, the Guyana Elections Commission made an incredibly bold and outlandish statement in a vain attempt to remove the fear and dishonesty which is inherent in the PNC-run elections, from the minds of the Guyanese people, especially the voting population.

Dear Editor, I would like to draw attention to the current upgrades been conducted by GPL in the communities of Buxton and Friendship.

Dear Editor, Please allow me space in your newspaper to highlight the ‘human kindness’ venture that is meted out to school children and even the differently-abled by Starr Computers.

Dear Editor, Immediately after the APNU+AFC won the last general election, we witnessed the country embarking on a massive clean-up exercise.