Opinion

Dear Editor, Please oblige me to vent on an issue that seems to have become a norm on the West Side.

Dear Editors, I visited the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs at Quamina and Thomas streets on the afternoon of Monday 24th September, 2018 to help a high school student conduct research for a school project.

The issue of responsible drinking (or combating excessive alcohol consumption) has been a much discussed, but unresolved matter being grappled with by the authorities.

Dear Editor, For a country with our history and ideology, it is deeply disturbing to see Exxon writing its name all over Guyanese sports teams as if it were owner, benefactor and saviour of the country and its peoples.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to a letter published in the Tuesday, 18th September, 2018 edition of the Stabroek News, under the headline, `There is a great need for better planning, execution of construction projects’.

Dear Editor, I write to you after years of thought, discussion and research on the issue of the transportation in Guyana.

Dear Editor, The recent news of the plans of a businessman with a military background to enter the transportation sector via the importation of large buses to compete with the minibus operators is one which I received with mixed emotions.

Dear Editor, While in Guyana the jobless and beleaguered sugar workers are forced to protest for their lawful entitlements and are told by the Prime Minister, through his representative, that their concerns would be raised at Cabinet, our Union’s attention is drawn to the situation regarding the workers of Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago (Petrotrin).

Just about a month after the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) published their joint ‘Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Schools: 2018 Global Baseline Report,’ came the news that a non-secular, non-government organisation made up of young people affiliated with the First Assembly of God Church at D’Urban Street, Wortmanville had constructed handwashing facilities for the Charlestown Secondary School.

Dear Editor, The scale of the climate challenges we face today and in the future is clear.

Dear Editor, I recently had cause to use the Kitty Roundabout around 11.30 last Sunday night.

Dear Editor, This is a response to an article published in yesterday’s edition of Stabroek News under the headline `Patterson to brief cabinet on funding of bridge feasibility procurement violations after return from overseas- Harmon’.

Dear Editor, Zoos are a living museum and what we learn about wild animals in captivity can help us manage and conserve them in the wild.

Dear Editor, Over the past two months for diverse reasons I refrained from writing my usual letters to the editor on law enforcement issues, but I still maintain an abiding interest in that area.

Last week Thursday, on the luxury tourist destination of the Seychelles, an archipelago of 115 islands located in the northern Indian Ocean about 1,000 miles off the coast of Kenya, one of the smallest countries in the world, the world of sport experienced one of the worst betrayals ever by a ruling body.

Dear Editor, The public health system has been plagued with a plethora of problems, ranging from shortages of drugs and medical supplies to prolonged waiting times for patients at outpatient and even at emergency departments.

Dear Editor, Two incidents involving GECOM staffers operating in the Plegt Anker/ Kortberaadt Local Authority Area (LAA) on the East Bank of Berbice involving alleged electoral illegalities by the APNU were highlighted by the Guyana Times as reported upon by Member of Parliament Adrian Anamayah.