Opinion

Dear Editor, Whether true or false, very few Guyanese believe that Bharrat Jagdeo had nothing to do with the Court case, that led to the historic ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice.

Dear Editor, I wish to thank Inspector Isaac and Sergeant Henry of the Anna Regina police station for acting on my complaint expeditiously early on Monday, June 25, 2018.

Dear Editor, Permit me to share, please, two thoughts relative to commentaries that followed the decision of the CCJ on term limits. 

Dear Editor, I read with much interest  that the Thirteenth Chinese Medical Brigade had completed its mission and was being commended for its continued service to Guyana.

Dear Editor, Before the CCJ ruled on the Presidential term limits, the CCJ asked for documents to be compiled and submitted to  it  about the origin of the presidential term limit amendment.

Dear Editor, There are no winners or losers in the decision except the constitution, which is supreme.

Dear Editor, Is honesty possibly an outdated value in Guyana? I refer to a simple incident.

The murder of 28-year-old Tovonie Alexce Simmons of Limlair Village, Corentyne, Berbice last Wednesday would have brought the toll of women killed in or as a result of domestic violence situations to approximately two a month for the year so far.

Dear Editor, It was the right of those who felt the need to challenge the Constitution of Guyana and exercise their will in the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to seek to have former president Bharrat Jagdeo serve a third term in office outside of the constitutional framework.

Dear Editor, I am kindly asking you to please publish this letter since I feel very sad for our hard working Magistrates who preside over some of the most technical and complicated cases and have done themselves and the judiciary proud but are not promoted  to the High Court as often when vacancies arises.

Dear Editor, When I was in Parliament I was rotating as Chairman of the Economic Services Committee [ESC] with Gail Teixeira of the PPP/C, and we asked GPL to come before the committee to tell us what was going on at GPL and in particular what were their plans to explore renewable power opportunities for Guyanese, this was sometime late in 2008 or early 2009.

Dear Editor, Recently, two men who all the people who knew them would agree were role models, not only for the people from Aurora but for the entire country passed away.

The first ever day/night Test match in the West Indies began last Saturday at 3:00 pm, East Caribbean Time, at the Kensington Oval, Barbados, and finished yesterday afternoon just before 4:00 pm, with Sri Lanka beating the West Indies by four wickets in a tense low-scoring affair.

Dear Editor, To ease the boredom of the unchanging local world, I would amuse myself, and clear head at the same time, by reading the news from abroad. 

Dear Editor, My interest was drawn to the recent award of a contract to build a new prison at Mazaruni, especially since it was awarded to a consortium comprising of a Trinidadian company and a local firm for the sum of G$3.562 Billion, one billion Guyana dollars more than the Guyanese Contractors’ bids.

Dear Editor, The June 24, 2018 Stabroek News reported that a coordinating committee has been established regarding GuySuCo’s ‘Sustainable and Resilient Communities Programme’ and ‘Alternative Livelihoods Initiative’.

Dear Editor,  ‘I will not compromise on the issue of accountability within the public health sector.’