Opinion

Dear Editor, Professor Al Creighton’s article in the Sunday Stabroek, May 20, 2018, `Guyana Carnival: a new imitative contrivance’ and the Stabroek News, Tuesday, May 22, 2018 news item `Imitation Carnival puts Guyana’s tradition at risk’, were pieces which should stir Guyanese consciousness.

Dear Editor, Today in the month of May, we talk of independence here in Guyana. 

On Friday, the management of the American Home and Beauty Centre on Robb and Wellington apologised for a Facebook advertisement of a sale which carried a map of Guyana sans its largest county, Essequibo.

Dear Editor, I refer to the GAWU General Secretary’s letter to the press in yesterday’s Stabroek News ` Sugar’s future is not bleak as it is being made out to be’, which takes me to task for complimenting the government for its decision to confront the sugar problem.

Dear Editor, The GAWU’s attention was drawn to a section of a statement issued by the Alliance for Change (AFC) following its recently held National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting.

Dear Editor, It is common knowledge that Dr. Ashni Singh and Mr.

Dear Editor, In retirement, and voluntary incarceration in a TV space, one looks almost resignedly at the fare offered by so many (direct) international channels.

Dear Editor, On Sunday May 13, The Ministry of Public Infrastructure, through its contractor, undertook construction works in the Atlantic Gardens area as part of the Upgrade of the East Coast Demerara Roadway from Better Hope to Belfield.

Dear Editor, Mostly recognised for its activities in the energy business the recent extension of support offered by ExxonMobil to an upcoming junior football tournament and its earlier backing for hockey must serve as a wakeup call for some local corporate entities who fail to honour their corporate obligations.

Dear Editor, It’s not the hurricane season just yet, but the winds of change have blown ruthlessly and decisively across Barbados bringing a 30-nil victory to the BLP and making Mia Mottley the first female Prime Minister of that country, joining an illustrious list of female office holders in the Caribbean and indeed worldwide.

May has been a cruel month for American letters. Two weeks ago, Tom Wolfe – a pioneer of New Journalism who penned one of most memorable novels of the Reagan era  – died at the age of 88.

Dear Editor,  In the book Freakonomics, written by two economists (Steven D.

Dear Editor, Our Union has seen a report titled “APNU+AFC gov’t has been visionless – David Hinds” which appeared in the May 21, 2018 edition of Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, There is a weirdness about the 52nd Independence celebrations.

Dear Editor, I wish to express my appreciation to Stabroek News for its daily comic strips.

Dear Editor, Monday 21 May was a good day for reading Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, Please allow me the opportunity of extending my endorsement to Mr.

Dear Editor, The announcement by Minister Trotman that the Amaila Falls Hydro Project is still on the table is most welcome.