Opinion
Learning from Toronto
Six days after Alek Minassian used a rented van to kill 10 people seriously injuring 15 others, Toronto is returning to normal.
Who was responsible for this national disgrace?
Dear Editor, Tasked with the responsibility of developing, promoting and regularizing, the sport of football nationally, the Wayne Forde led administration, by virtue of not taking the bull by the horns, is allowing it to become a well-dressed vaquero, instead of a fearless matador.
No mention of oil companies’ role in the oil spill response plan
Dear Editor, Large oil spill in Guyana ‘very unlikely statistically’-Esso’s Henson I refer to the article at caption,published in Wednesday’s, Stabroek News, and wish to point out that ‘statistics involves the analysis of the frequency of past events’.
The tour of CJIA was arranged at behest of MPs on both sides of House
Dear Editor, It was with utter disappointment I read a letter published in the April 26, 2018 editions of the daily newspapers, penned by Member of Parliament, Mr Juan Edghill, in regard to today’s (April 27) planned parliamentary tour of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) expansion project.
As a concession, closing date for tax filing should be May 4
Dear Editor, Taxpayers are required to file their tax returns by the statutory date of April 30.
Attempted suicide should be decriminalised
Dear Editor, The current primitive, outdated and repressive suicide law is wasting space in the law books of Guyana and we need to get rid of it.
AG’s Chambers costing government money
Dear Editor, It seems as if the blundering by the Attorney General’s Chambers will cost the government money.
Skeldon estate management must be complimented for ‘walking the talk’
Dear Editor, One cannot help wondering about the underlying objective(s) of Mr E B John’s letter in Wednesday’s edition of Stabroek News titled: `Harold Davis commissioned heritage projects for the sugar industry’.
New revetment at Cotton Field is important
Dear Editor, I wish to congratulate the Drainage and Irrigation Department and the Regional Democratic Council of Anna Regina for constructing a very important revetment at Cotton Field, old road.
We need to jump-start the process of constitutional reform
Dear Editor, I have time and again argued in several letters to the press that the current ‘winner takes all’ model of governance has, over the decades, failed to advance the process of national reconciliation and social cohesion.
Occupational Safety and Health
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) marks April 28 globally as Occupational Safety & Health (OSH) day, promoting the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases.
Politikles
The monument site at Palmyra is still incomplete
Dear Editor, The APNU+AFC coalition government campaign platform was racial unity and a promise that the coalition would ensure each and every Guyanese would not be discriminated against.
Whaul’s departure is an internal matter
Dear Editor, The Guyana Oil Company Ltd (GUYOIL) has noted articles in the press on the subject of the former Marketing and Sales Manager of GUYOIL, Eric Whaul’s departure from the company.
Wordsworth McAndrew left Guyana a golden collection of folklore
Dear Editor, April 25th, 2018 marks the 10th year since Guyana’s indisputably brilliant folklorist crossed over to another world.
A conundrum reaching back to the 1970s
Dear Editor, Few of us alive would have been aware of the opening scene of the drama recently reported to have climaxed between the Government of Guyana and Toolsie Persaud Ltd, with the former being burdened with a billion dollar legal bill payable to the latter.
The parliamentary opposition will not lend legitimacy or appearance of transparency to the administration
Dear Editor, The parliamentary opposition notes with great amusement, the invitation under the signature of the Clerk of the National Assembly, who was directed by the Speaker, at the behest of the Minister of Public Infrastructure, to a tour of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) expansion project site, scheduled for Friday, 27th April, 2018.
Unless the government decides to liberalise the telecommunications sector, GT&T will continue to take customers for a ride
Dear Editor, I am a longstanding customer of GT&T’s DSL internet service on its Gold plan.
The Women and Gender Equality Commission should declare violence against women a national crisis
Dear Editor, It appears to have been missed by our government, but domestic violence against women (VAW) (intimate partners violence) has long passed a national crisis in Guyana.
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