Opinion

Dear Editor, In a talk at the National Library last week to celebrate my father’s 100th birth anniversary, I spoke of the Romans and compared their relentless stamina when faced with the worst calamities which befell their Republic.

Dear Editor, Reference the news item yesterday ‘Experts for Cabinet caucus on oil future’, a question or two and a few brief remarks.

Dear Editor, Because of the issues of self-value, culture, understanding of language and other issues which it reflects, the letter from Mr Sean Ori about teaching Creolese at UG (SN, March 20) deserves an in-depth response, but at this time it also requires a timely reply which might necessarily be brief but more pointed to the fallacious reasoning on which it was built.

Dear Editor, We are now past the midway point of the APNU+AFC government in office.

Dear Editor, The death of Dr Churaumanie Bissundyal is not only a deep loss to his family but also to the literary community.

Dear Editor, On the the 100th Birth Centenary of the late Dr Cheddi Jagan it is opportune to reflect on the life and work of this outstanding son of the soil who is regarded by many as the Father of this Nation.

Dear Editor, I write this letter to commend and support Mr Barrington Braithwaite’s timely intervention when he questioned the Guyana Police Force report on the fatal shooting of three suspected bandits on the Georgetown Seawall on Thursday, March 15, 2018.

Dear Editor, Today marks the 100th birth anniversary of Dr Cheddi Jagan, late President of Guyana, and the occasion is marked in several countries where large numbers of Guyanese reside. 

Last month, the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) formally approached the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) seeking a rate increase, citing old and odd tariffs and the need for a means to subsidise maintenance/service costs.

Dear Editor, The recent dismissals of Professor David Hinds and Mr Lincoln Lewis have not displaced the foremost news event in Guyana, this being the giveaway of Guyana’s oil patrimony.

Dear Editor, In reaction to Mr Sherwood Lowe’s letter  captioned ‘Mendez has shifterd the CCJ gaze from Article 1 to Article 9 of the Constitution’ appearing in the Stabroek News of the 20th March, 2018, I would wish to submit that in my respectful recall the learned counsel for the Respondent in Richardson v Attorney General and Trotman asseverated that, in the absence of a credible definition of the terms “democratic” and “sovereignty” in Articles 1 and 9 of the Guyana Constitution, the court was required to construe these terms.

Dear Editor, Our system of government is supposed to be the Westminster system, but it is not in use in Guyana today.

Dear Editor, Milton Bruce’s letter ‘The Editor-in-Chief makes all the decisions’ (SN, March 20) refers.

Dear Editor, Regional Executive Officer of Region Six, Ms Kim Stephens, is reported in the March 19, 2018 Stabroek News, during her remarks at the ceremony to honour the Rose Hall Martyrs on March 13, 2018, “that that severed sugar workers are ‘timid and afraid’ of diversification”.

Dear Editor, It would be remiss of me not to address the Guyana Times article of March 9, 2018: ‘Govt yet to receive report on $68M IDPAD conference’, since it is either a malicious article or one in which the author is wallowing in ignorance.

Dear Editor, I wonder if the government was employing a Machiavellian strategy by having staged an awards ceremony for outstanding students at the CXC and CAPE examinations.

Dear Editor, It is rather unfortunate that Minister Ally views the matter regarding the discontinuation of the columns at the Chronicle as a “little issue” that is being blown out of proportion.