Opinion

Dear Editor, I have been an NIS pensioner for three years now after rendering 39 years of arduous service to the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo).

Dear Editor, This letter serves to express my heartfelt thanks to those responsible for the clean-up action taken at the corner of Princes and Russell streets, on February 14th.

Dear Editor, During the previous administration’s tenure, many abuses were meted out to the working class, and because of the scarcity of jobs, lots of the workers were forced to accept these.

Dear Editor, I wish to salute all the women of Guyana on the occasion of International Women’s Day which was observed on March 8.

Dear Editor, Notwithstanding the attempts by administrators and journalists to convince the rest of us that the five day version is the ‘ultimate’ form of cricket, I suspect the three hour game at Lords on May 31 between the two-time reigning world champions West Indies, versus the Rest of the World will be watched and listened to by more people than any other cricket match, if marketed properly.

The announcement this February by Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC), Mr Trevor Benn, that the Commission was preparing a code of ethics intended to guide the work and conduct of land surveyors across the country, is another in a growing list of organisations that is seeking to upgrade or lay down standards by which they conduct their operations.

Dear Editor,  The well-presented course of action presented by the Chartered Engineer, Charles Sohan  (SN March 8) available to the owner of the North Road business property over alleged damage by ongoing construction work of an adjacent property, is also the same course of action available to property owners in Kingston over the same alleged grievance.

Dear Editor, King Midas, it was said, had only to touch something for it to turn to gold.

Dear Editor, I attended the Private Sector Commission’s Seminar on March 6, 2018: Oil and Gas in Guyana: Perspectives for the Local Private Sector, at which ministerial remarks were made by Minister of Business, Mr Dominic Gaskin.

Dear Editor, In an article which appeared in SN on March 6, it was reported that Ms Chuck- A-Sang, owner of the Dutch Bottle Cafe, a colonial-style building on North Road, expressed concern regarding damage to her 100-year property from vibrations generated by piles being driven for the foundation of an adjoining three-story building under construction by Crown Mining Supplies (CMS).

Dear Editor, For decades as a known physical scientist while at UG I had been urging that we study the tides along our coast.

Dear Editor, I was fortunate to see the first one day match between West Indies A and England’s Lions the night before last at the Coolidge ground in Antigua, that West Indies won by five runs.

Dear Editor, I am a native citizen of Guyana. I took the option to seek a happy and comfortable abode in my country.

Dear Editor, I have read with some consternation the comments about the work of the Auditor General that were made by Minister of State Joseph Harmon, which were published by the Sunday Stabroek on February 25, 2018, comments that amount to nothing less than an attack on a constitutional office holder.

Today, Guyana joins the rest of the world in observing International Women’s Day.

Dear Editor, This year’s International Women’s Day theme “Time is now: Rural and Urban Activists Transforming Women’s Lives” could not be more apt as women’s activism globally is on the increase in sharp contrast to a slowing down on the advancement of the women’s agenda.

Dear Editor, The recent high tides that caused severe flooding and loss of crops, poultry, etc, on the West Coast of Demerara is indeed heartbreaking.