Opinion

A senior Caricom official was the latest victim to be shot and robbed after withdrawing money from a bank.

Dear Editor, It has been reported that Minister of State Joe Harmon, purportedly on behalf of the Government of Guyana, has said the contract between ExxonMobil’s local subsidiary will not be subject to any change. 

Dear Editor, As a former Minister of government, we would have thought that Mr.

Dear Editor, Mr Anil Nandlall has offered compelling evidence to show how Burnham subverted the law and the independence constitution to drive his ambition of having absolute power in Guyana (riposte titled `While the Westminster Constitution remained in force for 16 years Burnham dismantled some pillars on which it was constructed’ (SN Feb 23).

Dear Editor, The new executive of the Berbice Cricket Board elected on February 18, 2018 must be congratulated.

Dear Editor, According to media reports, Finance Minister Winston Jordan is seeking to raise between $10 and $15 billion to restore the viability of the operations of Enmore and Rose Hall Estates.

Dear Editor, It is baffling that a national event, like flag raising, could be blocked for lack of police permission on the one hand and the alleged non-agreement of the featured speaker on the other hand.

In their recent book “How Democracies Die”, Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, cite a telling remark from the campaign that brought Hugo Chávez – a political outsider who promised to humble a corrupt elite and deliver a more “authentic” democracy – into office.

Dear Editor, Thanks to a response from my colleague Alfred Bhulai to your columnist, my attention was drawn to this issue.

Dear Editor, The GAWU, through reports that appeared in several sections of the press, was, to say the least, surprised to learn that the state-owned NICIL Special Purpose Unit (SPU), according to Finance Minister Winston Jordan, was seeking financing in the region of $10billion to $15billion in order to resume operations at East Demerara and Skeldon Estates.

Dear Editor, Like many Guyanese, I have been following the increasing number of reports regarding persons being attacked/robbed after conducting financial transactions at various places, including banks.

Dear Editor,  What were the judges looking for when deciding the winner for the Senior Panorama Competition 2018?

Dear Editor, During last week, the Stabroek News reported that the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) and the Ministry of Public Telecommunica-tions are currently researching the introduction of a “debit card-like system” for pensioners to receive their monthly payments.

Dear Editor, As a proud member of the Guyana Bar Association, I took grave offence when I read a letter written to the editor by Rickford Burke and published in the press on the 21st Feb, 2018, seeking to denigrate an association of some of the most distinguished professionals in Guyana.

Dear Editor, My letter last week evoked a spirited response from Dr Henry B Jeffrey, in his ‘Future notes’ published in SN on February 21, under the bold caption ‘Nandlall’s flawed political theorizing’.

Dear Editor, Since the discovery of oil in our territory in 2015, our media has been dominated by the news.

Dear Editor, In the wake of the reopening of the sugar estates there is an opportunity for GuySuCo and NICIL to renegotiate the wages of the sugar workers and remove the need for union fees given the potential length of the labour contracts.

Dear Editor, City Councillor Sherod Avery Duncan has arrogated to himself the right of the Town Clerk to interpret for himself (subject of course to any contrary authoritative ruling by a court of law) the Municipal and District Councils Act Chapter 28:01 by which the Town Clerk has been vested with the general administration of the Georgetown City Council.

Recently, the issue of drug use in schools in Guyana has made the headlines with the announcement by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) that it had discovered a drug ring inside two Georgetown schools.