Opinion

Dear Editor, Last week at the observation of India’s republic anniversary President David Granger, in his address at the function, appeared to confirm earlier statements made by former president Donald Ramotar that the Government of Guyana was indeed engaged in some bilateral talks with India on rehabilitating the sugar industry.

Dear Editor, The political opposition is in some turbulent seas at this time, with captains roaring in rage at heretics who should have been onboard. 

Last week Thursday, the West Indies selectors announced the team for the ICC World Cup Qualifiers to be held from 4th-25th March, in Zimbabwe.

Dear Editor, A persistent naiveté has pervaded much (not all) of the public comments on the 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA).

Dear Editor, The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has noted several sections of the media reported on comments from the Leader of the Opposition, Mr Bharrat Jagdeo made during his press conference on January 27, 2018 with respect to our union and the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) meeting with a ministerial delegation on January 19, 2018 at the Ministry of the Presidency.

Dear Editor, I founded ACDA RESCU in 2014 with my colleagues.

Dear Editor, Recently The Caribbean Voice contacted Ms Akola Thompson after learning of her website facilitating Guyanese to report abuse confidentially (reportabusegy.com)

Dear Editor, I note with some consternation news stories and commentaries stating that Komal Chand’s tenure as head of GAWU is at an end because of a rift between himself and the PPP (read Bharrat Jagdeo).

Dear Editor, Permit my belated response to Mr Ralph Ramkarran’s column, ‘Sustaining and advancing democracy for the New Year’, published in Sunday Stabroek on November 31, 2017, which has been delayed because of circumstances beyond my control.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to your front page news item on President David Granger’s announcement at the GDF Conference that an investigation is coming into the alleged killings that occurred during the presidency of Bharrat Jagdeo (SN, Jan 26).

There was never any question of the media expecting that they would secure access to the ‘closed’ sessions of the proceedings that formed part of the Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) Annual Officers Conference on Thursday and Friday at Base Camp Ayanganna.

Dear Editor, We don’t need to hear about the personal sacrifices of politicians during past political campaigns or the hardships of being a leader, especially when such inflated speech is used as a means to defend the worst contract ever agreed upon, if opportunity losses to Guyana are computed on a per capita basis in the Production Sharing Agreement between Guyana on one side and ExxonMobil, Hess, and  CNOOC on the other.

Dear Editor, I was saddened to learn of the passing of Prof George Maxwell Richards, former Principal  and Vice Chancellor of the St Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies and later President of the twin island Republic of Trinidad & Tobago.

Dear Editor, It is absolutely no surprise that there is hard sharp disagreement between party leadership and veteran unionists at a critical juncture of the sugar worker crisis.

Dear Editor, Along with the late Donald Jones, Reggie Dolphin and others, I was once one of the local technicians who used to maintain the Reed organs which came into this country.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Dr Henry Jeffrey’s commentary captioned ‘Still gat to vote fu these jokers’ (SN Dec 27) ‒ an apt title for continuing to vote for the PNC (APNU) led coalition.

Dear Editor, I observe that my comments published in the Guyana Times last week, in which I stated that GAWU should not have agreed to partial severance to be paid to sugar workers, are being widely quoted by those who wish to convey the impression of a rift between the PPP and GAWU.

Dear Editor, I thoroughly enjoyed my recent visit to Guyana from the United States.