Opinion

Dear Editor, I visited a primary school recently and within minutes I saw impressive traits in my friend, one of the female teachers.

Dear Editor, For as long as I can recall, I have always followed international sport, and I will admit, it’s the Olympic Games which are very close to my heart for many reasons.

When questioned about whether the much-criticised 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, EEPGL, would be renegotiated, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman on Thursday replied in the negative but left sufficient wiggle room.

Dear Editor, A recent article in the Stabroek News ‘No plans to revisit Exxon deal’ (Jan 26) suggests that the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) was involved in the drafting of the Petroleum Commission Bill: “…the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), International Monetary Fund and the Commonwealth had helped with the drafting of the proposed legislation and stakeholders consulted had asked for a revisiting of the bill.”

Dear Editor, Due to the ongoing dispute between the small miners of Rupununi, Mining District 6 and Romanex Guyana Exploration Ltd, the small miners have merged to form the Rupununi Mining Association so that we can have one voice. 

Dear Editor, This week I had the misfortune of being forced to use the services (so-called but quite absent!)

Dear Editor, On the 17th of January 2018, Dr Arif Bulkan was appointed by President David Granger as a temporary Justice of Appeal.

Once in a while President Granger takes the populace off guard.

Dear Editor, In late 2016 four capital projects in Region Nine were awarded to a coastland contractor.

Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News of 19th January 2018 reported on the handing over ceremony of the Security Sector reform report to President Granger by the British expert Lt Col (ret’d) Russell Combe.

Dear Editor, Mr Vincent Alexander purported to respond to my column, ‘Federalism to end ethnic conflict’ in a letter: ‘I maintain that Dev’s Federalism proposal is highly flawed’ (SN, Jan 25).

Dear Editor, Congratulations to Alan Fenty for contributing twenty-five years to Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) refers to Mr Steve Fraser’s letter titled ‘GAWU, the PPP/C and the Goose that laid the golden egg’ which appeared in the January 24, 2018 Kaieteur News.

Dear Editor, President David Granger on Thursday announced at the GDF Officer’s conference that extrajudicial killings, phantom death squad murders and other targeted killings as well as torture that occurred in Guyana from 2001 to 2009 under the previous administration, will be investigated and the perpetrators will be brought to justice.

Two days ago, much of the world’s financial and economic elite sat through a jeremiad from the billionaire George Soros.

Dear Editor, I refer to a recent letter in the press by M Abraham under the caption, ‘A random stop and search by the police on the Linden to Lethem road.’

Dear Editor, The University of Guyana must be commended for its decision to set up a broad-based committee to plan activities in honour of former President of Guyana, the late Dr Cheddi Jagan.

Dear Editor, A large percentage of Guyanese eke out an existence from paycheck to paycheck.

Dear Editor, I refer to an online article from the BBC dated January 22nd, which was titled ‘World’s richest 1% get 82% of the wealth -say Oxfam.’