Opinion

Just this January, the National Cadet Corps Programme (NCCP) was launched at Hope Secondary School, the result of collaboration between the Ministry of Social Cohesion, through the Department of Culture, Youth and Sport, the Ministry of Education and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).

Dear Editor, The Guyana Times Tuesday, January 2, 2018, edition carried as its front page a lead article captioned, ‘Sugar workers call for Komal Chand to resign’.

Dear Editor, Recently the media reported that five students of a West Berbice secondary school were suspended since November and not allowed to submit their School Based Assessments (SBA) for the Caribbean Examinations Council exams later this year.

Dear Editor, The laws governing the George-town Municipality seem to have more elasticity than a rubber band.

Dear Editor, On the eve of 2018, Ravi Dev attempted another roar.

Dear Editor, The people who control the WICB  have the power to either end West Indies cricket as we used to know it, or to revive it in a manner that would make us again a competitive cricket country.

Dear Editor, We refer to Mr Eon Andrews’ letter titled `GTUC executive never had any discussion on closure of sugar estates’ which appeared in the January 20, 2018 edition of Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, There is a continuing lament that hard-earned workers’ rights are gradually being eroded in this country. 

Dear Editor, I thank Mr Johann Earle, the Public Affairs and Communications Officer, of the Ministry of Natural Resources for acknowledging my letter `What is being gained from ExxonMobil’s investment?’,

This week, some city councillors complained that Town Clerk Royston King was acting unilaterally and exposing the entire Mayor and City Council (M&CC) to unnecessary criticism and ridicule.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has taken note of an article in the January 23, 2018 Guyana Times titled `Sugar workers call for Komal Chand to resign’.

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Natural Resources welcomes all feedback from the public on any of the subjects under its remit.

Dear Editor, I recently had cause to use the Linden to Lethem road.

Dear Editor,  We refer to the letter by Candice Rowena Ramessar dated January 20 published in the Stabroek News captioned `The CJIA should not be profiling Rastafari and those with locks’.

Dear Editor, I sometimes get the feeling that letter writing is just for entertainment and wonder how much of it is monitored by the authorities that be and our city councilors.

Dear Editor, Wortmanville/Werk-en-Rust is a very unique area in our City in that Princes Street is a very narrow street but its southern parapet is one of the widest parapets in the City (between 12 to 18 feet).

Dear Editor, A study was done by the US corps of engineers concerning the drinkable water available in Guyana.