Opinion

Dear Editor, Within the past week Messrs Rickford Burke and Vishnu Bisram in separate letters to the press have called for the youth population in Guyana to form a new political party to replace the two major, entrenched political parties in the country.

Dear Editor, Wherever you go in the country and speak to business people, large and small, you will be told the same thing: business has slowed to a stop.

Dear Editor, The GAWU recognized the January 16, 2018 Stabroek News reporting Minister of State Joseph Harmon as saying “…that the government was not sure of exactly how many workers would be sent home and so had made the nominal allocation”.

Dear Editor, On Wednesday, January 17, close to 17:00 hours, I was in a hire car on my way home.

Dear Editor, On the one hand a government agency has seized a property over non-payment of rent allegedly for a period that exceeded two years.

Dear Editor, The present state of Guyana’s economy is a cause for concern for most Guyanese.

Dear Editor, Everywhere I go in the city, people keep asking me in dismay, “You mean it coming back?

Issues surrounding the management of the City of Georgetown continue to grab the attention of the populace and make headlines in the media.

Dear Editor, According to media reports the police are presently investigating the shooting to death of Marlon Fredericks by a City Constabulary lance corporal.

Dear Editor, Passengers of Fly Jamaica OJ275 out of JFK airport last Saturday went through a nightmare none of them ever wish to experience again.

Dear Editor, Director of Public Information, Mr Imran Khan, last week used his personal Facebook page to question why the Government of India invited 20 opposition PPP Indo-Guyanese Members of Parliament (MPs) and only 3 ruling coalition Indo-Guyanese MPs, to an all Indian parliamentarians’ conference in New Delhi, India. 

Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force is responding to a letter in the January 16 edition of the Stabroek News, under the caption ‘The PM has forgotten his former principles of frugality, – lean and clean government’ by Rohit Persaud.

Dear Editor, Since Dr Van West-Charles was appointed the CEO of Guyana Water Inc, I have observed that he has been a very proactive professional who is always on the ground looking at issues affecting the citizens of this country with regard to potable water, and trying his best to alleviate their problems.

Dear Editor, This year’s Linden Town Week celebrations have already ignited a great deal of excitement and interest locally, regionally and internationally from Guyanese around the globe, especially Lindeners.

Dear Editor, Our union has noted reports appearing in several sections of the media concerning the press conference by the Alliance for Change (AFC) held on January 15, 2018, and more so the comments made by leaders of that party with regard to the severance payments to the some 4,000 sugar workers of Skeldon, Rose Hall and East Demerara Estates.

Dear Editor, In a news broadcast aired on December 18, 2017, I heard the Commissioner of Lands and Surveys Department speaking about the situation of defaulting land owners, and the department’s plan to reclaim lands from defaulters, especially since many of them have been in possession of lands for over ten years, with which they have done nothing.

Dear Editor, City Hall claims it has spent over $140 million to rehabilitate Kitty Market.

Dear Editor, I refer to the news article in Stabroek News of January 16, 2018, ‘Billions diverted by prison unrest partly to blame for GuySuCo severance shortfall in budget –Trotman’.

Dear Editor, I have been seeking justice from the Town Clerk concerning an issue that has been affecting myself and my family for four years now.