Dear Editor,
The democratic, nation-building debt the American nation owes the Caribbean, and the Haitian nation in particular that resides at its core, is not expected to be repaid but must be respected.
Dear Editor,
In the consideration of candidates for appointment to the posts of Chancellor and Chief Justice there continues to be discussion as to the persons identified to fill these posts, and the reported non-application for the job of Chief Justice by the person currently performing the duties.
If President Donald Trump trumped himself last week, Guyana had its own lapse to deal with, albeit not of the same scale or character as that of the ‘Genius of Stability.’
Dear Editor,
I have never felt compelled to write to this column but in this instance I cannot refrain from doing so to express total dissatisfaction with the manner in which Fly Jamaica has treated passengers during the current crisis.
Dear Editor,
It is clear to me that this regime’s handling of the situation in the sugar industry is largely motivated by sheer bias in the form of discrimination.
Dear Editor,
I refer to the letter written by former President Donald Ramotar, dated 11 January, 2018, under the caption: ‘Private sector can be mobilised to put together company to buy sugar estates’.
Dear Editor,
The word attributed to the Leader of the Free World in describing immigrants from one Caricom state as well as African nations is not only utterly outrageous and despicable, but has no place in today’s developed world.
Dear Editor,
The announcement is that terminated sugar workers will receive 50% of their severance pay later this month, and the rest sometime in the second half of this year.
In 1997 the ‘stress consultant’ Richard Carlson made the phrase ‘don’t sweat the small stuff’ into a popular self-help mantra – his bestselling book of that name was cleverly subtitled ‘and it’s all small stuff’.
Dear Editor,
I refer to the statements made by both the Leader of the Opposition, Mr Bharrat Jagdeo, and Member of Parliament, Mr Juan Edghill, which challenged the Government of Guyana’s support of the Hope Beach Windfarm Project; this project would supply power to the national grid at a price they assumed would be higher than US$0.12 per kW.
Dear Editor,
On January 12, 2018, Guyana celebrates 165 years since the arrival of the first Chinese immigrants on the shores of British Guiana at Windsor in 1853.
Dear Editor,
I note that after the meeting between the President and the Leader of the Opposition, on the appointment of Justice Benjamin as Chancellor, Minister Harmon, is reported to have said that the President was generous to give the Leader of the Opposition a month to do his due diligence.