Opinion

In this season of sharing and goodwill, it is meet to reflect on the APNU+AFC government’s allocation of the country’s resources particularly at a time when large swathes of the sugar community are suffering the dread of displacement and great uncertainty. 

By the time most people reach this end of the year they don’t want to waste time thinking about our dysfunctional institutions or diabolical politicians; they just want to commit themselves to the pleasures of the season (presuming, of course, they have access to at least some wherewithal to enable them to do so).

Dear Editor, I must salute the Government of Guyana for its vote on Thursday in the United Nations on the issue of Jerusalem.

Dear Editor, In the Sunday, December 17 edition of the Kaieteur News, an article was published titled ‘GRA fails to monitor extent of false reporting by local businesses.’

Dear Editor, I will admit that I was both shocked and angry on reading in the Kaieteur News of 19th December that the CEO of Giftland Mall intends to institute an entrance fee for those wanting to access the said mall during the Christmas celebration.

Dear Editor, On Wednesday, December 20th, 2017, my niece was travelling to Georgetown on a minibus.

Dear Editor, So pressure, even from senior officials seeking to enjoy fully the Season, has led to the curfew being relaxed for a period of time.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force deserves our compliments for acting to ensure that Traffic Ranks are regularly posted in the South Turkeyen area.

Dear Editor, My heart was delighted when I read a report in the daily newspapers that public-spirited residents of Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara had pursued, captured and detained one of the bandits who attacked and robbed the daughter of a parliamentarian.

Dear Editor, I read with interest the position taken by the vast majority of countries, including Guyana, at the United Nations General Assembly by voting in support of a UN resolution not to recognize Jerusalem as the new capital of Israel and to consider any such unilateral action as null and void.

Dear Editor, Indo-Guyanese community leaders of greater Richmond Hill, in partnership with community organizations planned, organized, and hosted an entertainment, packed luncheon for seniors last Sunday at Villa Russo in the heart of Little Guyana.

At a glance, the UN vote to condemn the Trump administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel seemed to have almost as many interpretations as interpreters.

Dear Editor, With reference to various articles written in the newspapers of Guyana, subsequent to the 79th Sitting of the National Assembly, concerning the entrance of police officers into the Parliamentary Chamber, which obtained during that Sitting, I wish to bring clarity to popular misconceptions with regard to the police acting unlawfully.

Dear Editor, As a person who believes that objective criticism can improve one’s approach and strengthen their case or cause, I wish to thank the Sunday Stabroek for its editorial, titled ‘Unparliamentary events’ (December 17).

Dear Editor, I was taken aback by the leading front-page headline of Stabroek News of 19th December, 2017.

Dear Editor, As of 9.30 this morning, (December 20) the excavator operator tasked with clearing the trench in Palmer Street, La Grange, hooked the GPL service line and power was disrupted.

Dear Editor, I refer your editorial on Thursday, December 20th, ‘Street Warriors’.

Dear Editor, Some thoughtful contributions have been made on the opposition’s call that retrenched (terminated) sugar workers be paid some monetary amount while unemployed.