Opinion

Dear Editor, The extension of greetings to the Guyanese religious communities on the occasions of religious events of deep significance can be expected from politicians and political parties as routine public relations; patronizing interventions with the aim of scoring political points, however cheap.

Dear Editor, In the news article ‘President says he took decision on placing US$18m at BoG’ (SN online,  December 13) President David Granger has taken full responsibility for the US$18M ExxonMobil signing bonus not being placed in the Consolidated Fund claiming that the money was in escrow for national security emergency reasons.

Dear Editor, This letter is an appeal to both my government and the opposition to take their roles seriously.

Dear Editor, Head of the sugar Special Purpose Unit (SPU), Mr Colvin Heath-London in an article entitled ‘GuySuCo operating in rogue manner’ which appeared in the Guyana Chronicle of December 7, 2017 is reported to have said “…unlike what GAWU and the PPP want others to believe, the sugar industry is not wholly an Indo-Guyanese sector”.

Dear Editor, There is a house which has been on the government reserve for over twenty years.

Dear Editor, The elected MP who breached the security barricade but did not enter the hallowed Chamber was arrested.

Dear Editor, Skeldon and Enmore, once productive names and vibrant communities, tumble and fall. 

Dear Editor, Regardless of the fact that the allotted time for questions on the budget was not extended, Juan Edghill was out of order.

Dear Editor, Last month the suicide by hanging of a fifty-year-old on the Corentyne made headlines.

Between Tuesday, November 7 and Monday, December 11, three young women were brutally murdered, and their bodies tossed aside, much like the trash that is mindlessly strewn all around.

Dear Editor, The Justice Institute Guyana strongly endorses the views expressed in Monday’s editorial ‘ExxonMobil signing bonus’ and joins Transparency International Guyana, Chris Ram, Anand Goolsarran and members of the public in condemning the secret payment of US$18M from ExxonMobil to the government.

Dear Editor, On Action Line the evening before last a resident of West Demerara called to complain about the uneven and unfair rate structure being applied by taxi drivers.

Dear Editor, There is sharp burning anger of a destructive kind raging in this society. 

Dear Editor, The GAWU was indeed surprised, to say the least, having read Mr Gobin Harbhajan’s letter entitled ‘Government should rescind sugar workers’ termination letters’ which appeared in the December 7 edition of Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, The issue of the consideration of the 2018 Budget Estimates and the way the Parliament is managed is one for the elected parliamentarians, the selected Speaker and the other appointed officers of the Guyana Parliament to act upon as instructed by the Constitution of Guyana.

Dear Editor, The 2018 Budget is one of the biggest ever and was prepared early by the APNU+AFC government of President David Granger.

Dear Editor, I have pleasure in expressing my gratitude to the government and the Region Three authority for reconstructing the Bagotville Bridge, which presented problems to traffic a few months ago through its partial collapse.

Dear Editor, It is amazing to see the unnecessarily long and obviously expensive vacancy advertisements appearing in the local media, as if the length of the ad will result in better recruitment!