Opinion

Last year, on Thursday, December 8, a forty-three year-old fisherman left his residence to go “in search of a boat, hoping to catch a sail,” and make some money for the approaching holiday season.

Dear Editor, As I write this letter I am looking at photos of opposition members of parliament being removed from the chambers by police.

Dear Editor, I write in response to an article carried in the Guyana Times on Monday, December 4, 2017, titled, ‘US$50M Windfarm – PPP demands answers on controversial project’.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force is responding to a letter in the September 9 edition of the Stabroek News that appeared as well in the other dailies, under the caption ‘Cruel treatment of calf in police compound at No 51’.

Dear Editor, I am pleased to inform you that the issue of Hindus celebrating religious holidays on different dates has now been resolved.

Dear Editor, Parliament is the most distressing thing to look at, with the potential to give you immediate ulcers if you listen for too long.

Dear Editor, Junior Minister of Natural Resources, Simona Broomes, in her contribution to the 2018 National Budget debate on December 6, 2017, among other things, spoke about the re-employment of Skeldon Estate worker, Daniel Stephens who, it is recalled, was dismissed in September, 2014 after an altercation with the then Estate Manager.

Dear Editor, Let me be very clear: Minister Raphael Trotman and Minister Winston Jordan are creatures of President David Granger. 

Dear Editor, The majority side of the aisle in the hallowed Chamber led by the leader of that side, chose to walk out when the leader of the opposite side rose to make concluding remarks to the week long budget debate.

Dear Editor, Being at one time the point man for rice and paddy on the Essequibo Coast and a former rice extension officer, it is welcome news to hear from  the Minister of Agriculture new markets to push rice growth (KN, December 11).

Dear Editor, The government erred terribly on how it allowed ExxonMobil developments to get ahead of it, and to its detriment. 

Dear Editor, I must commend Robert McRae for his courage and clarity of thought after he stated the case so clearly in relation to the ExxonMobil signing bonus deception and called for the sacking of all those involved.

Dear Editor, The issue of sexual harassment has gained much prominence in the United States within the past few weeks.

Dear Editor, Under the leadership of two distinguished academics, St Hilaire and Beckles,West Indian cricket administrators concluded that the problem with our cricketers was their lack of education.

Dear Editor, This letter serves to voice my agreement with Chris Ram. 

Dear Editor, It was a brilliant morning. Motoring into La Bonne Intention Estate on this November day, the last, I could not help observing the designs of the overhead clouds, vividly white, clear, the glistening edges reflecting the sun’s rays which reached out, as if to say ‘have a good day’!

These past three weeks have witnessed the opening of two of the largest supermarkets ever to be launched locally, and there is a sense in which the officially acknowledged slowdown in the economy notwithstanding, the two multi-million dollar investments point to evidence of an encouraging measure of local investor confidence, never mind the apprehension reflected in the post-budget responses by the country’s major business support organizations. 

Dear Editor, I refer to an article in yesterday’s Sunday Stabroek entitled `Laws broken in handling of Exxon signing bonus, Chris Ram says’ in which Mr.