Opinion

Dear Editor, I wish to state from the outset that I believe His Excellency, (Ret’) Brigadier President David Arthur Granger outside of politics, is an absolute gentleman and a good human being.

Dear Editor, It should be recalled that it was Bharrat Jagdeo and the PPP who amended the constitution to place the clause that  states “Provided that if the Leader of the Opposition fails to submit a list as provided for, the President shall appoint a person who holds or has held office as a judge of a court having unlimited jurisdiction in civil  and criminal matters in some part of the Commonwealth or a court having jurisdiction in appeals from any such court or who is qualified to be appointed as any such judge”.

The Paradise papers show that Apple moved US$250 billion dollars to an offshore account so that in 2014 it faced a tax rate of 0.005 percent.

Dear Editor, So the President used an unusual word, “vulgarian”, dating back to the 1640-50s, to describe the PPP/C’s protest in the Parliament Chambers during his speech?

Dear Editor, I noticed the November 6, 2017, Guyana Times’ article on `President reviewing names for new Police Service Commission….

Dear Editor, It is not surprising to read the recent comments of the Hon.

Dear Editor, Through the swift and commendable efforts of the Minister of Finance and the Governor of the Bank of Guyana the spread between the buying and selling rates of foreign currency has reduced significantly, particularly in the commercial banks.

Dear Editor, President David Granger, leader of the People’s National Congress Reform {PNCR), A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the APNU+AFC coalition, while addressing the North American Chapter of the PNCR in Georgia, USA, made what is likely to be seen as one of the most important and, to some onlookers, disturbing political addresses to the PNCR party faithful since he became President of Guyana in 2015.

It was only in October that we editorialised on the Guyana Police Force and the high number of crimes and negative incidents being reported in the press in relation to the actions of a few of its senior officers and many of its rank and file members.

Dear Editor It was interesting to read in the Stabroek News of Thursday Nov 2nd an article titled `Contractor defends structural integrity of Parfaite Harmonie access road’.

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Public Health in Guyana is on safe, strong ground in its programme to ensure that all girls and boys are immunized with the HPV vaccine.

Dear Editor,   It appears eminently appropriate that stakeholders, great and small (and any other size), should be concerned about the human resources employed by GECOM, in the hope, and indeed assurance , that the latter possess the relevant competence to discharge their assigned responsibilities in a neutrally professional manner.

Dear Editor, I wish to point out what appears to be a gross error in one of your editorials and what the possibility of its going unnoticed is saying about the reading classes of Guyanese.

Dear Editor, The Society of Marijuana Advocates for Reform and Treatment (SMART) wishes to thank CARICOM’s Regional Commission on Marijuana for organizing the public forum held on Monday November 06 at the St Stanislaus College in Georgetown.

Dear Editor, I congratulate the University of Guyana on the launch of the Psychology Programme.

Dear Editor, I would like to congratulate the 2,000 students who will be graduating from the  University of Guyana this weekend with  Certificates, Diplomas  Degrees in Medicine and Law and (Masters) for a job well done.

Dear Editor, Mr. Jagdeo and the PPP have been making a lot of public noise recently as they try to capitalize on some of the coalition’s mishandling of a number of major issues.