Opinion

Dear Editor, I wish to refer to the news item `Berbice Bar hammers President over GECOM’ (SN October 24, 2017).

Dear Editor, Recent events in the country have left many aghast.

Dear Editor, As Guyana celebrates cancer awareness month once again let us continue to support victims and survivors of this dreadful affliction that has claimed the lives of so many human beings.

Dear Editor, Dead men, even the mightiest, tell no tales. As such it is unsurprising that someone as uncomfortable with the truth as Hamilton Green, should present the late Julius Nyerere as witness to his claim that Walter Rodney was expelled from Tanzania because of a thirst for violence.

Dear Editor, The Gecom Chairman selection imbroglio has become the new talking point in the local media and among politically inclined Guyanese at home and abroad, and for good reason: the future of the country is at stake, depending on which party or party leader different media houses and Guyanese favour.

Dear Editor, It is said that a good deal is when both parties to the deal leave the negotiating table feeling disappointed.

Since coming into office in May 2015, the APNU+AFC administration has shown an unusual appetite for courting controversy by making decisions and taking actions that are not only unwelcomed by the political opposition, but unpopular with the masses as well.

Dear Editor, The Mabaruma Township (Barima-Waini) residents are somewhat relieved that their deplorable roads are in the process of being fixed by a road fixing crew even though no one is engaged in monitoring and evaluation (M&E) to ensure that sub-standard work is not done.

Dear Editor, In a country seemingly devoid of decency, principle and integrity, the recent action by Major-General (ret’d) Joe Singh and Chris Ram must represent hope in a hopeless society, and inspire our young people who see so few role models among us.

Dear Editor, This opportunity is taken to call on society to focus attention to Article 161 (2) of the Guyana Constitution that attends to the matter of the appointment of the GECOM chairman and the ruling handed down by acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire on this matter.

Dear Editor, I refer to letters from Messrs. Nowrang Persaud and Dr.

Dear Editor, This year will mark thirty years since AIDS was first detected in Guyana and indeed the country has made many strides in reducing the spread of the HIV virus in all the Regions.

Dear Editor, The Editorial on the `East Coast railway embankment one-way traffic restriction’ (SN Oct 24) was well timed and to the point. 

Dear Editor, The President’s unilateral appointment of Justice Patterson was undoubtedly undemocratic based solely on the principle of democracy.

Dear Editor, Regular and casual undermining of Guyana’s democratic norms and ideals has become a prominent feature of life under APNU+AFC.

Dear Editor, The David Rose School for Handi-capped Children should be renamed David Rose School for Children with Disability and Impairment or Differently Abled This letter serves to express my disapproval of the name of the above mentioned school.

Dear Editor, The United Nations General Assembly will consider the Draft Resolution “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba” on Wednesday, November 1st, 2017, for the 26th consecutive time.

Dear Editor, In February of this year hundreds of incensed citizens gathered opposite the office of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) to protest the implementation of the parking meter system.

Dear Editor, I have read the public statement by the AFC on the GECOM chairman appointment tragedy and I must respond to three points contained therein.