Opinion

Dear Editor, The Guyanese people deserve a budget for 2018 that sets them up for a better life. 

Dear Editor, It happens a lot. The latest was the one-day match between the West Indies and Ireland scheduled for September 13.

The Hurricane season in 2017 has seen the rise of three hurricanes of epic proportions – Harvey, Irma, and Jose – and while Hurricane Harvey mainly caused widespread flooding in Texas, it was Hurricane Irma that hit the islands of the Caribbean Sea the hardest.

Dear Editor, In relation to the letter in Stabroek News on August 19 about the noise levels at night around All Saints Church, New Amsterdam, I have received the complaint.

Dear Editor, The public discussion on the Access to Information Act organised by the Guyana Bar Association was both useful and timely, particularly in the light of public calls for the disclosure of contracts entered into by the Government of Guyana.

Dear Editor, The curtain has been drawn and the stage is boldly set to go into full-time paddy production at the now abandoned Wales Sugar Plantation.

Dear Editor, The Caribbean Voice (TCV) notes Ms Annie Baliram’s missive captioned ‘I have advanced a fundamental hypothesis on suicide’ in Stabroek News of September 11 in response to our corrections to inaccuracies and oversights in her original letter on suicide in Guyana.

Dear Editor, The human rights and fundamental freedom of our Amerindian people are protected through our revised Constitution of 2003 and other legislation and statutory measures.

Dear Editor, It was the APNU and AFC before the 2011 elections and again as coalition partners while in full campaign mode before the May 2015 election, which saw a jumbie behind every bush and screamed corruption.

On Sunday last, the world observed Suicide Prevention Day; the global theme was ‘Take a Minute, Change a Life,’ in a push to reduce the annual worldwide death rate, estimated at some 800,000 by the World Health Organisation, based on statistics gathered from around the world.

Dear Editor, Guyana is a relatively young country that needs a lot of healing and reconciliation.

Dear Editor, Is there a mandate for the retention of the parking meters installed on the streets of Georgetown, the capital city?

Dear Editor, Yesterday, I saw two policemen on motorcycles taking a bribe from a motorist.

Dear Editor, This society must stop allowing elected officials to carry us for a ride. 

Dear Editor While fans around the world were thrilled to the high heavens by the Windies victory against England in the second Test match of the current tour, I join in the chorus that one tree does not a forest make.

Dear Editor, We reference your article in the Stabroek News issue of Friday, September, 8 2017 under the caption ‘Council votes 13 to 12 for metered parking with revised contract’.

Dear Editor, I would like to add my voice to those of many others, including Christopher Ram, Dr Troy Thomas of the Transparency Institute, the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI), and editors and columnists of our various media, calling for the immediate release of the oil and gas contract.