Opinion

Dear Editor, The Guyana Peace Council (GPC) welcomes recent developments in Colombia signalling a further consolidation of efforts at peaceful reconciliation among guerrilla movements and the Government of Colombia.

Dear Editor, The nation was recently informed by Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection, Keith Scott, of the government’s intention to bring to an end the practice of single parent women, employed in private security firms, having to work night shifts with all of the dangers associated with it.

Dear Editor,   The first time I heard of the Sir Cowdrey Spirit of Cricket lecture was a few days after Kumar Sangakkara graced the hallowed halls of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), at Lords, to give the lecture.

Dear Editor, One thing’s for certain: media coverage of the sugar issue is not where it ought to be at this time, and many of the experts I have spoken to, have advised me it has much to do with sugar being seen as a rural issue when the media houses are all based in Georgetown. 

Dear Editor, A particular controversial word has surfaced periodically, and pointedly; it prompted some thinking. 

Dear Editor,   During the CPL match between the Amazon Warriors and the Tallawahs on the 6th September 2017, Umpire Gregory Brathwaite lectured two incoming batsmen, Jonathan Foo and Rovman Powell, on ‘running on the pitch’ before either had faced a ball.

Dear Editor,   Regarding your news item, ‘Trump ends ‘Dreamer’ immigration programme, places onus on Congress’ (SN Sep 6), there is widespread opposition to the President’s action amongst Guyanese New Yorkers and the larger Caribbean and South Asian communities.

Dear Editor, Essequibians want to know what happened to the rice cereal factory at Anna Regina Essequibo, which was built by the previous administration.

In a statement issued from his office recently, Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection, Keith Scott, announced his bold intention to “minimise in the first instance and eventually eliminate night work for single mothers within the Private Security Industry.”

Dear Editor,   As hurricane Irma is wreaking havoc and devastation in some parts of the Caribbean and the United States, there is yet another disaster brewing in the United States.

Dear Editor,    Please allow me to offer some comments and corrections to your editorial of July 5th last, which followed on your reports last April on the most recently imperilled Aubrey Williams murals at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport.

Dear Editor, It is a fact that natural science taught in tropical schools suffers through having evolved from that of temperate countries, and this may be said not only of its content, but of the methods used in teaching it.

Dear Editor, I read about the plight of Ms London and sent her a new wheelchair from New York.

Dear Editor, I continue to read with shock the continuous misrepresentation of facts by the Kaieteur News in relation to the Providence, East Bank Demerara lands.

Dear Editor, Drivers in Berbice are finding it difficult to drive from 70 to 74 village, where the speed limit is 50 km.

Dear Editor, As we collectively celebrate the month of September in Guyana which is designated Amerindian Heritage Month, I feel compelled to acknowledge the continuing accomplishments of the Indigenous people, particularly in Region 2.

Dear Editor, All the evidence available shows that the APNU+AFC coalition is anti-business.

Dear Editor, The Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure recently boasted in the media about the Lady Northcote ferry, which transports passengers and cargo to the North West District (Barima- Waini).