Opinion

“The secret counsels of princes,” said Montaigne, “are a troublesome burden to such as have only to execute them.”

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the article published in the August 2, 2017 edition of the Kaieteur News, under the headline, ‘GCCI to push for seats on 16 State Boards’.

Dear Editor, I respond to the letter penned by Rev Gideon Cecil under the caption ‘Work on Agriculture Road is not being properly done’, published in your Friday, July 21, 2017 edition.

Dear Editor, According to a report in the August 2, 2017 edition of the online news magazine ‘News Source’ , a 25-year old father of eight children, Mr Derick Persaud, was charged and refused bail for the possession of two ounces of marijuana. 

Dear Editor, The undersigned broadcasters, media owners and representatives have sent the following letter to Prime Minister and First Vice President Moses V Nagamootoo with regard to the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2017: “With reference to the above, we, the undersigned Media Proprietors, Operators and Representatives respectfully seek an audience to engage with you on our related concerns.

Dear Editor, There is no debating that the use of tobacco has proven detrimental to man’s health, life and livelihood, and that responsible government would have to take measures to protect the health and wellness of society.

Dear Editor In E B John’s letter captioned ‘Letter was full of assumptions’ (SN, August 3) he alleges that Mike Singh’s letter ‘Why did GuySuCo not pursue the ethanol option?’

Dear Editor, I presented a paper at the recent University of Guyana (UG) Diaspora Conference where I sought to both critique our current approach to diaspora engagement and suggest some ways in which we can begin to think differently about the subject.

Dear Editor, In the Demerara Waves of August 3, 2017, some comments were attributed to Dr David Hinds.

Dear Editor, The move by government to launch a Commission of Inquiry(CoI) into an alleged plot to assassinate the President is nothing more than a smokescreen.

Dear Editor, There are some positive things happening in Guyana that we don’t seem to hear about.

Dear Editor, As the nation recovers from shock at the tragic loss of one of its young and more experienced pilots, Captain Collin Martin, who met his sudden demise when the Britten-Normandy Islander plane he was flying crashed at Eteringbang close to Guyana’s western border near Venezuela on July 25, 2017, I wish to commend the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) for taking cognizance of one of my recent letters regarding safety and service lapses by an international airline operating out of Guyana.

Dear Editor, Prof Hinds calls for a sort of affirmative action plan to correct what he perceives as Africans not proportionately represented as business-owners (SN, August 1).

Since attaining independence from the British, Guyana has been governed to all intents and purposes by two political parties, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) and the People’s National Congress (PNC) – with the qualification that the current core PNC government is part of a coalition.

Dear Editor, I have witnessed the recent upheaval in our prison system, the ensuing quest for answers and the political blame game that makes nonsensical claims that the Minister of Security or the President should resign; it is blame based not on fact, only on political expediency.

Dear Editor, I write this letter from the perspective of a former inmate of both the Camp Street and Mazaruni prisons in the 1980s who, after having served a 3 year sentence in both of these institutions has acquired in the process, a firsthand experience of the conditions – including the horrors, brutalities and degradation – of Guyana prison life.

Dear Editor, Just on eve of the APNU taking power here in Guyana, oil was found in commercial quantities.

Dear Editor,  The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) has been carefully studying the responses to the prison incidents over the last three weeks and holds the view the problems are those of a national emergency which necessitate a bipartisan approach through debates and engagements in and out of the National Assembly.