Opinion

Dear Editor, I note your article on Sunday, June 25 entitled, ‘SOCU actively seeking Brassington, Ashni Singh.’

Dear Editor, The recent death of a loved one brought into focus the professional and ethical limitations of private doctors and medical institutions in Guyana.

Dear Editor, With reference to the reformation of the Constitution, recently there have been some letters in the press on this subject, even mention of $80 million available from the United Nations to finance this cause. 

Dear Editor, Your editorial in yesterday’s edition, ‘Minister Henry’s education challenge’ (SN June 27) has laid bare the many challenges Minister Henry faces as she takes up the full portfolio of the education ministry.

Dear Editor, A close observer of West Indies cricket told me he heard a spectator sitting close to him say when on one morning of a Test match Lara got out early, that “Lara never makes runs when we need them.”

Last Thursday, cricket fans around the world welcomed Ireland and Afghanistan as the eleventh and twelfth members of Test cricket’s exclusive fraternity.

Dear Editor, It was the German philosopher Karl Marx who famously wrote that “Philosophers have interpreted the world in various ways; the point however is to change it.”

Dear Editor, The Guyana Chronicle is spinning away for Minister of Public Health (MOPH), Volda Lawrence.

Dear Editor, I left the traffic court of Georgetown on the 26th June after being a party in a case where the other person was charged for dangerous driving and pleaded guilty, asking myself the question what the definition of justice is.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter in the Stabroek News of May 2, 2017 from Dhanraj Singh and Stephen Kissoon, both economists, captioned ‘Further downsizing of GuySuCo is poor policy and would lead to one of the worst economic crises in our history.’

Dear Editor, I live at Bus Shed Street, Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara.

Dear Editor, The media reports of June 26 quoted our President’s “vision of a more efficient Guyana” in the context of procurement spending and greater supervision of projects, etc, and that in his scheduled meeting with Cabinet on the 27th June, he plans to include the permanent secretaries and accounting staff to “discuss the adoption of cost-cutting measures within their spheres of operation”.

Dear Editor, Joan Cambridge’s letter ‘UG seeks to create a writing system applicable to all Creole languages’ (SN, June 24) is a stark reminder of the state of national discourse in Guyana where civilised discussion that forwards different points of view and posits uncomfortable questions is quite impossible.

Dear Editor, The current acting Regional Executive Officer of Region 2, Mr Derrick Persaud, has done quite a remarkable job within a short space of time.

Dear Editor, There is this cruel mockery that assails the senses almost daily. 

Dear Editor, Presumably, selection criteria other than realistic potential performance, had rational objectives, that likely were the improvement of performance over the long run, and attitudinal changes in both veterans and up and coming players with respect to remuneration.

What we are told is the President’s confidence in her notwithstanding, a healthy measure of public scepticism has attended the appointment of Ms Nicolette Henry to the education portfolio.