Opinion

Dear Editor, As I read your editorial dated May 16, 2017 captioned ‘Ghost teachers,’ I concluded that the Commission of Inquiry’s visit to Sub-region No 2 in Region 10 was a bit too early to observe that there is also a ‘ghost education officer’ in the area.

Dear Editor, I have marvelled at persons who are truly talented in different way.

Dear Editor, There was an article in the newspapers that the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) is disappointed constitutional reform has not proceeded in spite of a promise outlined in the APNU+AFC Manifesto.

Dear Editor,   Thank you again – this time for the briefest possible space in which to point out the depths of your inveterate letter writer Ryhaan Shah’s ignorance regarding the subject she discussed in her recent piece captioned:  ‘Creativity counts for more in good writing than any concern for the study of linguistics’ (SN June 21).

Dear Editor, US Ambassador Perry Holloway in an opinion piece (SN Jun 10) expressed concern about the violation of democratic norms, rising violence, and increasing authoritarian tendencies in Venezuela.

Institutional failures have become the scapegoats of our age. We blame juries for failing to convict policemen who shoot men during traffic stops; we blame management agencies for not protecting tower blocks from fire, we blame governments for fighting terrorism ineptly.

Dear Editor, Although Guyana abolished appeals to the Privy Council since February 1970 when the country became a republican state, lawyers from the Co-operative Republic continued to appear before the London based court.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Revenue Authority wishes to respond to a recent letter from Sase Singh in the Stabroek News and Kaieteur News captioned ‘Why has the GRA’s Annual Report for 2015 not been laid in Parliament?’

Dear Editor, I am flummoxed by the PPP’s sudden urge to go after APNU and AFC MPs for failing to submit constitutionally required declarations to the Integrity Commission for the period 2001 to 2015 (‘PPP/C to pursue private charges against PNCR, APNU MPs who flouted integrity law,’ SN, June 22).

Dear Editor, Since it was revealed that the Government of Guyana was previously renting a five bedroom house for $500,000 per month for Minister Broomes, along with covering unlimited VAT inclusive electricity consumption, I believe the people of Guyana would like to know and ought to know which other ministers are or were getting houses rented for them, and what is or was the rent.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) refers to a letter titled ‘GuySuCo is inviting sugar workers who feel misled to meet with management’ which appeared in the June 21, 2017 edition of Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, I was given a prescription by my doctor to buy 3 jars of Sudacream to heal my incision after I underwent a surgery at the Suddie Public Hospital over two months ago.

Dear Editor, On November 27, 2011, the day before the general and regional elections this newspaper afforded me the privilege of publishing the last of several letters leading up to that election condemning the performance of the last administration.

Dear Editor, The APNU+AFC regime has been propagating the lie to say that they inherited a bankrupt economy.

Dear Editor, Like the rest of the world Guyana has been changing, as indeed it must, to avoid being left behind in the globally competitive environment.

Dear Editor, I watch the news often but was shocked and flabbergasted when I saw the recent behaviour of Minister Raphael Trotman in Parliament.

Dear Editor, There has been significant negativity surrounding the elevation to the demanding position of Minister of Education (ag) of Ms Nicolette Henry. 

In his 2017 budget speech Finance Minister Winston Jordan assured the nation that government would be prioritising mental health and also training more professionals in this area.