Opinion

Dear Editor, The dust from the destruction wrought in Manchester on May 22 by Salman Abedi, described by British media as a “radicalised Muslim”, and his accomplices has not yet settled, and now we have the news of yet another suicide bombing in Jakarta, Indonesia.

In April, the Stabroek News Business section had reported on a glut in greens and vegetables on the local market.

Dear Editor, I extend warm greetings and best wishes to our Guyanese children, here and in the diaspora.

Dear Editor, Later today, a small percentage of the country’s lawyers will assemble in the High Court for the annual general meeting of the Guyana Bar Association whose membership excludes lawyers employed by the State.

Dear Editor, We, the former heads of state and government who have signed declarations of the Democratic Initiative of Spain and the Americas (IDEA-Democrática), respectfully address the Honourable Foreign Ministers of the Member States of the Organiza-tion of American States, in order to express publicly our concern regarding the breach of constitutional and democratic order, as well as the systematic and generalised violation of human rights that is currently taking place in Venezuela under the government of Nicolás Maduro and its armed forces.

Dear Editor, The nation would recall that on May 9, 2017, a Kaieteur News headline stated, ‘Over 200 persons blacklisted from leaving Guyana -SOCU.’

Dear Editor, Since 2015, the framers of the National Mental Health Action Plan (NMHAP) 2015-20  have been talking about shifting towards a community- based mental health care model instead of institutionalised care.

Dear Editor, My recent letter about servant leadership in Guyana and the need to find a win-win solution for Guyanese taxpayers and GuySuCo was turned into a magnificent masquerade by a letter written by the bosses of GAWU.

Dear Editor, Guyana’s has a proud football history; ask any of the old players and members for Pele, Santos, Camptown, etc, and they will all tell you how proud and excited they were to play and be a part of football. 

Tomorrow, Thursday, June 1, the eighth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy begins in London, England with Bangladesh taking on the hosts at the Oval.

Dear Editor, Henry Jeffrey is entirely correct when he notes that the building of social cohesion in Guyana requires the “the establishment of the appropriate consensus-building governance mechanisms” and, further, without changing the course of governance in Guyana, the policy recommendations in the Draft Strategic Plan for Social Cohesion in Guyana, 2017-2021 would be “mere platitudes” (‘The strategic plan for social cohesion’, SN May 24, 2017).

Dear Editor, The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) refers to Mr Eric Phillips’ letter ‘All voices of reason must step forward on GuySuCo,’ which appeared in the May 29 Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, I had to pass a specific place several times before an epiphany came. 

Dear Editor, Please be good enough to find space for this apology, which Ms Sandra Jones, of SV Jones Associates, and Gecom Commissioner would wish to make to all those persons who could not reach her by email, to congratulate her on the National Award of the Golden Arrow of Achievement for her contribution to public service.

Dear Editor, Sean Ori queries ‘Why is PPP/C not regenerating itself?’

Dear Editor, The Guyanese voters did their part in 2011 and 2015.