Opinion

Dear Editor, I refer to the current unwarranted attacks on the legitimate appointment of Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) representatives’ as members of the Public Service Commission (PSC).

Dear Editor, We have only just celebrated the 51st anniversary of Independence which came 179 years after Emancipation in 1838.

Dear Editor, On May 26, my wife and relatives, visited Splashmins resort to have a day of relaxation.

Some of the procurement bloopers presided over by the current administration just couldn’t be made up.

Dear Editor, Recently there has been much speculation and many questions raised in public and the press relating to Guyana’s oil and gas prospects.

Dear Editor, The announcement by the official organization, CIOG, by way of a letter in the press, (‘Ramadan Crescent sighted’ SN, May 27) that the Holy Month of Ramadan commenced on Saturday, May 27 2017, is really baffling.

Dear Editor, Against my knowledge of reliability of the true and tested Caribbean Airlines and tempted by a non-stop flight, I utilised the services of Fly Jamaica on a one-week return trip to Canada.

This government has done some strange things since coming into office, but there can be few more bizarre than its most recent proposal to put to referendum whether or not a minority group should continue to be discriminated against in law.

Dear Editor, The news that 200 persons are ‘blacklisted’, that is, prevented from leaving the country by the Guyana Police Force, more particularly, the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), must have sent shivers down the spines of law-abiding and freedom loving Guyanese.

Dear Editor, Should distinguished journalists, however ‘veteran’ accept national awards? Does that compromise their hunger to ‘tell truth to power’?

Dear Editor, Christopher Ram will certainly give the Guyanese readers a very clear insight from a commercial angle ‒ given his financial expertise ‒ of the workings of the petroleum industry, but I would not have the same confidence in his legal advice (‘Oil and gas – The New Economic Horizon’ SN, May 26).

Dear Editor, A comparative analysis of General Secretary of the PNC Oscar Clarke’s version of certain events and Dr Cheddi Jagan’s, leaves no doubt that there are fundamental differences between the two understandings of what really took place.

Dear Editor, In reference to your editorial ‘Less than sweet’ (SN, May 25), I would just like to clarify your usage of “obesity and its spinoffs” as a pandemic.

Dear Editor, Why is the PPP/C not regenerating itself before the next General Elections due by 2020?

This week in Israel, President Trump told  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a roomful of Israelis that, “As you know, Rex, the Secretary of State, has done an incredible job, we just got back from the Middle East …” Most of the room was too tactful to express their surprise at the statement, but in a moment of exasperation, Israel’s ambassador to the United States covered his face with his right hand.

Dear Editor, The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) wishes to inform all Muslims that the crescent for Ramadan has been sighted.

Dear Editor, Independence anniversaries for many countries are usually observed or celebrated, depending on the existing circumstances in each country on the anniversary date.