Opinion

Dear Editor, For the second time in recent years (this time speaking with the great footballer Shaka Hislop) I have heard or read Jeffrey Dujon’s viewpoint that West Indies cricket needs to be revamped at the schoolboy level over a period of several years before they can compete with senior players from leading cricket countries.

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 Presidents and Prime Ministers of the Caribbean states, as well as the people of the Caribbean, in order to express our indignation and strong public condemnation of the flagrant and escalating repression by the dictatorial and military government of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela.

Dear Editor, What if…? What if, before dismantling the sugar industry, we shifted our focus from the (traditional) sugar product to bagasse?

Dear Editor, The announcement by the Attorney General of the impending appointment of a new Governing Board of the Deeds and Commercial Registries Authority Act (DCRA), must not be misinterpreted.

Dear Editor, During December last year one of my friends was unjustly charged by a member of the City Constabulary with a very minor traffic offence.

Dear Editor, Chairman of GPL, coalition financier Robert Badal, disparaged former President and Leader of the Opposition, Dr Bharrat Jagdeo.

Dear Editor, I respond now to a letter from the Swami Aksharananda in your edition of May 16 (‘While disagreeing with ideas the sanctity of the person must remain intact’).

Dear Editor, The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has taken note of similar letters appearing in the May 21 Kaieteur News and the May 22 Stabroek News, the latter of which was captioned ‘GAWU’s priority seems not to be workers’ representation but to mobilize around another cause’, which were authored by the corporation’s Senior Communications Officer, Ms Audreyanna Thomas.

Dear Editor, It has been observed that some government agencies are becoming places of chaos.

As we celebrate fifty-one years of independence, it’s a good time to put aside our differences –political, religious, etc ‒ and ask ourselves what are the long term plans we have, and which we should be putting in place for our children and grandchildren and future generations.

Dear Editor, Tax has to be among the most hated words in this country. 

Dear Editor, A letter in the Stabroek News of the 8th May 2017 on the subject ‘Few innocents in the combat zones that are Guyanese roadways’ made me recall two articles previously printed in our daily newspapers.

Dear Editor, The just concluded Arab-Islamic-American Summit held in Riyadh, capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was of great international significance.

Dear Editor, With all that is peddled through the various media, it is important to note that partisanship is  alive within Region Five.

Dear Editor, It seems the team renegotiating the parking meters contract has taken its modus operandi straight from the playbook of the first team that negotiated the contract: shrouded in secrecy, lack of transparency and accountability and a blackout of information and news (‘“Sworn to secrecy” – Councillors reveal members of renegotiating parking meters are under oath’ GC May 16).

Dear Editor, Whatever your political leanings, there is little doubt that arguably the most prolific and technical orator in Guyana’s political history, Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham, has had a noticeable and lasting impact on the cadence of political communication and commentary in Guyana.

The gold mining sector is fraught with challenges, complexities and complications.

Dear Editor, Excuse me Mr Browne: It is not a binary choice of youth versus experience or, in more common parlance, an either/or proposition.

Dear Editor, The suggestion by a letter writer to your column recently about regional awards ceremonies is worthy of serious consideration.