Opinion

It is hard to avoid the conclusion that the simple planning capacity of the public service has become seriously degraded.

Dear Editor, On May 9, 2017, the CCJ ordered Guyana to refund to S.M.

Dear Editor, A timely and important visit was made by the Honourable Minister in the Ministry of Public Health, Dr.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the letter written by Roopnarine Sukhu which was published in Stabroek News on April 18 under the headline `Medical reimbursement from NIS fell from $24,000 to $380’.

Dear Editor, A letter in your newspaper on May 12, 2017 by University of Guyana students `Many key oil and gas questions to be answered’ on the feasibility of an on-shore base and other matters relating to the Government of Guyana’s contractual arrangement with ExxonMobil refers.

Dear Editor, ExxonMobil’s affiliate in Guyana, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) wishes to respond to a letter titled: `Many key oil and gas questions to be answered’ that was published on 12 May in the Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to a letter which appeared in the Stabroek News’ May 3 edition bearing the caption `Pensioners having hard time at Melanie NIS Office.’

Dear Editor, The realization is clearer every day that this government operates in a fishbowl; sometimes it is one of its own making and it deserves the unrelenting unforgiving attention and excoriations.

Dear Editor, Welcome – A Fresh Airing Apart from over-extending the relevant constitutional framework, it is a remarkable indicator of ‘low’ confidence displayed by the Cabinet.

As we contemplate the shift towards an oil economy in Guyana, we would do well to take note of petroleum’s impact on other countries and, perhaps, learn from their mistakes.

Dear Editor, What happened on the East Coast Demerara Highway on Thursday clearly illustrates that in President Granger’s mind, pomp and ceremony and pageantry are more important than an academic degree.

Dear Editor, We, the undersigned, students of the University of Guyana’s Environmen-tal Economics class of 2017, hereby seek space in your newspaper to request clarification on whether a feasibility study was done on the proposed on-shore facility at Crab Island. 

Dear Editor, The White Paper on Sugar, as presented by the Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder on Monday in parliament, is a non-paper.

Dar Editor, In testimony yesterday before the US Senate Intelligence Committee’s hearings on the firing of FBI Director James Comey and possible Russian interference in last November’s American elections, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Mike Pompeo said that the current unrest and political situation in Venezuela present a threat to the countries of South America.

Dear Editor, I have long been concerned about the lack of consideration shown by successive administrations for the impact that infrastructure work has on the lives of the general population, but, the closure of the East Coast highway to facilitate the installation of an arch at the eastern entrance to Georgetown really takes the cake.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Independence Anniversary Celebration Committee (New York) wishes to respond to an article titled `Diaspora groups fight over NY independence celebrations’ that was published in the Guyana Chronicle on May 9, 2017.

Dear Editor, I see there is a new system to remove all the buses from the Stabroek Market area to another location whenever there’s parliament in session.

At the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Johannesburg in March this year, 170 delegates held discussions on how to foster entrepreneurship and scale up new businesses while acknowledging that too many people sit on the periphery of the formal economy in many countries.