Opinion

Dear Editor, Many are asking the question: why is the APNU+AFC coalition administration shooting itself in the foot so often, does it have a plan come 2020 to thwart the will of the electorate?

Dear Editor, I would love to have written today only about the tremendous victory the young West Indies team won at Kensington Oval last week.

Dear Editor, The recent announcement of the appointments of legal luminaries to augment the offices of a senior functionary has the citizenry abuzz with wonder.

Dear Editor, The `Collapse of base for Indian monument …” (SN May 7) is a major embarrassment for the government as it was supposed to have been a showpiece (with the bronze structure donated by India) of the celebration associated with the 179th anniversary of the arrival of Indians to the country (last May 5).

Dear Editor, I am not marketing Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), nor am I advocating for the consumption of fast foods, but would like to commend that local franchise for their recently experienced good service standards!

Dear Editor, I have been following with interest the exchange of ideas and perspectives on the issue of religious education in schools.

The least that regional governments can do is to engage in serious introspection – and perhaps even vigorous discourse at the level of CARICOM –  following the very pointed and profound public comments made in February by the President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Dr.

Dear Editor, Many people seem to believe that this oil discovery is going to make Guyanese rich in their lifetime without understanding that it will take decades before the flow of oil money translates into development for Guyanese.

Dear Editor, I refer to the timely and relevant SN editorial `Mayhem on the roads continuing’ (SN May 5). 

Dear Editor, It took me a while to wrap my head around this one.

Dear Editor, In spite of the ongoing protests, the government is going full speed ahead with its plan to collect VAT on utilities and on private education.

Dear Editor, We have admired the agile cast of Jesus Christ Superstar such as Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson, Yvonne Elliman, Barry Dennen and so on.

Dear Editor, I see that Abu Bakr has picked up Swami Aksharananda on his comment on the three Abrahamic religions.

Article 119B of the Constitution provides for the establishment of Parliamentary sectoral committees on foreign relations, natural resources, social services and economic services.

Dear Editor, Sometimes we read of a wife’s body found in a shallow grave, on other occasions, about a wife or lover gone missing and her male lover being the prime suspect.

Dear Editor, I believe that Swami Aksharananda’s interpretation of John Rawls is too narrow, and it was precisely in anticipation of such interpretive dissonance that I stated that I took Rawls to mean that in political discourse, ‘whether or not we take a religious or non-religious position, it must be backed up by proper logical and/or empirical reasoning.’

Dear Editor, The mindset appears to be quickly settling in that since the country is on the verge of becoming a large petroleum producer, then our new training priorities must mostly focus on areas directly related to oil and gas.

Exactly why the government bundled two essentially different exercises like Amerindian and African land issues together under the umbrella of one Commission of Inquiry is not altogether clear, more especially as it seems to have recognised that even within that framework they would have to be treated separately.