Opinion

Dear Editor, I am not superstitious but this week’s media reports of the sudden ‘inexplicable crash’ of the foundation being built at Palmyra to accommodate the replica of the ship which brought the first set of our forefathers from India to the Highbury sugar plantation is portentous of ‘cosmic justice’ against those who are bent on desecrating the sacred memory which Highbury represents.

Dear Editor, May Day is a time when workers celebrate their achievements and contemplate their future.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) wishes to respond to another of Dr.

Dear Editor, The Granger Administration has lost precious political capital at the hands of a number of Government Ministers.

Dear Editor, I deeply admire the spirit of the people of Guyana, a nation that has led the Caribbean on many social policy and protection issues, including ones related to sexuality.

For the year 2016, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) again failed to meet pivotal benchmarks including those pertaining to overall systems losses and the number of blackouts and their duration.

Dear Editor, According to an April 28, 2017 report (at http://oilnow.gy/production/worley-parsons-review-exxonmobils-development-plan/)

Dear Editor, The recent arrests and detention of a former Executive President of Guyana; Head of the Presidential Secretariat and Cabinet Secretary; Attorney General; other Ministers; and Senior Member of the PPP/C; for the purported purpose of exacting justice for the Guyanese people; seems to me to be loathsome and persecuting acts.

Dear Editor, I learnt of the death of Lall Munilall as a result of a phone call in the evening earlier this week from Avinash Bhagwandin, a text message from Bish Panday, and from a letter by Mr Christopher Persaud which was published in the April 27th issue of the Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, I refer to some villages on the West Coast of Berbice (WCB) where it can be truly said that  time stands still.

Venezuela is at a dangerous political juncture. One possibility is that President Nicolás Maduro could finally retreat from what is an untenable position, and allow the return of genuine democracy.

Dear Editor, There is an old saying: “two wrongs don’t make a right,” but in our political domain the opposite to that narrative plays out consistently with the two major political groupings (APNU and PPP): “If they did it in power, then it must be ok for us too”.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) wishes to refer to an article appearing in the April 26, 2017 Guyana Chronicle titled ‘Sugar, votes and cyclical poverty’ that was authored by the Director of Public Information, Mr Imran Khan.

Dear Editor, Since the passage of Minister Jordan’s 2016 Budget, the seeds for a deteriorating Guyana dollar  were planted. 

Dear Editor, It is time that the taxpayers of this country from both sides of the political divide begin to examine what the political witch-hunting and vendetta that is being unleashed on a segment of this population, is costing them, individually, and the treasury, as a whole.

Dear Editor, First allow me to congratulate Stabroek News for obtaining a response from the Ministry of the Presidency which confirms several things.

Dear Editor, It’s with much annoyance and frustration I pen this letter.

Dear Editor, It is noted that an advertisement which appeared on page 11 of yesterday’s Stabroek News of an annual event in observance of Indian Arrival to Guyana has prominently displayed the religious symbols of a major religion.