Opinion

Dear Editor, I’ll admit, from the perspective of a Guyanese citizen that the parking meter contract and its enforcement can be quite disheartening. 

Dear Editor, Saraswati Vidya Niketan wishes to congratulate Dr Kumar Mahabir of Trinidad for his pioneering efforts to expose the ethnic and ideological biases in CSEC and CAPE syllabuses in Literature and History. 

Dear Editor, Messrs Eric Phillips in a letter dated February 28, and on the newspaper’s Blog, and Tacuma Ogunseye in a letter dated March 1, 2017, both employed in the State Asset Recovery Unit, threw caution, logic, facts and decency to the wind in defence of their boss, Professor Clive Thomas.

Dear Editor, My children are all adults, the youngest has just gotten her master’s degree.

Dear Editor, On March 1st, 2017, President Granger announced that the Value Added Tax (V.A.T)

Dear Editor, I noticed that Dr Surujbally, in his parting shot, has joined a few minds who feel that the constitution seems to prefer a judge to be selected as the chairman of Gecom.

Dear Editor, I refer to the Kaieteur News article, dated March 2, ‘Dharmic Sabha’s Grand Phagwah Mela and Bazaar set for March 4,’ where it was erroneously stated that “Holika Dahan or the Burning of Holika will be observed by mandirs countrywide on Sunday March 12th on Purnima or full moon night ….

Dear Editor, I recently received my invoice from Guyana Power and Light Inc for a period beginning in the middle of January and ending in the middle of February.

Dear Editor, Coming quickly on the heels of breaking news that China’s Ambassador to Guyana, Cui Jianchun, wants to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in the area of developing “a strong engineering corps at the GDF, so they can make a bigger contribution to infrastructure development in this country”, I would like to offer a perspective.

Last month the issue of vigilantism and justice was once again brought sharply into focus when police charged no less a personage than a regional councillor and two other persons for allegedly murdering a young fisherman, who attempted to snatch a shoulder bag from a young lady.

Dear Editor, The Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority has issued a notice entitled ‘VAT and computers, computer printers’ via its Facebook page (see https://www.facebook.com/guyanarevenue/posts/1292746520817578).

Dear Editor, A recent, emblematic Stabroek News photograph of two floats, captioned ‘Old habits die hard’ caught my attention.

Dear Editor, Permit me to laud the Guyanese school system on adopting the STEM Mathematics app in its school curriculum (Stabroek News, February 28). 

Dear Editor, I am somewhat baffled; your article on page 11 of yesterday’s edition ‘Airport cop arrested for stealing passenger’s phone’ states the perpetrator of the act on further interrogation told the police she handed the phone to her boyfriend who is a member of the GDF.

Dear Editor, I have been following with interest the exchange of ideas on the issue of national unity which is so vital for a prosperous Guyana.

Dear Editor, I think that that announced gathering slated for several months hence, and to be held at UG involving the diaspora is a good thing; and that the opportunity should be used to clear some air. 

Dear Editor, I felt extremely proud as a Guyanese to participate in one of the most colourful celebrations in Region 2 during our 47th Republican Anniversary.