Opinion

Dear Editor, Your online news article, ‘Ifa Kamau Cush fired by SCSI,’ (February16), can be characterized as the rise and fall of the used, confused, accused and ultimately refused.

Dear Editor, I would just like to add this observation as a follow-up to my letter on parking meters published on February 16.

Dear Editor, The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is vigilant as regards the method of the appointment of judges and the independence of the judiciary in the region.

Recently, the issue of VAT being charged on education services became a hot button topic concerning which the parents of school age children made a public outcry.

Dear Editor, The dark political days of the nineteen fifties/sixties saw our former, colonial masters resort to a divide-and-rule strategy, pitting Guyana’s two major ethnic groups against each other after the Burnham-Jagan split.

Dear Editor, I refer to an article captioned, ‘PPP/C to convene consultation in bid to get local gov’t commission going,’ (SN, February 15), in which Ms Gail Teixeira is quoted as saying, “Where are the three names from the President?

Dear Editor, I note your article in today’s paper (Feb 15) in which Mr Godfrey Statia, Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority, stated that “tuition for the University of Guyana (UG) is not subject to Value Added Tax (VAT) neither is the tuition for the Government Technical Institute, Cyril Potter College of Education or any other government education institution.”

Dear Editor, I write in response to an article in the Stabroek News dated 15th February with the caption ‘Bare Root poison patients discharged from GPHC.’ 

Dear Editor, During the recent debate on our (PPP/C’s) much amended motion, GPL and Guyana’s long term energy strategy, Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson, in informing the House and the nation about ending the Wartsila contract, stated that the operations and maintenance of the generating sets were done by 194 skilled Guyanese, and Wartsila received US$25000.00 per day for just “checking off” the work done.

Dear Editor, Fifty years on in our nation’s history and finally we the people have a chance to make a difference in the way we act as a people, a chance to change our own behaviour.

Dear Editor, On November 2, 2016 Stabroek News published an article captioned ‘Hinds says he expects to be fully reimbursed -says NSC obligated to pay for capital works to CASH and National Gymnasium.’

Dear Editor, One day, the subject Minister announces ‘no interference’ in the parking meter fiasco.

Dear Editor, The country, viewed from abroad, continues to live in interesting times.

Dear Editor, Supporting good health and ensuring quality health care extends far beyond hospital and doctor care.

Dear Editor, As a result of ongoing round ups of out-of-status immigrants in New York and across the country, Guyanese and other Caribbean undocumented (illegal) immigrants in the New York metro area are edgy and fearful about their continued stay in the US.

Dear Editor, When will we start allowing the world to once again acknowledge our country, not one month out of the twelve, but every single day?

It was by way of a report titled ‘Impact of Mining: Survival Strategies for Interior Communities in Guyana,’ released by the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) that the troubling dysfunction in Baramita, Region One, was made public.