Opinion

Dear Editor, I am a concessionaire operating in the forest sector.

Dear Editor, The teachers are on strike to force the government into collective bargaining negotiations, and the Public Service Union is threatening the same, it would seem inevitable that everyone is going to sit down at the same table at some point, but I fear some have more to gain than others and the teachers may have more to lose; let me expound.

Dear Editor, Now that the establishment of the Suriname-Guyana Chamber of Com-merce has been formalized, can we hope for affirmative action on the elusive fishing licenses for our upper Corentyne fisherfolk? 

Dear Editor, The times really don’t change, and now it is history straining at the collar to repeat itself. 

Dear Editor, Please permit someone who grew up and will never forget the “dark days’’ of Guyana’s history; to share what came into my mind after reading the recent outburst from the person who gave himself the moniker “Elder.”

On February 4, 80-year-old Joni Mitchell won her tenth Grammy award for Best Folk Album.

Dear Editor, Thank you for allowing me space in your newspaper to relate the sad situation which has been confronting the pensioners and members of the WM Fogarty’s Pension Scheme over the past several years whereby they have not received some of the major benefits to which they are entitled.

Dear Editor, It has been at least three months now that works started to widen the eastern half of Sixth Street, Cummings Lodge from the Hindu Temple to the Secondary School.

Dear Editor, The 46th Regular Meeting of the CARICOM Heads of Government opened on Sunday in Georgetown, Guyana; surprisingly, the Parliamentary Opposition was invited and so I attended, I am glad I did.

Dear Editor, I believe in progress: true progress that goes hand in hand with justice and equity.

Dear Editor,  Breakfast at Round House; lunch in Promenade Gardens for our visitors attending the regional conference. 

Dear Editor, I would like to suggest that the Traffic Department of the Guyana Police Force install traffic lights at the following junctions: 1.

Dear Editor,  The recent deal between the government and a Qatari company to construct a hotel on the land at Carifesta Avenue has raised concerns about the ownership of the property.

Dear Editor, Refer to Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy 2030 chapter 3 paragraph 4.

Dear Editor,  I would like to draw a serious matter to your attention.

On Monday, Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) bemoaned the lame duck status of the UN Security Council as it was “unable to act on the most significant peace and security issues of our time.”

Dear Editor, As the nation embarks on another constitution reform project, we must not overlook the valuable knowledge and experience we can obtain from reviewing the 1999/2000 reforms.