Opinion

Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force is responding to an article in yesterday’s edition of the Guyana Times under the caption ‘Gunmen invaded the Diamond Fire Station -Suspect in custody.’

Dear Editor, A little after the 2015 national and regional elections a senior political figure of the Alliance for Change (AFC) threatened to resign, maybe because he was not given the position he had wanted, or had been promised.

Dear Editor, The letter by Pastor Gideon Cecil, in the December 21 edition of Stabroek News entitled ‘Too many of our young people are involved in crime’ refers.

Dear Editor, Amid the historically unprecedented Russophobic outburst in Western media justifying the killing of Russian Ambassador to Turkey the social networks feedback to these publications show that Russophobia is not related to common people’s thinking, but is influenced by certain politicians.

The manhunt for Anis Amri, which ended in a shootout in Milan, closes another chapter in Europe’s struggle against terrorism, but it also highlights the difficulties of protecting large democracies against resolute combatants like IS.

Dear Editor, It is with great sadness the ANSA Caribbean Awards for Excellence conveys news of the passing of Sir K Dwight Venner, former Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, and a member of our Regional Eminent Persons Panel.

Dear Editor, The City Council wishes to advise all property owners that the amnesty offered on interest on rates will expire on December 31, 2016.

Dear Editor, Christmas and New Year are a few days away and it will be open season for the thousands of sadists in our midst to embark on their mad campaign to terrorise animals, particularly dogs, and to generally make the lives of the elderly and babies a literal hell.

Dear Editor, Guyana Water Inc reminds customers every month to pay the water bills.

Dear Editor, I noticed a recent claim from the incumbent Leader of the Parliamentary Opposition that the extensive consultations with and within the Guyanese society on the matter of the chairmanship of Gecom  included meetings with representative leaders from the three major religions in Guyana ‒ Christianity, Hinduism and Islam.

Dear Editor With the public announcement in the local media that ExxonMobil is gearing up for oil production from Guyana’s first oil well by mid-2020, and that the company has announced that it has awarded contracts to United States-based, SBM Offshore for a floating production storage and offloading vessel, we trust the Guyana economy and all Guyanese would directly benefit from this.

Dear Editor, Kwanzaa is an African cultural holiday. Celebrated from December 26 through January 1, its origins are in the first harvest celebrations of Africa from which it takes its name.

Dear Editor, I wish to bring to the attention of APNU+AFC members and supporters an important political point made by Mr Bharrat Jagdeo in his opening address to the PPP/C  Congress at Cotton Field Secondary School on the Essequibo Coast.

Dear Editor, I spent over a month on a travelogue and on an academic tour (studying ethnic conflict) in the Far East and Sri Lanka returning just in time to experience the holiday season in New York, Trinidad and Guyana.

Guyana has long been a cash-based society, stubbornly resistant to the many advances in the international financial system over the years, and not in the forefront of the countries in the Caribbean in the implementation of ATM machines, debit cards, credit cards, and online payments.

Dear Editor, The future Guyana is seeking happened years ago in some countries of the world.

Dear Editor, Please permit me a partial response to your editorial of Dec 20 on the future of the sugar industry.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force is responding to a letter in yesterday’s edition of the Stabroek News under the caption ‘Linden funeral home treated disrespectfully by police.’