Opinion

Dear Editor, As a law student of the University of Guyana (UG), my colleagues and I were greeted with some devastating news recently.

Dear Editor, People, including large swaths of supporters, are disappointed in the behaviour of all three parties and their leadership.

Dear Editor, I feel compelled to write this letter after reading Dave Martins’ column ‘Racism cannot hide’ (Sunday Stabroek, December 11).

Dear Editor, Guyanese have continuously disrespected the President since he was elected in May 2015.

In 2005, during an Independence Day address to the nation, then President Bharrat Jagdeo touted the modernisation of Guyana as being dependent on “the development of reliable, inexpensive telecommunication services with a sufficient band-width to allow for Information Technology related services to be developed and exported.

Dear Editor, I cannot disagree more with Mr Errol Hanoman, CEO of the Guyana Sugar Corporation when he reportedly said (Stabroek News, December 15) that the way forward for sugar is a scaling down of production and a significant level of diversification.

Dear Editor, Today (Thursday, December 15) Georgetown City Councillors are set to vote for a new mayor and deputy mayor.

Dear Editor, Budget 2017 has been labelled one of the most controversial budgets to be debated in Guyana’s 50 years of independence.

Dear Editor, The late Diane McTurk should be honoured by past and present governments, the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana and the tourism sector of Guyana as a whole.

Dear Editor, Today, I went to uplift my old age pension of $18,200.00.

Dear Editor, I must thank you so much for publishing my letter in your paper so promptly on the topic ‘No meter reader’ on November 10, 2016.

Dear Editor, There is an untold story on the water meters which needs to be  told.

Dear Editor, The PPP/C has always viewed and used the budget as an economic tool for managing available resources to meet the needs of our people in communities across our country.

Dear Editor, I occasionally hear the mispronunciation of foreign words, names and places broadcast by our radio and television media.

Dear Editor, Like many Guyanese I read the papers every day and listen to the news.

The recent case of Selina Ramotar, who almost died as a result of stab wounds she sustained at the hands of the father of her child, with whom she had reportedly severed a relationship, is one that should cause the authorities to question their proclamations of zero tolerance for domestic and gender-based violence.

Dear Editor, The claims of discriminatory targeting, sanctions, and effects emanate mainly from the commercial sector.