Opinion

Dear Editor, It is rather unfortunate and extremely sad that the head of state would stoop so low to viciously attack and criticize his supporters in the diaspora at a ceremony in Buxton last Sunday ‒ the very supporters who made sacrifices to help him get elected.

Dear Editor, When all is said and done about the budget, basic conclusions being drawn from the different analysts must be reconciled if different.

Dear Editor, The PPP holds its Congress this weekend to choose the members of the central committee that in turn will select the executive committee which in turn chooses the leader (General Secretary) and executive secretary, as well as other leadership positions.

Dear Editor, The recent failed budget that was passed by the APNU+AFC coalition is another disaster for our nation.

Dear Editor, I fully endorse the suggestion by Oscar Ramjeet as outlined in Monday’s Stabroek News’ that the Commentators’ Box at Providence Stadium should be named in honour of Reds Perreira, that icon of cricket commentators and son of the soil, who retired at the conclusion of the four day game between Guyana and Barbados.

Dear Editor, I simply love to listen to Mix 90.1 FM from Georgetown. 

Dear Editor, I am feeling so sad at the treatment of members of our sport disciplines in Guyana; immediately my mind wanders to the great boxers that this country produced such as the likes of Lennox Beckles, Lennox Blackmore, Caesar Barrow, Patrick Ford, Michael Benjamin and many more, some already deceased.

Dear Editor, I have always embraced a vision of a classless society in which there would be no exploitation of man by man and where people will be compensated on the basis of their needs and not according to their ability to earn.

Dear Editor, Berbice rice farmers have a golden opportunity to capitalize on the Mexican market according to Mexico Ambassador Ivan Roberto Sierra-Medel.

Having won the general elections of 2008, called eight months ahead of time by the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) then led by Owen Arthur, the Democratic Labour Party (DLP), led then by David Thompson (now deceased) and subsequently, by Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, managed to obtain a mere 16 seats to the BLP’s 14 in the subsequent elections of 2013.

Dear Editor, Finance Minister Winston Jordan was heard on Sunday on “Groundings” discussing the 2017 National Budget, in which he sought to get personal with me given that the trade unions and private sector have sought an audience with Leaders in this National Assembly about the budget.

Dear Editor, I am somewhat confused as to who is the Appellant in the article on pages 10 and 25 in yesterday’s edition on the CCJ ruling on the Black Bush Polder lease issue.

Dear Editor, When will the policymakers, the movers and shakers of the Guyana Police Force stop the legal and political morass that presently exists in the Force between Seelall Persaud, Commissioner of Police and David Ramnarine, Assistant Commissioner of Police?

Dear Editor, Permit me as a health professional and one who hitherto has remained deeply perturbed at the increasing maternal morbidity rate, to be among the many to utter laudatory remarks on the acquisition of new facilities and cutting edge technology in the Obstetrical Department of the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Dear Editor, We have noted two items in your issue of 9 December 2016 that need clarifying.

Dear Editor,  Throughout 2016 we have submitted letters which, cumulatively, sought to make the case that countries thrive under certain conditions: including establishment of a just and open society; fostering an environment that generates opportunity; a strong national foundation in mathematics and science as a precondition for fabricating things; and accumulated capacities in science and private enterprise as essential weapons for gaining economic strength.

Dear Editor, The call has come again for government and opposition to reach across and reach out to each other for the sake of the peoples they represent, and the nation’s future. 

In the same week that Jamaica, was premiering the film ‘I Am Bolt,’ one of what, no doubt, will be, many projects celebrating the magnificent accomplishments of a native son who rose from modest circumstances to become history’s most accomplished track athlete, the National Assembly in Guyana was debating the country’s budgetary allocation for sport in 2017.

Dear Editor, Recently myself and some friends were at the Albion Sports Complex ground watching a Telenec 50 overs first division match between Albion and Port Mourant when as usual on occasions like these the topic of discussion was cricket and sports generally and a friend remarked that he does not listen to and watch NCN radio and television anymore especially the sports news.