Opinion

Dear Editor,I must commend Commissioner of Police (ag) David Ramnarine on his latest move to bring uniformity and discipline to the traffic and anti-crime ranks with his assertive statements at the recent meeting hosted at the Officers’ Mess annexe, Eve Leary.  

Dear Editor,Emphasis is being placed on the new President of the United States appointing three judges to the US Supreme Court, the highest court of the land.

Dear Editor, I disagree with Mike Persaud that “we do not need power sharing” (SN, Aug 27, ’16).

Dear Editor,It was refreshing to read this Sunday’s article ‘Echoes of the ever-present past’ by former Speaker Ralph Ramkarran as he attempted to bring clarity to the PPP’s campaign of misinformation on the land issue (Sunday Stabroek, September 4).

Dear Editor, It is really disappointing that the region that has won all three 2016 championships, the under 19 male 50 over, and both the men and women’s 20 over, considers itself to be in the cricketing doldrums.

The first stanza of the long-awaited negotiations between the Government of Guyana and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) on wages and salaries for public servants has not gone well.

Dear Editor, Rice farmers are once again tasked with the struggle to repel the ever advancing infestation of paddy bugs in their rice fields.

Dear Editor, We wish to respond to certain aspects of the letter from Mr Seepaul Narine, the General Secretary for the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) that was published in the Stabroek News of August 31, titled ‘The sugar industry can overcome its present challenges.’

Dear Editor, Once again a contract non-renewal takes the spotlight.  In this instance, it involves a permanent secretary at a central ministry. 

Dear Editor, Returning to Guyana and entering my brother’s yard, I saw an old lady, about 100 years old, squatting between a bucket and broom.

Dear Editor, The introduction of the two speedboats on the Berbice River after the officials of the Berbice Bridge refused to reduce the tolls for vehicles was a great relief to commuters.

Dear Editor, No government whose interest is in the people would be happy with a high unemployment rate.

Dear Editor, Guyana is experiencing a shortage of insulin, a vital hormone critically necessary for diabetic patients.  

Dear Editor, On January 15, 2016, the Kaieteur News published a letter from me about a missing heart machine.

Dear Editor, I paid my National Insurance Scheme (NIS) dues for over 40 years and made close to 1,400 contributions.

Dear Editor, Please permit me to publicly vent my frustration with GTT and their lack of customer service.

TORONTO, (Reuters) – Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney yesterday criticized Donald Trump’s potential plan to scrap the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and said the U.S.

When oil and gas revenue becomes available in the next five or six years there will be a long list of priorities to address including matters like public service wages currently facing the government.

Dear Editor, As I follow developments in Brazil and Venezuela I am led to wonder whether or not there is some bigger hand at work in our hemisphere to unseat governments that are perceived to be leftist regardless of whether or not they are democratically elected in free and fair elections.