Opinion

Dear Editor, According to the media there appears to be a misconstruction of roles, respectively of the Chairman and Board of the Guyana Revenue Authority, and that of the President, GPSU; probably because in one instance the authors are uninformed of the Revenue Authority Act 13 of 1996, amended by 16 of 2003, Clause 2 (1) which reads as follows: “Functions of Governing Board (16 of 2003) “(1) The Governing Board shall be responsible for – “a)   subject to subsection (2) the approval and review of the policy of the Authority; “b)   the monitoring of the performance of the Authority in carrying out functions; and “(c)  the discipline and control of all members of staff of the Authority appointed under this Act.”

Dear Editor, I write on behalf of the Caribbean Network of Fisherfolk Organisation, the Guyana National Fisherfolk Organisation and the Suriname Fisherfolk Organisation ‒ Visserscollectief.

Dear Editor, Just last week, I examined the causal connection between taxation and fear and economic decline in the context of the Guyanese economy.

Dear Editor, To hang or not to hang has been a topic in Guyana, the Caribbean and much of the free world for several decades.

Dear Editor, I wish to express my appreciation for the complimentary remarks and invitation extended by Mr Annan Boodram of Caribbean Voice in his letter of 21st July in the Stabroek News, in the context of the ‘debate’ on rum and alcoholism, etc (‘Letter on alcoholism referred to all alcoholic drinks, not just rum’).

Dear Editor, Lunch-time second day of the first Test India v West Indies: I watched half of the morning session on TV and listened carefully to the comments of Bishop and Dujon about the handling of the bowlers.

Dear Editor, It is an accepted fact that politics in Guyana is defined and shaped by race; political parties are race based.

Dear Editor, There is not a better time for me when I pick up a book or newspaper and sink myself so deep, that I become transfixed in that moment of delight, where the author takes me on a journey and I am unaware of my wife beckoning.

Politikles

Narratives of America’s decline have become so entrenched in the US media that is possible to forget that the same news outlets that created, and continue to foster, such pessimism are responsible for giving Donald Trump an estimated US$2 billion in free media coverage.

Dear Editor, So lightning has struck again, this time the new Mabaruma Radio Station (SN, July 21).

Dear Editor, In relation to City Hall’s Parking Meter Project (PMP), I would first ask the question whether there is traffic congestion in the city centre, and what the possible solutions are.

Dear Editor, Having reached to the point of complete frustration, I am forced to seek the medium of your respected publication to hopefully encourage a response from the management of GTT to my company’s complaints regarding a GTT sign that is hanging in the balance between advertising GTT’s services and doing some serious damage.

Dear Editor, The top level of the Hope Canal concrete bridge should have been designed to be in line with the natural adjacent ground level to enable the base and sub-base material of the roadway and bridge to be at the same level.

Dear Editor, Your excellent editorial of July 21 was yet another important and urgent reminder of the horrific prevalence of child abuse both locally and worldwide.

Dear Editor, I note with lots of reservation the call by the international agencies and one of our own for the removal of laws permitting the death penalty, which is a legal tool to thwart crime especially murder, classified as a capital offence.

Dear Editor, A passing scrutiny of the local political scene has brought about some surprising results.

Dear Editor, In June 2015 when the Regional Democratic Council of Region Five held its first meeting to elect a Chairman and Vice Chair, it was decided by the council that the RDC statutory meeting would be held every third Thursday of the month. 

Dear Editor, The refusal of former Republican candidate, Ted Cruz, to endorse Donald Trump in the presidential race was the talking point on Thursday, not only in the United States, but the entire free world.

Dear Editor, It is with sadness I read of the passing of Anglican Bishop Randolph George.