Opinion

Dear Editor, There are few, if any, people qualified to make pronouncements about national characteristics, and Mark Nicholas, an ICC official, is certainly not one of them.

When atrocities become a recurrent feature of contemporary life they can stretch our capacity for empathy close to its limit.

Dear Editor,   I have had an opportunity to read and study the decision of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) dated 5th July 2016 in the matter The Medical Council of Guyana appellant and Dr Rama Sahadeo Respondent.

Dear Editor, I read a letter to the editor in SN, dated July 9, 2016, captioned ‘Dynamic flights are often delayed’ and would like to offer the following response.

Dear Editor, Let me state that I have the utmost respect for Colonel Nazrul Hussain of the Guyana Defence Force and wish to applaud his appointment as head of the Department of National Events under the Ministry of the Presidency.

Dear Editor,   My late maternal grandmother left with me an erudite message that clearly instructs that in choosing one’s thoughts and actions one should base them on a set of core-character values not dollars or fame.

Dear Editor,   The development of a nation is dependent on those placed in authority to guide the process of ensuring strong efficient institutions that respond positively to the needs of the masses.

Dear Editor,   It was Winston S Churchill who said, “I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.”

Dear Editor,      This is indeed an exciting era for fast bowling once again in the Caribbean, and for the emerging talent to seize the opportunity.

Politikles

Dear Editor, A couple of days ago I was walking down Regent Street and saw this very interesting scene of sleeping humans in the company of a dog (see photo below).

Now that the dust has settled after the publishing of the results of the National Grade Six Assessment, and the accolades have been rightly bestowed on the top performers from around Guyana, it is perhaps a good idea to take a moment to reflect upon those in the education system, particularly the secondary school system, who may see themselves as having failed, when in truth, it may be the system which has failed them.

Dear Editor, To say that we at The Caribbean Voice are aghast that barrels of liquor flowed at CPL matches at the National Stadium would be an understatement.

Dear Editor, I am a concerned parent, having a child who is entering West Ruimveldt Primary school.

Dear Editor, The new chairman speaks: “If you think you can travel around the world in jets, play twenty over cricket, and make enough money to set yourself up for life, you will represent the West Indies over my dead body.”

Dear Editor All the telephone lines at Little Diamond are crossed.

Dear Editor, Walter Willis’s memorial will be the many buildings and projects he supervised so well in Guyana from the stadium to the airport and many others.

Sonia George’s narration of the unfortunate series of events before and after the deaths of two of her five children last week while in the state’s care, reveals the callousness with which the family was treated by an arm of the government set up to care for the country’s most vulnerable citizens.

Dear Editor, Britain has got a new Prime Minister. She is Mrs Theresa May who is the second female Prime Minister of Britain.