Opinion

Dear Editor, The six-year-old who died in the fire trying to save his brother’ s life was a hero.

Official public acceptance of responsibility in instances of tragic occurrences for which government might reasonably be expected to shoulder the responsibility is not part of the political DNA of this country.

Dear Editor, Do Caribbean cricket people not find it odd and worthy of comment that Marlon Samuels was not selected by any CPL team for 2016, although he was the MVP in the World Cup final?

Dear Editor, The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) wishes to respond to a former President in what he describes as a ‘missive’ in one of the political parties’ weekend newspaper publications.

Dear Editor, I am a worried citizen of Suriname who writes in relation to the statement that the President of my country delivered to the heads of government at the recent Caricom meeting in Georgetown. 

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter from Mr Ralph Ramkarran captioned ‘It was the mistake of the WPA…’ published in the SN of July 9.

Dear Editor, Whether we like it or not, police killings in the US are a race problem.

Dear Editor, For at least the last decade or so India has been among the most important cricket countries both in terms of the quality of its cricket, and its contribution to the financing of international cricket and cricketers.

Friday morning’s tragic death by fire of two brothers at the state-run Drop-In Centre on Hadfield Street is a stark reminder of the dire circumstances of a prominent number of families and the state’s obligation to assist them.

Politikles

Dear Editor, After ten years since it was inaugurated only four countries, Guyana, Barbados, Belize and recently Dominica have joined the Appellate Jurisdiction of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), and two countries, Grenada and Antigua and Barbuda have initiated steps to get on board.

Dear Editor, Please allow me the opportunity to respond to two letters posted in your publication by GHK Lall on June 14 and June 30 entitled ‘Where have all the ministers gone?’

Sunday  Cartoons

More than fourteen thousand students sat down to write the Grade Six Assessment this year, only a small percentage of whom qualified for entry into the nation’s better secondary schools.

Dear Editor, I am responding to a letter published in Kaieteur News on July 9, 2016, entitled ‘Mr.

Dear Editor, Kindly spare me a few lines to comment on a letter in yesterday’s edition of your newspaper regarding the sponsorship by local businesses of the national day celebrations of friendly countries with diplomatic representation in Guyana (‘Local businesses should not be asked by foreign missions to sponsor events like American Independence Day’).

Dear Editor, I wish to clarify some aspects of Mr Ogunseye’s assertions in his letter of July 7 (‘After meeting State Department officials Jagan had no more interest in a PCD agreement to contest elections’).

Dear Editor, On behalf of all the lesser mortals and ‘nobodies’ in our dear land, I wish to enquire why, in the 21st century, we are required to appear before a magistrate to answer charges related to minor traffic offences and are treated by officers of the Guyana Police Force as though we’re criminals.

Dear Editor, There have been many articles on our forest industry’s performance over the years, where various intellectuals point out the weak returns from our ‘humongous’ forests, which only contribute a minor percentage to our gross national income.