Opinion

Dear Editor, The leading headline in Guyana Times on the 7th of July, 2016, reads ‘AML/CFT concerns… Bank of America severs ties with Guyana’.

Dear Editor, I don’t know what’s happening with Dynamic Airways but the airline seems to be having some serious flight delays recently, none of which seem to be publicised in the media.

Dear Editor, Ms Gail Teixeira, MP, held a press conference on July 6 and spoke on the old age pension, which she made an issue of controversy.

Dear Editor, The political parties in Guyana should consider emulating the action of the ruling PNM in Tobago, part of the binary state of Trinidad and Tobago, in allowing party members to choose the leader; elections for the PNM leadership in Tobago were held last week.

Dear Editor, Editor, a few weeks ago I went to cash a cheque at the bank which has a blue symbol.

Dear Editor, I read on cricinfo that Sri Lanka was the only major cricket country that opposed the proposed two-tier Test system.

Three days ago, during what should have been a routine traffic stop to check on a bad tail light, police in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, shot 32-year-old Philando Castile four times ‒ killing him.

Politikles

Dear Editor, Please allow me to highlight an unsavoury habit that is being practised by a few foreign missions in Guyana, namely, the sponsorship of events such as American Independence Day and Canada Day celebrations by local entities.

Dear Editor, Every day I look at the news in the papers and every day I see signs that we Guyanese are abused by everyone who comes here to our country to do business and take our national resources or our money.

Dear Editor, This letter in Kaieteur News dated July 6, captioned, ‘Pas lil something and you board the ferry’  seems to me like a fairy story.

Dear Editor, This letter is a continuation of the search for the location of the first Hindu temple to be erected in British Guiana.

Back in April 2008, the Guyana Government issued a ban on two Jamaican artistes after a local concert headlined by famous Jamaican dancehall artiste ‘Bounty Killa’ descended into a glorification of guns and an odious rant against the gay community, and was further marred by actual gunfire.

Dear Editor, I was as shocked as everyone else when I saw the news that another Black man had become the victim of well-known executioners in uniform – the police in the US.

Dear Editor, For the Grade Six children who didn’t make the “Top Schools” I say Don’t Give Up!

Dear Editor, I write with reference to the article appearing in Stabroek News on 2nd July, 2016 saying that former President Donald Ramotar had released a letter showing Mr Brian Tiwarie’s backing for the PPP up to a month before the polls.

Dear Editor, It was a very beautiful surprise to me to read the article by Stabroek News reporter, Joanna Dhanraj, in her June 19th column ‘The World beyond Georgetown’ that focused on Aurora, and her subsequent column on July 2nd on Adventure.

Dear Editor, The Mayor and City Council has not been well parked for decades ‒ certainly before the days (and nights) of APNU+AFC, since whose arrival it has been reduced to a ‘community’ – in disregard of the Municipal and District Councils Act 1969.

Dear Editor, The results of the National Grade Six Assessment Examination formerly referred to as the Secondary Schools Entrance Examination, and before that, the Common Entrance Examination revealed that much more needed to be done to reduce disparities in student attainment levels, especially with respect to rural and hinterland schools.

Dear Editor, Bath/Woodley Park NDC rented the Bath Community Centre Ground for a public show (‘Clash Of The Titans’).