Opinion

Thursday’s Cartoon

Dear Editor, St Lucia has a new government. The Opposition United Workers Party defeated the incumbent Labour Party 11 seats to six.

Politikles

An announcement by the Caribbean American Domestic Violence Awareness (CADVA) group last week that it has begun working with the surviving children of domestic homicide is laudable and worthy of emulation.

Dear Editor, It was with some surprise that I read the Sports Scope column, ‘Rio’s troubled Games’ in the edition of June 6th, 2016 of your prestigious newspaper.

Dear Editor, The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) wishes to respond to several issues raised by Mr Mohamed Khan in a letter captioned ‘Follow-up on red-mite disease in coconuts needs to be done’, that was published in Stabroek News on June 6.

Dear Editor, The use of marijuana for recreational purposes cannot be a “good” thing.

Dear Editor, A little over a week ago on Sunday evening (May 29) I was casually browsing the television channels looking for something interesting to relieve my boredom when, by chance, I came upon a programme on TVG Channel 28, titled ‘The Factor’ hosted by Mr Neaz Subhan, who was interviewing Mr Ravi Dev, Mr David Hinds, and Mr Juan Edghill.

Dear Editor, I thank Mr Nowrang Persaud for his kind words – ‘Extraneous considerations should be avoided when selecting or promoting staff’ (SN, June 6). 

Dear Editor, The report that a hand grenade was thrown at the parked vehicle of Kaieteur News owner and publisher, Mr Glen Lall, is unsettling and a reminder that the Guyanese society since the rise of the criminal state under the PPP/C’s 23-year rule, is vulnerable to criminal conduct.

Dear Editor, June 5th was a day of perfect spring weather in New York, a day to go out in shirtsleeves.

Dear Editor, I join with all Guyanese in condemning the act of terror with respect to the throwing of the grenade at the vehicle of Kaieteur News publisher, Glen Lall.

Dear Editor, Nothing could have expressed the shock I felt when I read about the death of Kaieteur News’s Dale Andrews.

Cuba hosted the Seventh meeting of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) last week, in the current wider ideological atmosphere of the effort of normalization of Cuba-United States relations that has been welcomed by the wider hemisphere.

Politikles

Dear Editor, For those of us who have lived to experience and to celebrate the Guyana Golden Jubilee of Independence, the following poem, The Work of Christmas by Dr Howard Thurman (1899-1981) may be aptly transposed in the present context of the real work of the Golden Jubilee for all of us as Guyanese.

Dear Editor, The International Monetary Fund (IMF) compiles and releases an annual list of countries and their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita.

Dear Editor, I perused the recent list of police sergeants promoted to inspectors by the Police Service Commission.

Dear Editor, New evidence now suggests that the Indus Valley Civilisation, famous for its meticulously planned cities and impressive crafts, predates Egypt and Mesopotamia, with some signs of settlements dating back to over 9,200 years BP (before present). 

Dear Editor, Given the turmoil in West Indies cricket, and the unwillingness among the top brass to see any connection between mind and body, it seemed natural that victory in the first game would be followed by a horrible performance in the second.