Opinion

Dear Editor, As we celebrate our Independence Jubilee, many of us will be thinking of the next 50 years and how best to lay a foundation for a happy, prosperous future.

Dear Editor, The Region Three Chamber of Commerce is daunted by the many ills pervading our region and  the people as a whole.

Dear Editor, May 26 is upon us. Again. Many Guyanese know it to be the date of Guyana’s Independence.

Dear Editor, It has been one year since the APNU+AFC took power.

Dear Editor, Fifty years young can be a good feeling.  It has all the freshness, excitement and awe of the first fifty minutes of a new existence. 

Independence was born in circumstances of discord, and fifty years on the nation is still imprisoned in the straitjacket of that past.

Dear Editor, In my letter of May 18, I addressed the twin issues of life expectancy (LE) and healthy life expectancy (HLE) at birth only cursorily.

Dear Editor, I was most touched to read the memories of Independence recalled by Mr Laurie Greenidge, (‘Independence Day at the Palms, SN, May 13), in particular his playing of Guyana’s national anthem on the piano during the visit of the Duchess of Kent to the Palms during the celebrations in May 1966.

Dear Editor, What does it take for the ranks of the Lethem Police Station to take action on a report made about an alleged child molestation?

Dear Editor Please permit me to again make another clarion call for the injustice committed on members of the Guyana Police Force to be corrected.

Dear Editor, Finance Minister Winston Jordan is reported in the media to have said that a review will be commissioned by the IMF before any reduction of Value Added Tax (VAT) could be entertained.

Dear Editor, Elections in Guyana have never been about ideas. From the days of rigging to the more recent times of race-baiting, Guyana has been devoid of any election – won or lost – based on critical thinking.

Dear Editor, As we approach our 50th anniversary of Independence, the media need to take a serious look at themselves.

With the end of the country’s five-year parliamentary term formally due towards the end of November 2016, St Lucia’s Prime Minister Kenny Anthony took the occasion of a recent Budget address and debate, still to be concluded, to announce the dissolution of the country’s Parliament and the holding of general elections on June 6, thus leaving the conclusion of Budget proceedings to be undertaken either by his St Lucia Labour Party (SLP) or the current Opposition United Workers Party (UWP).

Politikles

Dear Editor, Leading up to our 50th Independence anniversary celebrations, some have taken upon themselves to reflect and share their opinions on the significance of that event in terms of Guyana’s political history.

Dear Editor, What is happening to Cheddi Jagan today has happened to many great men in history.

Dear Editor, There is an endless stream of ‘emergency’ situations in the health sector in Region 6 which makes possible the overriding of the tendering process.

Dear Editor, We, the nurses and members of Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU), disassociate ourselves from the article by Mr Sase Singh in the Kaieteur News of May 11, 2016.

Dear Editor, In a few days’ time Guyana will be celebrating its Golden Jubilee ‒ fifty years as an independent nation.