Opinion

Dear Editor, In a recent article ‘Double standards hurt West Indies chance to rebuild’ written by Colin Benjamin and published in ESPN Sports Media Ltd, the writer posed the following question: “Why is the WICB, one of the weakest boards in the world financially, trying to deny its best players from earning money from one of the few viable sources in the convoluted  global cricket climate, which it and its fellow global administrations haven`t managed to stabilize?”

Dear Editor, My attention was drawn to a large advertisement board which was recently erected in the city by a prominent local company.

Politikles

In the fullness of time one expects that the recently completed Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Public Service of Guyana will become the subject of vigorous public discourse and that such discourse will take account of, among other things, which of its recommendations are accepted by the President and the manner and speed with which those accepted recommendations are implemented.

Dear Editor, I read Kit’s letter  `Correia’s company and determination built the Eugene F Correia airport’ (SN, May 21, 2016) and wanted to establish just for the public record, I do not have any conflict with Kit Nascimento, either at a personal or at a professional level.

Dear Editor, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova stated: “The enemies of human rights always attack cultural diversity which symbolizes the freedom to be and to think, and which is unbearable to them.

Dear Editor, I understand that road works have started on Carifesta Avenue, a road without any major defects at this time.

Dear Editor, Reading what is taking place in Venezuela under the Nicolás Maduro government aches my heart.

Dear Editor, By the time of my birth in 1950, my mother’s family had been in British Guiana for 150 years.

Dear Editor, Homestretch Avenue is a critical artery in the morning commute of workers.

Dear Editor, I was recently reminded of my youthful attachment to the Ministry of Communication and Works, when it was included as part of the Interim Government assembled by the British colonial administration following the suspension of the British Guiana constitution in 1953.

Dear Editor, I read of a political leader showered with abuse and worse during a recent walk around the market square.

Dear Editor, I have discovered that the average person in Guyana does not honour his contractual obligations easily.

Politikles

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Mr E B John’s letter in the Stabroek News of Saturday, 21st May, titled:   ‘Merit compensation in the public service was aborted by the last regime’ which adverted to mine in the various local newspapers recently on issues relating to performance related pay.

While the release of the forensic audits into a clutch of state agencies and related bodies is revealing quite a lot about poor governance and dodgy financial practices under the PPP/C administration it is also presenting questions about the modus operandi of the APNU+AFC government.

Dear Editor, I’m writing to bring attention to what has become a growing trend within the legal profession in Guyana.

Dear Editor, It is largely agreed by law-abiding citizens that the traffic situation calls for serious and sustained attention and effort at all levels. 

Sunday’s Cartoon

Dear Editor, There was a time in this country at the level of government, where not to know what was happening in an area of responsibility was considered a travesty and persons were held to account.