Opinion

Dear Editor, The APNU+AFC government has determined that the allocation of central government resources to the regional democratic councils, municipalities and neighbourhood democratic councils should be a function of their political support of the government.

Dear Editor, Help & Shelter calls on the APNU+AFC coalition to immediately remove Winston Harding as their candidate for the first past the post seat in Constituency 13 (East and West Ruimveldt) in view of the fact that he has been repeatedly charged with child sexual abuse as reported in Stabroek News of 16 March, 2016.

Dear Editor, The Merundoi local government debates which were organized in collaboration with NCN and other sponsors without a doubt proved to be enlightening, especially for the electorate in the Georgetown municipality.

Dear Editor, It is being suggested that Guyana would experience greater progress in social and economic development than it has in the past fifty years, if far more resources were brought to bear on the implantation of scientific/technological/ environmental literacy into the general Guyanese culture.

Dear Editor, Powerful countries have often demanded that other countries behave towards them in accordance with the dictum ‘Do as I say, not as I do’.

Dear Editor, As expected there is heightened interest in the wellbeing of the community on the part of those competing to become officers of the Linden municipality.

Dear Editor, In all the newspapers and on the radio and television the general public is being warned to take precautions against the spread of mosquitoes and the Zika virus by having all containers that can hold water properly covered or destroyed.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Reparations Commit-tee’s claim for land for Africans as reparation payment is flawed (‘The government should immediately freeze the granting of land leases to anyone until the reparatory land issue is addressed’, SN, March 12).

Dear Editor, Among the good news these days is the current one trending that the United States of America, during this Obama administration, has unveiled new measures to make it far easier for Americans to visit Cuba and to ease limits on the use of US dollars in trade there.

Dear Editor, The problems and issues Mike Persaud (‘LBI-Better Hope NDC has not addressed a range of problems,’ SN, Mar 11) identifies in the LBI-Better Hope NDC are common to virtually all the 71 NDCs and municipalities, and virtually none of the local governments has addressed them in any serious manner.

On Tuesday, we reported that a ten-year-old boy was taken to the Springlands Police Station by his neighbours last Saturday and an allegation made that he had stolen something from them.

Dear Editor, Because we are at a critical juncture for the progress of democracy, I feel impelled to express plainly a view that risks alienating people who have always been polite to me.

Dear Editor, Region Two has not had an effective sports department since Mr Carl Brandon was seconded to the Ministry of Sport some eight years ago.

Dear Editor, Quite recently I was in conversation with a mother who was seeking help for her daughter, who was selected with six others to participate in the Carib-bean Union of Teachers, Students Track and Field Championship in July 2016.

Dear Editor, I refer to Dr Henry Jeffrey’s response (‘Trying for five years to indicate precisely what was said’ SN, March 15).

Dear Editor, Throughout history, politics has always been about the power struggle between the masses and their leaders.

A statement last week by Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, Dr DeLisle Worrell, indicates a certain optimism on the part of the authorities about the future of a Barbados economy which had barely indicated growth over almost a decade.

Dear Editor, It is unfortunate that the PM has become the victim of the radio licences’ issue.