Opinion

Dear Editor, At about 3 pm on the 22nd of February, I was agitated by the sound of blows being rained down on a screaming child over the road from where I work (location provided).

Dear Editor, Given the fact that there has been no local democratic renewal in Guyana for almost two decades, Guyanese, understandably, have numerous questions about local government.

Dear Editor, Sherwood Lowe in a letter to the editor (‘Acting CJ’s interpretation ignores…’ SN, Feb 22) refers to the “rules of careful English” as a principle of statutory interpretation.

Dear Editor, Stag Stage Four came and went, and I am quite sure that with the level of support the receives, the organisers must be extremely pleased with the returns on their investment in 2016.

Dear Editor, The Minister of Finance notes with concern an article carried in Monday’s edition of Stabroek News captioned `PPP complains to Norway over `undermining’ of forest partnership,’ which cites a letter from PPP Member of Parliament Gail Teixeira to Per Fredrik Pharo, Director of Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative.

Dear Editor, President Putin has confirmed that the International Syria Support Group, chaired by Russia and the US, has adopted terms for a ceasefire in Syria commencing February 27, 2016.

Dear Editor, It seems that more and more persons are becoming mentally unstable or are being driven to suicide in Guyana.

Dear Editor, Not since the heady days of Donald Haynes and Cecil ‘Skip’ Roberts as Crime Chiefs ably supported by the likes of Ignatius McRae, Vernon Gentle, Henry Chester, and Michael Marks, to name just a few, have I seen the kind of successes the Guyana Police Force through its Criminal Investigations Department is having these days.

The last general elections for the Jamaica House of Representatives having been held in October 2011, the country goes to the polls tomorrow, with all 63 seats being contested by the two main political parties, the ruling Peoples National Party led by Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller and the Jamaica Labour Party led by former Prime Minister, Andrew Holness.

Politikles

Dear Editor, Scores of families in Region Two who are engaged in the rearing of pigs and poultry now face a threat to their survival from an acute shortage of local stockfeed, with the price of bran having jumped to an all-time high of $1,200 for a 60 pound bag.

Dear Editor, The rice farmers are faced with disappearing markets, something which has been exacerbated by the rising costs of production and low prices.

Dear Editor, The recently published pronouncement that the Report of the CoI into the Public Service will be ready by February 29, 2016, offers no reason for applause.

Dear Editor, Kitty Market stallholders and vendors welcome the long overdue restoration works being carried out on the Kitty Market.

Dear Editor, There is a general clean-up campaign going on. While we are at it, wouldn’t it be nice if we could start a campaign, or rather, stop a campaign that has been going on for years now, ie, that of calling people false or offensive names?

Dear Editor, Without exaggerating, there could well be more, but not less than one thousand locations from where the illegal sale of alcoholic beverages takes place in Region 2.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) wishes to respond to Lydia Persaud’s letter which was published in the February 21, edition of the Guyana Chronicle under the caption, ‘Please investigate the Post Office.’

Dear Editor, The communities of Bachelors Adventure, Paradise and Melanie Damishana are all set to celebrate Mash 2016 with a grand fun day on Mash Day, 23rd February organized by the Bachelor’s Adventure/Paradise Youth Sports and Culture Club.

The contract employee debate that surfaced some weeks ago and which is still ensuing in some quarters has raised some interesting questions about the prospects for a professional public service in the future.