Opinion

Dear Editor, As Professor Opadeyi is about to take his leave as Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana (UG), Professor Nigel Harris, Chancellor of the UG, and Mr Joshua Griffith, President of the UG Students’ Society (UGSS), have publicly expressed their praise of him for his stewardship (‘UG Council approves transformation team’, (Stabroek News, November 16; and ‘Professor Opadeyi improved UG – insists UGSS President’, Kaieteur News, November 23).

Dear Editor, It redounds already to the credit of the administration that Minister Ronald Bulkan wrote to you on Nov 23, rising to my challenge regarding local government elections (LGE).

Dear Editor, I would like to highlight some points for the attention of the public and the relevant authorities, in relation to my river dredge working on a privately owned river claim that is located around the Isseneru area.

Dear Editor, This new Ministry of Social Cohesion from what I have been reading, is not an original concept, however, it has long been a main missing ingredient which every nation desires.

Dear Editor, The effort wasted by Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence to defend her trips abroad, could have been better used to explain why, one year after I first submitted an application to adopt a child who’s biological mother I’m now married to, a child is being denied a father due to the incompetence of her stewardship in getting rid of an Adoption Board before a new one was even selected or approved by cabinet.

Dear Editor, As an eighteen year old student studying overseas, I was deeply distraught when I read the story about the recent suicide of a young woman at Kaieteur Falls.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Mr Abu Bakr’s query ‘Who is the Indian intellectual?’

Dear Editor, Karl Marx when asked what character trait he detested most in men said servility, which is a tendency to go along with positions taken by others, especially those in positions of authority even if it goes against their better judgement.

The murderous rampage in France, attributed to IS or IS-related forces, has forced the major powers of the Security Council to seek ways and means of agreement on a strategy, or strategies, for coping with the spread of the Syrian disorder, particularly onto the European continent.

Dear Editor, I cannot help but comment on the serious attempt that is being made to clean up our city, Georgetown.

Dear Editor, November 25, 2015 – Inter-national Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women – will mark Help & Shelter’s 20th anniversary.

Dear Editor, Minister of Finance Winston Jordan paints a rosy picture of Malaysian transnational logger known locally as the Barama Company Limited.

Dear Editor, The announced intent of the APNU+AFC and PPP that they are going to be participating in the local government elections (LGE) is an indication that the national politicians have an interest in determining and occupying every political space, stifling the free-spiritedness and local camaraderie of the people.

Dear Editor, According to a BBC news item, Morocco is focused on renewable energy production.

Dear Editor, Human needs are basically the same, that is the need for food, shelter and security.

Dear Editor, It was a breath of fresh air when I learnt that Patricia Chase-Green, Deputy Mayor, is interested in contesting for the mayorship.

Dear Editor, Several years ago the WICB (the board) recognized there was something inherently wrong with its governing structure, so it asked three prominent persons to look into it.

Dear Editor. I am venturing into deep water here. I am about to make a layman’s comparison in relation to a complex crisis.

The suddenness of Minister of State Joseph Harmon’s apology for his controversial ‘no apology’ remark made more than a month ago and arising out of the official announcement regarding a salary increase for ministers of government is not as small a matter as it might seem.