Opinion

As we had opined early in the life of the APNU+AFC administration (SN, June 2, 2015), the appointment of Carl Greenidge as the country’s Foreign Minister was a clear signal by the new government of “a serious readiness to place economic diplomacy on its diplomatic front burner.”

Dear Editor, The latest discovery of the young couple Kavita Ackloo and Ramesh Beharry on the seawall, victims of a seeming suicide pact, once again brings home the grim fact that suicide is on the rise in Guyana.

Dear Editor, I am writing to bring attention to a troubling interaction I had last week when I stopped at the Mahaica Hospital to make a routine inquiry.

Dear Editor, Characterizing the Geneva Agreement of February 17, 1966, as “the Lazarus Agreement,” attorney Lalu Hanuman lays the blame for Venezuela’s claim to Essequibo at the feet of late President Burnham in his November 3, letter in SN, titled ‘Geneva Agreement revived a dead claim.’

Dear Editor, The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) did immense work in the Berbice area during the last election campaign which ended in May.

Dear Editor, I am delighted to read that a judge fined another officer of the court $10,000 for lateness.

Dear Editor, As the discussion continues with regard to whether Diwali is the 10th or the 11th, some have chosen to politicize the discussion and have become very abusive.

Dear Editor, When the controversy about the sudden 50% raise for the higher echelons of the administration unfolded I wanted to see it in black and white, and I did so with calculator in hand.

Dear Editor, A letter from Dr Baytoram Ramharack responds to my comments on his initial contribution decrying the paucity of Indian intellectuals articulating that group’s “dilemma” and asserting its “identity” (‘Indian intellectuals should advocate for an equal space in national dialogue which does not evoke charges of racism’ SN, November 3).

Dear Editor, I just wanted to correct one item in Dr Ramharack’s letter (‘Indian intellectuals should provide guidance on potentially divisive matters’ SN, November 4).

Dear Editor, Just one minute, please. Is Diwali celebrated on the night of the New Moon, or on Amavasya?

Dear Editor, I joined the AFC in 2005 after I left the PPP.

The perplexing deaths of 18-year-old Ramesh Beharry and 19-year-old Kavita Ackloo on Monday last, which followed closely on the heels of that of social activist Zenita Nicholson last week are a sure indication that efforts need to be redoubled where mental health strategies are concerned, with particular emphasis on depression and suicide.

Dear Editor, When Celina Atlantic Resort was first proposed I wrote a letter that this structure was in defiance of the Sea Defence Act.

Dear Editor, Dialogue is a feature in healthy democracies. When it works well, dialogue generates knowledge, consensus and cohesion.

Dear Editor, The editorial (November 1) has provided a very succinct and thoughtful perspective on the evolution of the controversy arising from Venezuela’s claims since 1962 under successive administrations for the 1899 border settlement to be invalidated.

Dear Editor, Over the last decade, we’ve been subjected to changing rules on tint with the latest position not being too clear.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Trades Union Con-gress (GTUC), as a matter of principle, calls on government to treat all workers equally and eschew any practice of double standards.