Opinion
Construction of language in Article 182 pivotal to any court determination of presidential immunity
Dear Editor, There can be no doubt that sooner or later the courts of Guyana will be called upon to determine the entitlement of former Presidents of Guyana to immunity from civil or criminal process.
End corporal punishment in schools
Dear Editor, Our children are our most precious assets. They are the future leaders of our country.
Preposterous that GPL cannot provide pre-paid meter
Dear Editor, More than three years ago I received a mail from the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) stating that they will improve my experience as a customer and give me the benefit of monitoring my power usage and avoid disconnection by transitioning all post-paid meters to pre-paid meters.
What is the definition of the Indian they wish to protect and preserve?
Dear Editor, Dr Baytoram Ramharack, by any definition an “Indian Intellectual” (interesting book on Balram Singh Rai as pro-Indian militant), has written a letter which you published in your edition of October 28, “bemoaning,” and the word is chosen for its connotations, his perceived absence of Indo-Guyanese intellectuals pushing a racial agenda and doing so to national applause.
Comprehensive job evaluation exercise needed to unravel public service classification
Dear Editor, It is indeed difficult at this juncture of uncertainty across ranks, generations and other divisions, not to share their expressed perplexity about job values, more particularly in what is described as the Guyana Public Sector.
Suggestions for Calendar Committee
Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by His Holiness Swami Aksharanandaji as published in your newspaper and wish to thank him for bringing clarity to the question of the date which is in consonance with a previous letter by Pandit Balbadar for observance of Deepavali in Guyana this year which he has established to be the 10th of Novemberr as appropriate for Maha Lakshmi Puja and of course the traditional lighting of diyas.
Dutty pun Dutty build dam
Dear Editor, I would like you to publish my reflection on the old Guyanese statement ‘Dutty pun Dutty build dam’.
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Politikles
It hurts
The results of the West Indies’ Test series against Sri Lanka do not make for pretty reading.
Belizeans head to the polls
Dear Editor, Belizeans are going to the polls on November 4 either to elect a new government or to give the incumbent UDP another five-year term in office.
Outrage over suicides needs to be channelled into substantial action
Dear Editor, There is/has been a great deal of outrage over the apparent suicide of Guyanese rights activist, Zenita Teemal Nicholson, and rightly so.
This is cleaning 23 years of filth
Dear Editor, Please say it ain’t so – that Mr.
Given all that was happening it would have been foolish for the EU to disburse more money to PPP/C gov’t
Dear Editor, Relative to your online news item, `Ramotar chides EU Ambassador’ (October 27), I truly feel embarrassed for Guyanese that former Guyana President Donald Ramotar, who clearly does not know how to read political tea leaves, hence his unceremonious and unorthodox exit from active politics, has stepped right into political cow dung in full public view.
Caricom should seek summit with India
Dear Editor, India hosts a summit of 54 African nations this week to cement ties between the sub-continent and the African continent.
Clear lack of an intellectual tradition creates a number of challenges for the Indian
Dear Editor, A letter writer raised a question in reference to the recent controversy regarding Diwali celebrations in Guyana by asking “Where are the Indian intellectuals?”
Cartoon
Cartoon
Raising the standard of care
Guyana missed the bus, as did the rest of the Caribbean, with regard to reducing the rate of maternal mortality by three quarters as stipulated in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which ended this year.
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Politikles
Cadet Corps, People’s Militia should be reactivated soonest
Dear Editor, I wish to compliment our Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Brigadier Mark Phillips, for effectively conducting these military maneuvers, which are enormous positive reinforcements on the psyche on our citizens of Guyana, many of whom are distressed over the despicable claims of the Venezuelan Government, to take our lands, our peoples, and drive terror into our hearts.
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