Opinion

Dear Editor, I would like to voice my frustration with the Ministry of Education’s pursuit of political self-interest and materialistic gains through the classroom grant for teachers.

Many adults today, more so the hip, younger crowd, those au fait with the latest technology and fashion trends, tend to credit themselves as being ‘street smart’ (or in local parlance, having ‘road sense’) and unlikely to be scammed by any two-bit hustler.

Dear Editor, The carnival-like celebrations were marred by chaos and confusion along city streets (SN September 26) bringing an otherwise successful tournament to an unbefitting end.

Dear Editor, Over the past few years and most recently, we have seen a clear demonstration of violence among youths in our streets, communities but primarily in our schools.

Dear Editor, I congratulate President Ali on a job well done with Richard Madeley, the British television presenter who was not qualified (in my opinion) to do that interview and should not have been allowed to.

Dear Editor, On a recent flight from Japan to the United States, I stumbled on a quote by Eric Arthur Blair, a British Indian essayist, novelist, journalist and critic, who under the penmanship of “George Orwell” said, “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”

Dear Editor, Congressman Jeffries of the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to meet with leaders of the Opposition party, PNC on Sept 27th in Washington, D.C. 

Dear Editor, Aubrey Norton underplayed his hand with Irfaan Ali on the Venezuela issue.

Dear Editor, How often have we heard the expression, “cricket is an age game?”

Dear Editor, Congratulations are in order for the Guyana Amazon Warriors for winning the finals!

Dear Editor, GHK Lall has an uncanny ability to obfuscate critically important issues.

Dear Editor, Congratulations to the Guyana Amazon Warriors! They have excelled above and beyond normal cricket talents.

Dear Editor, The post-match presentation where it was seen the TKR players removing their runner up medals, immediately after receipt, was disappointing, unsportsmanlike and it could be perceived as a collective show of rudeness to our President who placed the medals around their necks. 

The earliest public disclosure on Guyana’s first confirmed oil ‘strike’ by ExxonMobil back in 2015, was, without question, one of the most significant pieces of public information ever to be disseminated to the Guyanese public in the country’s history up to that time. 

Dear Editor, President Ali stood his ground during last week’s appearance on the British TV programme Good Morning Britain during the “interrogation” from one of the hosts Richard Madeley when asked about reparations from the descendants of British and Scottish slave owners in Guyana.

Dear Editor, What departed US Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch, and other Ameri-cans, couldn’t get done, the Venezuelans delivered. 

Dear Editor, It is important from the outset to state that the arbitral award of 1899 settled the border between Guyana and Venezuela.

Dear Editor, The snub of the Trinidad Knight Riders from a State breakfast was a crass move that did not go unnoticed and, has embarrassed Guyana on a world stage.