Opinion

Dear Editor, The PPP/C must be congratulated for its massive victory in the local government elections.

On March 11 this year, Mr Neptrid Hercules, who was just seven months shy of retirement, having worked in the mining industry for some 42 years, disappeared along with the bulldozer he was operating when an earthen structure in the area where he was working collapsed.

Dear Editor, The fire at Mahdia revealed the urgent need to bring in major change into delivery of education in Guyana.

Dear Editor, Though Local Government Elections (LGE) results are still incomplete, some positions can be taken. 

Dear Editor, In the light of Father’s Day and the month-long celebration of Men’s Mental Health in June, I strongly believe that this matter needs to be addressed.

Dear Editor, I thank Dr. Leslie Ramsammy for his recent hopeful statements with regard to his intention to reinject some energy and momentum into policing the legislation passed some years ago to rein in tobacco consumption in Guyana, which effectively banned its use in Government Buildings and other Public Spaces.

Dear Editor, A few months ago GPL claimed that it will establish a network of qualified persons on Leguan to connect new meters.

Dear Editor, Now that the polls have closed for the Local Government elections, SOPs submitted, votes tabulated and results declared.

Dear Editor, In the June 12,2023, Local Government Election, I ran as an Independent Candidate for Constituency 9- Zeeburg- DeWillem, in Region 3, on the WCD.

Dear Editor, CRG extends its congratulations to all those who successfully participated in the Local Government Elections.

Two recent occurrences, seemingly worlds apart, bear a common thread. The tragic fire at the school dormitory in Mahdia which led to the loss of 20 children, and the charges under the Espionage Act laid against former American president Donald Trump, have prompted the same question: wherein lies the extent of the moral and legal responsibility of government officials?

Dear Editor, A letter appearing in the Kaieteur News, June 07, 2023, edition, from a Kevin Morgan, self-described as a former lawyer, petroleum programme – Government of Guyana, entitled, “Just some thoughts on Oil and Gas Insurance,” gives the local industry this opportunity to clarify certain inaccuracies and misconceptions therein.

Dear Editor, Our angelic lawyers and appellate judges are debating in medieval terms whether ‘assurance’ or ‘insurance’ or ‘full liability coverage’ or ‘complete indemnity’ can all sit on the head of a pin. 

Dear Editor, I am a parent of a child at Christ Church Secondary School.

Dear Editor, I have noted over the years that your publication has been a conduit through which readers may share their frustrations with the NIS as they seek to claim their pension.

Dear Editor, The big leagues are forming a line and coming to primetime (“Major fund managers eyeing oil $$” -SN, June 11, 2023). 

Whenever tragedies of the magnitude of the May 22 Mahdia Dormitory Fire occur our earliest thoughts rush in the direction of the victims, anchoring us to the tragedy, causing us, from our respective distances to tender condolences which we hope might translate into some measure of comfort.