Opinion

Last Monday, a Bill which potentially could be viewed in a sinister light was read for the first time in the National Assembly.

Dear Editor, The trade union movement in Guyana which was founded by the late Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow in 1919 was once a powerful force in our country.

Dear Editor, The OECD/G20 Inclusive Frame-work on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) is implementing a landmark reform to the international tax system, which will ensure multinational enterprises will be subject to a 15% effective minimum tax rate.

Dear Editor, As I noted a year ago, I am delighted to acknowledge Black History Month in February and observe Amerindian Heritage Month in September. 

Dear Editor, After making much ado about the selling of the now profitable hotel, with the reasoning that now is the right time, the sale is off the table, at least for now, as the bids are too low and not what was expected. 

Dear Editor, The PPP/C is ultra-hypocritical to “argue that public servants should not have political ties.”

Dear Editor, I refer to the article “Home Affairs PS was not travelling on gov’t business – Chandan-Edmond says she must go on leave” in the April 26 edition of your newspaper.

Dear Editor, I was most disappointed to hear the Former President say, during a recent press interview, that he did not have any interest in the alleged incident in which the Indian lawyer had allegedly spat upon the African policewoman and addressed her in very insulting terms.

Dear Editor, It is time citizens of Guyana have a national and frank discussion about the killing of our women, mothers, friends and daughters. 

Dear Editor, Here we go again, slapping at each other as we now approach local elections, with claims and counterclaims of rigging,  bribery of voters, smear tactics and outright political brinkmanship, and of course, the blame game.

Dear Editor, It has been 43 years since the constitution of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, ordered the establishment of the 10 Regional Democratic Councils as the local governing authorities for the regions, and 33 years since Order 51 established the lower-tier local governments authorities, municipalities, neighbourhood democratic councils, and to date, those authorities have not been given their full financial autonomy from central government to manage their local affairs.

Dear Editor, There is great excitement about the formalization of the National Intelligence and Security Agency.

Dear Editor, This a follow up to my previous letter on energy development, where I suggested that we, as a nation, pursue using the $2 Billion USD investment that was put aside for the gas to energy project to develop solar energy.

Dear Editor, It was at the behest of the late Messrs.

Dear Editor, A reputable jurist, Lord Denning, once stated that the ‘Law is an Ass’. 

In a rebuttal on April 26, the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance took umbrage at the April 23rd editorial in this newspaper entitled ‘Regional anti-corruption conference’.

Dear Editor, The APNU’s allegations that in the course of submitting of lists of candidates and nominators, acts of forgery, impersonation, intimidation and threatening behaviour were committed, is reminiscent of similar allegations made in the aftermath of the 2020 elections.

Dear Editor, International Occupational Safety and Health Day is being celebrated today April 28, 2023, under the theme: ‘A safe and healthy working environment is a fundamental principle and right at work’.

Dear Editor, Election is an important pillar in any democratic society and the recent revelations in the public domain regarding persons’ names appearing on the electoral list without their consent, persons who are deceased and who have been out of the jurisdiction for years appearing as signatories on those lists, should be taken very seriously.