Opinion

The report published in last Friday’s issue of the Stabroek News regarding the physical assault on Fort Wellington Secondary School teacher Marlon Daniels by relatives of a student who both Mr.

Dear Editor, Though the remarks were withdrawn, one wonders though on what basis, controversial remarks made at a political meeting, found its way on the floor of a recent council meeting of Region 5, before being swiftly shut down?

Dear Editor, We have called on the Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) by letter dated March 16 to postpone its Public Hearing scheduled for March 22 on the 300 MW Gas-Fired Power Plant to be located at Wales, West Demerara.

Dear Editor, The new eID Cards for USD $34 Million, Industry back-channel quote for USD $17 Million is awfully Expensive.

Dear Editor,  A few days ago, a friend asked me to help a lady figure out why her electricity bill is way above average.

Dear Editor, If we ever needed a reason for all the drama that Edison Jefford endured last year when he tried to host his annual Futsal event, look no further than the just launched Kashif and Shanghai ‘One Guyana’ tournament.

Dear Editor, A string of train derailments recently in the USA has created heightened attention to rail safety nationwide.

Dear Editor, I recall that during the 1980s I could visit Barbados regularly.

As if there was some monumental exigency, the government on March 10th hurriedly signed virtually a US$34m contract with a German company for the rollout of an electronic citizenship card which is intended to contain a wide range of personal information including a tax ID number, blood type etc.

Dear Editor, Our political founding fathers’ collective vision back in the late 1940s through the 1950s & 1960s were to unite Guyana in their quest for an independent and free Guyana.

Dear Editor,  I write with reference to your lead article of March 18th reporting: “The visiting chairman of the all-powerful US House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, Jason Smith has underlined the need for expanding American participation in the Guyana oil and gas sector and to outcompete China in this arena”.

Dear Editor, I refer to the content of the Sunday Stabroek editorial of March 12, titled “Hate-speech”.

Dear Editor,  I thank Ms Baxter, PRO for her response of March 16 in SN to my recent letter on NIS and contributors/pension issues. 

Dear Editor, Teachers once revered as being at the helm of imparting education, now find themselves at the receiving end of physical altercation. 

Dear Editor,  The writer was so pleased to see how well Keith looked in the photograph contained in his eloquent reflection of a painful, albeit professional life — in SN of Sunday, March 12.

Dear Editor, The PNCR, a predominantly black political party in Guyana, was recently thrust into the spotlight when four of its Indian members spoke out against derogatory and hurtful remarks made about the East Indian community during a public meeting held by the Working People’s Alliance.

Dear Editor, You will recall that Guyanese were all taken by surprise by the revelations of an interview conducted by renowned news agency, VICE News from the United States of America. 

Leader of the PNCR Aubrey Norton has finally spoken on the inflammatory and racist statements made by Mr Tacuma Ogunseye in Buxton the week before last.