Opinion

The critical roles expected of a minister and ministry of culture in a post-colonial society

Dear Editor, In any society emerging out of the ravages of imperial domination, colonial exploitation and polarisation, the Minister, and Ministry responsible for Youth, Sport & Culture has a powerful and enabling role to play in harmonising a nation to bring light where there was darkness and understanding; to dispell the of many myths created over the past several generations in Guyana.

Ending violence against children

Last week, November 7 and 8, Bogota, Colombia hosted the first ever Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children, an initiative of the governments of Colombia and Sweden in partnership with the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General on ending violence against children.

President Ali’s conduct towards these professionals was distasteful

Dear Editor, On the morning of Tuesday, November 13, 2024, just after my devotion at approximately 05:45hrs, I decided to check in with my phone and read a  posting by Big Smith News Watch, ‘President Irfaan Ali this morning called a 5:30 meeting with Government Ministers, their Permanent Secretaries, their Engineers and Contractors at State House, his official residence in Georgetown.’

PNCR has outlined many concrete plans for Guyana

Dear Editor, For someone who writes to the editor a lot, Mr Keith Bernard, judging from his letter in SN of 12 November (under the title “How many more strategic meetings must the PNCR have before they learn that spin doesn’t win elections”), could justifiably be accused of insufficient reading or, possibly, of having a political axe to grind.

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