Opinion

If you didn’t get QC, it’s not the end of the world

Dear Editor, Common Entrance results were released recently. We are once again in the periodical summer whereby an eleven or twelve year old may be ecstatic and zealous or unhappy and depressed.

Letters to the Editor

Authorities should undertake thorough probe of Wakapoa deaths, bitter cassava industry badly hit

Dear Editor, A fortnight ago today, the Indigenous community of Wakapoa on the Pomeroon laid to rest two of its members who allegedly consumed food processed from bitter cassava.

Letters to the Editor

Unbiased investigation needed of death of Lallbachan Bachan

Dear Editor, I am extremely disturbed at the increasing amount of our citizens who are dying or suffering serious and debilitating injuries while in police custody.

Letters to the Editor

This summit showed how big a player Guyana is on the world oil stage

Dear Editor, Dr Mark Bynoe, the Head of the Department of Energy in Guyana, re-assured a room full of oil men and prospective investors that the government of Guyana would treat them fairly and transparently in their dealings on the huge oil reserves off-shore Guyana.

Letters to the Editor

We should only be teaching Maths and English at primary level

Dear Editor, Einstein once said that the true definition of crazy is when we do the same thing over and over expecting different results.

Letters to the Editor

Too much emphasis on cognitive development at the expense of other domains of knowledge

Dear Editor, I wish to congratulate all those students who excelled at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment Examination.

Letters to the Editor

Being dissed is not the way to go out

Dear Editor, I am of the firm belief that that modern day icon of West Indies cricket should not allow what happened to the other icon of modern day WI cricket to befall him.

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My kids are blessed to be growing up in America

Dear Editor, As America celebrates the national holiday to mark its birth as a country, my kids are blessed to be growing up in that country.

Politikles

Editorial

The Cuban connection

Georgetowners have been noticing the presence of Cubans for quite a while now, but in recent times they appear to be even more in evidence on our streets.

Letters to the Editor

Guyanese need to be educated at a higher standard in English to pass the other subjects

Dear Editor, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate those who did well in their exams.

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I prorogued Parliament to allow time for political discussions

Dear Editor, Mr. Eusi Kwayana, in a letter published in the Stabroek News of June 22, 2019 `Best option will be agreement between Gov’t and Opposition on timing of elections’, stated that the PPP/C government of 2011 to 2015 prorogued the National Assembly ‘without explanation’.

Letters to the Editor

Main noise nuisance offenders are the gov’t and the city

Dear Editor, I can empathise with Ms Zorina Gafoor who along with countless other residents suffered the illegal decibel levels of noise emanating from MovieTowne Mall during the recent GTT Jingles Competition Finals: `MovieTowne event disrupted residents’ (SN July 3rd, 2019).

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Land leases granted after passage of Motion of No Confidence should be subject to review

Dear Editor, The revelations by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo about the allocation of land to certain government functionaries are startling.

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Electoral demographics behind strident opposition calls for elections now

Dear Editor, The calls from the opposition quarters have been loud and insistent: elections now.

Letters to the Editor

Let civil society nominate candidates for GECOM Chairman

Dear Editor, I hate to make public statements on political matters, but as many a wise person has said, we are all consumed by the politics of the day; and so, perhaps unwisely, I venture a contribution.

Editorial

Alcohol warnings

There was welcome news last week that the members of the West Indies Rum and Spirits Producers’ Association (WIRSPA) will be (hopefully soon) introducing alcohol labels, “that contain visual guides against drinking and driving, underage consumption and drinking during pregnancy, all areas of concern both for producers and for the health sector.”