Opinion

There are some things about the proliferation of reports regarding the presence of narcotics (latterly it is the drug ecstasy that has been ‘making the running,’ so to speak) in schools that are deeply troubling.

Dear Editor, I want to share my experience at the Woodlands Hospital in Georgetown on Monday, 17th June 2019.

Dear Editor, I can tell you with 100% certainty that the British Chevening Scholarship does not work this way, since I won one in 1999.

Dear Editor, The mission statement of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MOPI) that is posted on the ministry’s website is “To plan, build and maintain a reliable, safe, efficient and cost-effective Main Road Network and Sea and River Defense system to protect life and property; support the movement of people, goods and services; reduce the cost of transportation; promote economic growth and quality of life and protect the environment.”

Dear Editor, The University of Guyana’s second Diaspora and Entrepreneurship Conference scheduled for July 21-25, 2019, will now be held on a date to be announced.

Dear Editor, In this instance, it is a cop.  Only one. 

Predictably, in its report on the IMF Article IV visit, the Department of Public Information (DPI) on Saturday stated that Prime Minister Nagamootoo had declared to the mission that “all is well in Guyana on the governance front”.

Dear Editor, Response is being made to the letter dated 10th June 2019, captioned `I agree that the General Secretary is a one-man show at the GTUC,’ which was signed by Eon Andrews in his capacity as Vice President of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC).

Dear Editor, What does it take to get punished in this country?

Dear Editor, What did Bill Gates (Microsoft), Steve Jobs (Apple), Jeff Bezos (Amazon), Tim Berners-Lee (the Internet), Larry Page (Google), Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), and Elon Musk (Tesla) all have in common?

Dear Editor, June 16th, 2019 marks 71 years since the brutal and cold-blooded murder of five sugar workers at the hands of colonial police.

Dear Editor, Perusing some old 1972 newsprints during a research project, I came across a Guyanese actress who seemingly was about to make it big in movies but apparently it didn’t happen because of her belief that stripping for the movies was not healthy.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to your editorial, ‘Luck of the draw’ (SN: 09/06/19) in which you claim “the draw seems heavily weighted in India’s favour.”

Whoever believes that there is an easy route out of Guyana’s political dilemma is probably labouring under a misapprehension.

Dear Editor, In his response to a letter to the editor written by a ‘concerned junior officer’ of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), President Granger, through the Ministry of the Presidency, instead of addressing what appeared to be legitimate concerns raised by the junior officer chose to take aim at the PPP/C administration.

Dear Editor, The Alliance For Change (AFC) would be holding its Conference today.

Dear Editor, This is meant to alert the general public. Scammers and imposters are out plying their trade and the Lower East Coast seems to be the targeted area.