Opinion
Practice of constructing highways in populous built-up areas must end
Dear Editor, A few days ago a young girl was horrifically killed in the blossoming of her youth.
Issue surrounding VC was specifically about ‘terminal leave’ as distinct from paid annual leave
Dear Editor, Your columns, over the recent weeks, have been replete with heated debate surrounding: the performance of the Vice-Chancellor of UG; his related employment contract; the legal status of the contending UG Unions; the decision-making process of the UG Council – all overtaken by the advice of the overseeing GTUC, via its President.
Andaiye lived her beliefs
Dear Editor, I write to add my personal tribute to Andaiye whom I was fortunate to know from my teenage years, as she was a friend of my father’s.
Malvinas are an integral part of Argentina’s national territory
Dear Editor, I am pleased to address you with regards to the Editorial `Chagos Islands’, published on May 26, 2019 in your newspaper, where erroneous statements are made regarding the question of the Malvinas.
Ministry making notable strides with education delivery in hinterland regions
Dear Editor, I wish to be afforded some space in your publication to point out, and in some way proffer an analysis of a posture taken by the Ministry of Education.
This was not the Jagan this nation knew
Dear Editor, What is this debate all about, whether Cheddi Jagan was a practising Hindu or whether Hinduism impacted the PPP?
Region Two cabinet outreach was a success
Dear Editor, The recent ministerial or Cabinet outreach in Region 2 (Pomeroon-Supenaam) at Damon Square can be termed a resounding success so far, and I say “so far” because there are some issues that were addressed almost immediately, but of course others would take some time.
Politikles
The new plutonium
The International Grand Committee on Big Data, Privacy and Democracy met for the second time last week, in Ottawa.
My role on UG council is to support policy formulation, not blindly back positions by the unions
Dear Editor, The following response is to a letter `Unless there is a change in GTUC’s stance on university matters, UG unions will withdraw from it’ emanating from the UGSSA and UGWU that was published in the Stabroek News of 30th May, 2019.
KN did not publish my reply to the allegation that I misled country on when oil find was known
Dear Editor, One of the features of our country’s history is the role that the media played in political developments.
Pressing the issue of ‘ancestral claim’ has serious consequences
Dear Editor, Now that the largesse from our oil riches is about to make its appearance in the country’s coffers and perhaps pockets of some, the clamour for a share of national endowment as a matter of ancestral right is becoming more frequent and getting louder and more insistent.
Ludicrous for Lewis to say that I am behind industrial dispute at UG
Dear Editor, In a letter on me published in this newspaper on June 2, Lincoln Lewis wrote: “It is becoming more evident that Kissoon is behind the confusion in the University of Guyana (UG) industrial environment.
Sister Andaiye was very principled and courageous
Dear Editor, An outstanding African-Guyanese freedom fighter and revolutionary has made the transition.
Our young people elevated to positions of responsibility must be in the vanguard for justice
Dear Editor, Yesterday I read with great interest in the Stabroek News that the `City Chamber Head says SARA probe of oil blocks `waste of time.’’
Can’t the police hire taxis?
Dear Editor, The failure of ‘the police’ to immediately respond to reports of various transgressions continues to be blamed on the non-availability of police vehicles.
Policing and traffic management
We begin from the perspective that traffic management, when added to overall law enforcement, saddles the Guyana Police Force with a level of responsibility which the human and material resources at its disposal does not allow it to deliver to the general satisfaction of the citizenry as a whole.
Politikles
Police force has a lot of explaining to do over events at Agricola accident scene
Dear Editor, Please permit me, through you, to ask either our Police Commissioner, Traffic Chief, or even our Minister of Public Security a few questions in the light of recent events.
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