Opinion

Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force has in the short space of two weeks been engaged in shoot-outs with bandits with similar results, three dead bandits in Black Bush Polder and three in Norton Street. 

Dear Editor, The US State Department Travel Advisory for Guyana was short but impressive. 

Dear Editor, I join Nigel Westmaas and Clement Rohee (SN June 2) in paying rich tribute to Sister Andaiye who lost her battle against cancer.

Dear Editor, The threat to impose  tariffs on Mexican  goods has galvanized that country to take action and step up measures to curb migration in order to defuse a tenuous situation with its across-the- border trade partner.

Dear Editor, It is with profound sadness that the Minister of Natural Resources Hon.

With the passing on Friday of social justice activist Andaiye, this is an appropriate point to reflect on the sage words she co-authored with Eusi Kwayana and Moses Bhagwan in the Stabroek News’ In the Diaspora column of January 8, 2018 on the APNU+AFC government’s stewardship and the plight of the laid-off sugar workers.

Dear Editor, Please refer to my letter of 24th May and published in SN of Monday 27, 2019 under the heading `Dynamic human resources management urgently needed in public service’.

Dear Editor, How can one begin to compose a tribute to the life, work, and impact of this most extraordinary woman of Guyana and the Caribbean?

Dear Editor, The discovery of oil and gas has catapulted Guyana to centre-stage in the regional if not global arena.

Dear Editor, Andaiye is a name to remember. Her name is synonymous with the struggles for freedom, democracy and the civil and political and economic rights for all Guyanese.

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Education must be complimented for their efforts to promote physical activity via sports.

Dear Editor, Article 78A of the Constitution reads as follows: “Parliament shall establish a Local Government Commission, the composition and rules of which empower the Commission to deal with as it deems fit, all matters related to the regulation and staffing of local government organs and with dispute resolution within and between local government organs.”

Dear Editor, I am grateful for the opportunity provided by the letter written by Vice-Chancellor Professor Ivelaw Griffith, and published in the Stabroek News of Thursday 30th May 2019, to clarify a number of matters that are of great interest to members of the University of Guyana community and the wider public.

Dear Editor, I refer to Freddie Kissoon’s letter `UG unions should remain in TUC and fight for Lewis’ removal’ (SN: 31/05/2019).

Tertiary education is enormously expensive to fund.  While some fortunate older universities in the Western world might receive endowments from wealthy alumni from time to time, or in the case of the UK, might own property which allows them to earn a bit of extra income, the vast bulk of funding for tertiary institutions derives from tuition fees and state subventions.

Dear Editor, The Honourable Minister Trotman, in the Guyana Standard online publication on the 28th May 2019, said “… at no point during his tenure did he (Jan Mangal) ever request that capacity be developed or that the relevant expertise be hired to ensure independent reviews of data on the Stabroek Block which would be submitted by ExxonMobil.”

Dear Editor, Please allow me space to expose the continuous violations being committed by GTT+.

Dear Editor, For over a week now the politically tainted officials of the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) have been engaged in what is undoubtedly an attempt to divert attention from the inept management of Guyana’s oil and gas sector by the APNU+AFC Coalition Government.