Opinion

Dear Editor, As Guyana celebrates its 53rd anniversary of independence, the country is more divided than ever.

Dear Editor, The recent flip flop decision by the council of our only tertiary institution has resulted in  the institution having to fork out monies it can  ill afford. 

Following a series of letters to the newspapers by public communications specialist Kit Nascimento about senior members in government not being in compliance with the Integrity Commission law, President David Granger disclosed on Wednesday that he himself had not submitted his returns.

Dear Editor, Reference the recent editorial about sugar (Stabroek News, 23rd May 2019), a few comments: 1: We grow sugarcane, as we have for centuries.

Dear Editor, The decline of British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May, should stand as a lesson for Guyana’s President, Mr.

Dear Editor, The news that one of the major political parties in Guyana saw it fit to purchase Buju Banton tickets for its supporters is an indication at the levels to which we have sunk as a country and region.

Dear Editor, On May 17, 2019, Ms. Cathy Hughes is reported to have told the media at an AFC press conference that corruption is a culture in Guyana.

Dear Editor, Everyone agrees that there is the need for constitutional changes and I think that to proceed to the next general elections we need to address this all-important concept before holding elections- it’s about time!

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by Justice (Ret’d) James Patterson, Chairman of GECOM, published by Stabroek News on 25th May, 2019, in response to mine published by Stabroek News on 24th May, 2019.

Dear Editor, Independence to or for Guyana did not come easy – it was not given to our leaders on a “platter”; Burnham (PNC) and Jagan (PPP) and Peter D’Aguiar (UF) were invited by the then Colonial Secretary, Duncan Sandys, to Lancaster House in England for our independence talks.

Last week we carried a report on the Chagos archipelago and Guyana’s vote in the General Assembly of the United Nations on the question of its sovereignty.

Dear Editor, The news that one of the major political parties in Guyana saw it fit to purchase Buju Banton tickets for its supporters is an indication at the levels to which we have sunk as a country and region.

Dear Editor, When the PPP/C cabinet approved Guyana’s first-ever Interception of Communications Bill in mid-2008 and had me pilot it on October 17, 2008 through its various stages in the National Assembly as Bill No.19 of 2008, this was done with the clear understanding that the bill was aimed at criminalizing the use of telecommunications.

Dear Editor, In the Friday May 24, 2019 edition of the Stabroek News there appears an annoying screed authored by Mr.

Dear Editor, In 2016, a specialized unit to address the escalating scourge of violence, particularly against women and children in Guyana, was established within the Ministry of Social Protection.

Dear Editor, I note that on page 1 of Kaieteur News yesterday (Friday, May 24) there is a headline: “Wrong Poonai accused of fraud, Kaieteur News apologises unreservedly.”

Dear Editor, Yesterday,  Acting Commissioner Nigel Hoppie DSM and team met with the Hon.

Francis Fukuyama’s 1989 essay on “The End of History” argued that America’s Cold War victory had left  “no serious ideological competitors” to liberal democracy and the “universalization of Western liberal democracy [was] the final form of human government.”