Opinion

Dear Editor, Article 1, Section 2, the U.S. Constitution provides, “Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States … according to their respective Numbers …The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct.”

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the article captioned, `Solid Waste Director says city garbage collectors overstretched – warns council of ‘alarming’ situation at Stabroek Market’ (SN April 24). 

Dear Editor, It was with a tinge of sadness I read, via the letter column, that theatre production,`Nrityageet 40’ will be last annual show (SN April 27 2019), as the producers/directors have decided to call it a day and bring the curtain down after decades.

Dear Editor, Please allow me to bring to your attention and the attention of those in authority of what can be considered a blatant wastage of our most needed commodity – water.

Perfunctory expressions of regret at the passing of Members of Parliament and the recognition of their service have been the norm in the House since independence.

Dear Editor, We will soon be approaching four years since Mr.

Dear Editor, I am a 78-year old pensioner living alone at 55 E Robb Street, Georgetown.

Dear Editor, This is my take on present-day politics at the macro level in Guyana.

Dear Editor, Since January, NIS pensioners were granted an increase in their pension and, to date, nothing has been done.

Dear Editor, One can understand the stupefaction of Guyanese at the recent motion tabled in Parliament to honour former MP Abdul Kadir (born Michael Seaforth), a convicted terrorist, who died last year while still serving a life sentence.

No doubt the coalition has now learnt the wisdom of the old adage, ‘Be careful what you wish for.’

Dear Editor, I note that the Transparency Institute Guyana Inc has picked up the cudgels on the conflict(s) of interest situations that plague, and will continue to plague.

Dear Editor, Last month, a young lady died by suicide. Her father had paid a ‘counselor’ to counsel his daughter, having recognized that the young lady was suicidal.

Dear Editor, I refer to the online article in Demerara Waves dated April 24 and titled, `Guyanese murder-accused extradited to US creates precedent -US Ambassador.’ 

Dear Editor, The Nadira and Indranie Shah Dance Troupe, are staging Nrityageet 40 at the National Cultural Centre on May 3rd & 4th, 2019 at 20:00 hours as their final annual dance theatre production.

Dear Editor, Kite flying is one of Guyana’s great traditions. It brings together adults and children and creates life-long memories.

Dear Editor, The 26th April 2019 will surely be recorded as a day of infamy, for it is the date when the Granger Administration’s Members of Parliament successfully passed a motion to eulogize convicted international terrorist Abdul Kadir.

Although the redacted version of the Mueller Report does not find treachery within the White House, it paints such a withering portrait of the president’s boorishness, ineptitude and dishonesty that the absence of collusion seems almost beside the point.