Opinion

Dear Editor, I have read that the police went to question the Opposition Leader about his exhortations some time at Babu Jaan to PPP supporters to “run” government ministers at a time when he regarded the government as illegal.

Dear Editor, I have been observing the actions of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) in recent months and am  being led to believe that the body, set up as a bipartisan entity to ensure broadcasters comply with the Broadcasting Act, Number 17 of 2011, has been politically contaminated and has now been given a mandate to go after broadcasters, who are not pushing the government’s propaganda and those who are reporting information coming out of the political opposition.

Dear Editor, The Forestry Commission has been by far, one of the most progressive State agencies, and one that has attracted continuous donor support over the last two decades. 

Dear Editor, We, the undersigned, note with concern the circulation of videos on the social networking site, Facebook, which shows a social media personality recording himself walking up to strangers in public places and holding their hands.

Dear Editor, Much has been said over the past few weeks on the GFC restructuring and the dark cloud that staff have been placed under with this exercise.

Dear Editor, The government-owned and controlled Guyana Chronicle recently carried a story announcing the grant of $6.5 million to 130 Rupununi youths involved in the APNU+AFC sponsored Hinterland Employment Youth Service (HEYS) Programme.

Dear Editor, In his letter `Chris Ram should be one of the leaders of a new government, President Granger has been a disappointment and Ali is loaded with negatives’ (SN, 25th April 2019), Mr Emile Mervin makes some interestingly good points.

Competence and academic qualifications are not one and the same. There are many competent people who have no formal certificates, just as there are those who if anything are over-certified, but are nevertheless quite incompetent in their field.

Dear Editor, Safe and loving families are important for the development of communities and our wider society.

Dear Editor, The ‘send a child to school initiative,’ is one which sought to equip school-aged children (nursery – secondary) with essential classroom items, with the aim of allowing our children an equal opportunity to the right to education/to be educated, as we believe “no child should be left behind, disregarded or disadvantaged,” as a result of a lack of anything.

Dear Editor, Just a few notes on the Vice Chancellor’s letter in the April 24th issue of Stabroek News enumerating his achievements.

Dear Editor, As the dust from the Ministers’ conflict of interest contracts continues to swirl over and around us there have been a number of suggestions on the way forward.

Dear Editor, A comedian Volodymyr Zelensky, with very little experience in politics, won the presidential elections by a landslide in the Ukraine.

Dear Editor, Professor Ivelaw Griffith is a Guyanese national treasure. We should pickle him and preserve him at UG for a long time.

On Monday, April 22, the world ‘celebrated’ Earth Day for the 49th time.

Dear Editor, As a Guyanese who closely followed Guyana’s politics for over 40 years, I have to say without reservation that Guyana is ideally poised for truly great and visionary leadership.