Opinion

Dear Editor, Though the two ministers passed the non-participation conflict of interest test, the legislation needs to be tightened.

Dear Editor, I would like to respond to assertions attributed to Minister David Patterson, on the subject of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Expansion Project, which seem to have found their way out of his Facebook Page into reporting in at least two national dailies.

Dear Editor, I refer to the article headlined, “No local accreditation records for school Irfaan Ali used for admission to Indian University” (SN: 23/04/19). 

Dear Editor, For some time now, I have been silent as misinformation, outright fabrications, and innuendo have been published as journalism products and facilitated as letters to the editor.

Dear Editor, In spite of the resolution of the imbroglio that had confronted the Local Government Commission (LGC) a few months ago, with regard to the approval of its 2019 work programme and the release of funds for the payment of its expenses, including the salaries and emoluments for its staff and commissioners, which I might add, are not insignificant, the LGC seems to be still paralyzed, as many months are going by and yet one cannot hear anything out of them, particularly as it relates to the implementation of the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry into the operations of the Georgetown City Council, which was delivered to them almost half a year ago.

Dear Editor, The writer of the letter headlined, ‘Bribe-seeking cops preying on farmers using De Hoop branch road’ (SN: 23/04/19), on the one hand states he will not condone breaking of the law, while on the other, apparently sees nothing wrong with “a farmer, who may be unlicensed, driving home who may have taken a drink.”

“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark,” is one of the most recognisable lines often recited from the famous William Shakespeare tragedy, Hamlet.

Dear Editor, I am extremely disappointed by this letter by the former president `The Constitution must be adhered to, not reformed’ in yesterday’s Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, Can former President Donald Ramotar (‘The Constitution must be adhered to, not reformed’ SN: 22/04/2019)   please tell me why he expects half of the population of any country to adhere to any constitutional rule that they consider detrimental to their interest?

Dear Editor, It is with grave concern that I have decided to write this letter.

Dear Editor, I am deeply saddened having received the news about the death of Sir Alister McIntyre.

Dear Editor, Cricket was known as a gentleman’s game, but with the advent of 20/20 matches and the hundreds of millions of dollars being paid out by sponsors and the big bucks earned by the players, it seems to me that it is more business rather than a sport.

Dear Editor, I have learnt that Minister of Public Telecommunications, Catherine Hughes has indicated her intentions to take legal actions against the Stabroek News, Anand Goolsarran and Gail Teixeira for public comments they made about an apparent conflict of interest, where her company, Videomega Production received at least one contract from the government of which she is a serving minister.

Dear Editor, About three weeks ago, Stabroek News published a letter (SN: 29/03/19) by the General Secretary of GAWU, Seepaul Narine  in which he criticised my positions on the sugar industry and expressed his opinion that I took no position on the dismissal of 7,000 sugar workers and claimed that I was trying to be relevant, when, I really was not, in the current political climate.

Dear Editor, Having read the article, ‘Agro processors want more robust lobby for access to regional markets, local outlets’ (SN: 19/04/2019), I looked at the accompanying picture of the displayed products and noticed some improvements in bottling and packaging.

Dear Editor, ExxonMobil’s announcement Thursday that it made a new and its 13th oil discovery offshore Guyana at the Yellowtail-1 well included another bit of information worthy of some attention.

We learnt last week that the Ministry of Education (MOE) has commenced a series of meetings with parents across Guyana and teachers and that the objectives of these so-called Town Hall meetings are to attach greater importance to the teacher/parent collaboration in the delivery of education.

Dear Editor, The Guyanese society is one laden with latent potential.