Opinion

Dear Editor With respect to the No-Confidence Voting,  the Appeal Court of Guyana has ruled in the APNU+AFC’s favour.

Dear Editor, Two Court of Appeal Judges out of an uneven three, Ruled that a “majority” is half rounded up plus one apparently, There can be no half a Judge, So there can be no politically inspired Judicial fudge, As mathematically half of three rounded up plus one is three.

Now that the Guyana Court of Appeal has spoken, the no-confidence motion (NCM) case and its variegated repercussions will wend their way to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) for final resolution.

Dear Editor, There is an anticlimactic feel to the court decision(s).

Dear Editor, It has been shown time and again that courts have made decisions that goes against all logic and standing precedents in order to achieve a certain outcome.

Dear Editor, I was slightly taken aback by Mr Hamilton Green’s objection to GECOM having discussions with the Carter Center (SN: 21/3/2019) I for one was heartened by the involvement of such a reputable body that invested so much in Guyana.

Dear Editor, The rules or guidelines for statutory interpretation are intended to ensure that ambiguities are avoided in order to give effect to a statute or law.

Dear Editor, A friend of mine who is an attorney and also holds a ministerial position in another country, once told me that the ethics in law is different from that of the practice of physicians as lawyers generally are not held to the standards of the medical profession.

No one has ever seen anything like it before in the UK.

Dear Editor, By their own reasoning, the Court of Appeal has not delivered a verdict: all three judges would have to agree.

Dear Editor, There has been much discussion in the press recently on the factors that would have hindered the attainment of the “Impact Goals” in the PAHO Strategic Plan 2014-2019 for the Guyana health sector.

Dear Editor, In view of the very hotly contested battle for the Presidency and Vice Presidency of Cricket West Indies, I have taken the liberty of reproducing the pertinent sections of the WICB Inc Articles of Association as it relates to the voting process at general meetings.

Dear Editor, I have heard that Bernard De Santos was one of our legal luminaries, but I did not know that Bernard very well. 

Dear Editor, Sadly, Miles Greaves Fitzpatrick S.C. CCH is no longer blessed with life.

Dear Editor, It is disheartening to read horrific stories of ending another’s life through violence.

Dear Editor, The Prime Minister of New Zealand,  Jacinda Ardern, might not be tall, but she certainly stood tall for her country and particularly the Muslim community, following the recent horrific terrorist attacks on two mosques in that country.

Twenty five years ago, the economist Jeffrey Sachs found that economies which rely on the extraction of natural resources tend to develop slower than those that don’t.

Dear Editor, It is very disturbing to witness the suffering for water especially during the short holiday season, can you imagine no water and in the homes of people at Eccles Old Road near to the Oxygen Company?