Opinion

Too many campaigns, not enough action

City Hall announced last week that it was about to “recommence an aggressive campaign which aims at the removal of all derelict vehicles and other encumbrances from roadsides, sidewalks, parapets and reserves belonging to the city”, adding that the owners would be fined for the removal and storage of such encumbrances.

Following a review by Small Business Bureau three training partners were identified from approved list

Dear Editor, In a letter published in the Stabroek News on February 7th headed `Small Business Bureau contracts for training raise serious procurement concerns’,  Bishop Juan Edghill claimed to have received information on “suspicious” transactions at the Small Business Bureau, but never sought to verify the context of the information received or the motive of the person or persons who availed the information to him.

Justice Pollard’s comments offend sub judice rule

Dear Editor, The comments of Professor Duke Pollard published on the 17th February, 2019, in the state-owned newspapers, Guyana Chronicle, under the caption `CJ misdirected herself’ are not only offensive to the rules of our society and the legal profession as it offends the sub judice rule, but it can also result in Professor Pollard being brought before the Court for Contempt because it can be deemed to substantially prejudice or interfere with the outcome of the pending case before the Court of Appeal to determine the validity of the no confidence vote on 21st December, 2018, and the application by the government for an interim stay therefor.

The Kaepernick settlement

Last Friday, the owners of the thirty-two teams in the National Football League (NFL) took the very significant decision to settle a nearly two year collusion lawsuit with the former San Francisco 49ers’ quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

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