Opinion

Dear Editor, In 2010, as Minister of Health, I announced the HPV Vaccine Initiative.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) wishes to respond and set the record straight to an article in the Kaieteur News of Sunday, February 10, 2019, reporting the Honourable Bharrat Jagdeo, Leader of the Opposition titled `Jagdeo accuses GRA of encouraging fuel smuggling’.

Dear Editor, The decision by the three Commissioners appointed by the ruling coalition not to attend a meeting with representatives of the Carter Center does not bode well for the future of democracy in Guyana.

A report from Shulinab, South Rupununi in Region 9 released by the government’s Department of Public Information (DPI) on Saturday last was cause for cautious optimism, while being an example of how Guyana is still not getting it right with regard to the agricultural and small business industries.

Dear Editor,  The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) deserves full marks for the position it has adopted and the actions it has undertaken in response to the regional and international crisis that was precipitated on Wednesday 23 January 2019 when the Venezuelan parliamentarian who is currently holding the rotating Presidency of the National Assembly, Juan Guaido, declared himself President of Venezuela and had his claim to the Presidency recognized by the government of the United States of America and several other powerful Western governments.

Dear Editor, I am a member of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) Council and a member of the Governance & Security Sub-Commit-tee.

Dear Editor, I wish to bring to the attention of the general public and the relevant authorities the unprofessionalism and slothfulness of the Government Valuation Office when it comes to completing a valuation of a property.

Dear Editor, It is with great concern for the professional practice of journalism by a few media outlets in Guyana that I am writing this letter to address very glaring misinformation that was carried in some sections of the press on Friday February 8, 2019.

Dear Editor, The Migrant Support Network of Guyana (MSN-GY) notes with concern a live video published on social networking site, Facebook, on Saturday, February 9, 2019 by social media account holder, ‘Guyanese Critic’, with the title, “DRUNKEN FOREIGNERS ATTACK GUYANESE CRITIC, IS THERE A GROWING PROBLEM IN GUYANA?”

Dear Editor, It is difficult not to be most apprehensive of the profound implications inherent in the cris de coeur of Dr.

Dear Editor, In your article on the First Bauxite Corporation Mine at Sand Hill, Region #3 in the Sunday Stabroek of 10th February, 2019 there is mention about the bauxite found in the mine being “Purest in the world to their knowledge”.

On Monday, the Third Day of the Third Test, the West Indies, still basking in the glow of winning the first two matches and regaining the Wisden Trophy, received some hard lessons on how harsh and taxing the game can be at this level.

Dear Editor, Your article `Pritipaul Singh to be refunded $246.4m in VAT’ in yesterday’s SN is accurate – to a point.

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Public Infrastructure wishes to respond to an article published in the Stabroek News edition on Friday, February 8, 2019, under the headline, `Road expansion works cause Blygezeight flooding.’

Dear Editor, The Mayor & City Council has come around and cancelled out the numbers painted on the road in front of the bridges and gateways of our Queenstown residences thus correcting what was a mistake to try and sell these as vending spots.

Dear Editor, The debate so far would appear to have focused on the issue of ‘dual citizenship’ almost instinctively from a political perspective, understandably so – taking into account the manner in which it initially arose in December 2018.

Dear Editor, There is a confirmed official report of a bomb scare called into the University of Guyana last week.