Opinion

Dear Editor, Just to put some perspective on Dr Frank Anthony’s budget speech, particularly in the areas of Youth and Culture. 

On Sunday last, police in Utah, USA rescued a 23-year-old New York woman who had been knocked unconscious, abducted and forced into prostitution by her abductors.

Cartoons

Dear Editor, The comedy to which Eric Phillips lends himself would be merely irritating had it not been for what it reveals about the personalities involved.

Politikles

Dear Editor, Please allow me some space to highlight and explain the process of submitting a building plan, and point out some loopholes and a blatant building violation in the city. 

Dear Editor, I am particularly mindful of the environment in which  SN, one of the only two ‘independent’ newspapers, has to function.   

Dear Editor, On February 13-14, 2014, I attended a two-day Regional Health and Education workshop for the managers of the ten administrative regions in Guyana that was organized by the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development.

Dear Editor, I read with great surprise a media report of the UNDP US$1.5milion Waste Management Project.

Dear Editor, The condition of the West Bank Demerara Public Road continues to deteriorate, and I’m unsure when something will be done to improve the situation.

Dear Editor, With reference to my letter dated February 15, 2014 captioned ‘Refund on GPL deposit not paid after five years,’ I would like to inform you that after the letter’s publication, I was contacted on March 3 by Ms London of GPL who explained that the payment had been ready since July, 2013; however due to the time which had elapsed, payment could not be made. 

Dear Editor, It is a pity that the letter ‘Broadcasters mispronounce words’ (SN, March 28) is so vague, even though it is timely and quite necessary.

Dear Editor, We read again that the no nonsense Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Monday afternoon (March 31) disclosed that she had taken the decision to fire her Tourism Minister Chandresh Sharma.

Dear Editor, There is a famous truism in law:  when the facts are on your side, argue the facts; when the law is on your side, argue the law.

As President Obama proceeds through the first quarter of his second term he has found himself coming to terms with the unexpected turmoil in Ukraine that has almost sidelined the civil war in Syria, and what is expected to be a normalization of Iran’s relations with the Western world, issues that dominated the first year of the term.

Dear Editor The cartoon in the Sunday Stabroek of March 30, highlights the inability of the government to fulfil its commitments to dealing with domestic violence.

Dear Editor, I have had the pleasure of visiting the Science, Mathematics and Technology Fair which was recently hosted by the Georgetown Department of Education and held at Queen’s College (QC), under the Mission Statement of ‘Providing Solutions for the 21st Century.’ 

Dear Editor, The problems of racism and prejudice are not easy to discuss and even harder to solve.

Dear Editor, The problems of racism and prejudice are not easy to discuss and even harder to solve.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Association of Women Lawyers (GAWL) joins with the family, friends, colleagues and associates of the late Deborah Backer in mourning her passing.