Dear Editor,
The newly appointed Junior Minister in the Ministry of Finance has recently, we read, resigned his prestigious and well-paid position as Chairman of the Ethnic Relations Commission, and many Guyanese taxpayers are now wondering if he would also resign his equally prestigious position as Chairman of the Board of the Guyana Post Office Corporation GPOC).
Dear Editor,
President Ramotar has stated to the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce at their dinner in December 2011 that Guyana is well poised for major advances including the hydro project.
Dear Editor,
Amid the din and dissonance of the recent election campaign, people of different hues, individually and severally issued one resounding cry for change.
Dear Editor,
Sowing of the present crop commenced over two months ago in Region Two, although red rice infestation somewhat affected the last crop yield and grades.
Dear Editor,
Your Monday the 12th edition reported that Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar of Trinidad apologized to Cuban President Raul Castro because the Cuban President and his delegation were denied the request to stay at the Hilton Hotel which is an American-owned hotel.
Dear Editor,
Reference is made to Mr Seelochan Beharry’s ‘Those born here are Guyanese first and foremost‘ (SN, Nov 18) in which he attacks me for holding on to my identity.
Dear Editor,
The value of prevention can be summarized in the old adages: ‘Prevention is better than cure’ or ‘A stitch in time saves nine.’
Dear Editor,
APNU protested the delay in the elections and rightly so.
Dear Editor,
As Guyanese are wont to say, some people “test your faith.”
Dear Editor,
A changing political culture is indeed with us. This new political culture is influencing our politicians to act and think differently so as to reach out to the population and their constituency.
Dear Editor,
I am pleased to read (SN, Dec14) that AFC`s executive member Khemraj Ramjattan is reported as saying that his party is supportive of APNU`s call to have a tripartite budget committee, calling it a wonderful idea which would enhance transparency.
Dear Editor,
Everall Franklin is no longer with us and I offer my condolences to his entire family.
Dear Editor,
Now that the elections are over and life is getting back to normal, it is time for us to examine the way forward.
Dear Editor,
One of the reasons given for the recycled and reshuffled ministers in the present cabinet is that the President’s choice is limited to the PPP/C list of candidates.
Dear Editor,
I refer to the headline in your newspaper on Tuesday, ‘Councillors favour 33% pay hike; 8% for workers.‘
Dear Editor,
Heaven forbid, but the administration of cricket in Guyana at the national level cannot get any worse than it is at the moment.
Dear Editor,
I am pleased to learn from three of your news stories (SN Dec 9, 11, 13) that a new airline service (EZ Jet) will debut at Timehri from this Friday morning with a daily service except for Wednesdays.
Dear Editor,
While four-lane highways are built elsewhere, the road from Rose Hall Canje to Gangaram is being reduced.
The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport has decided to scrap a fund-raising drive by its social committee for a Christmas party, after concerns were raised about letters soliciting donations sent to contractors used by the ministry.
Dear Editor,
The editorial in the Sunday Stabroek of December 11 is a most troubling one for its attack on the APNU and its main constituent forces, the PNC and the WPA.