Dear Editor, Democracy cannot flourish in a lawless climate. No democratic nation today can act in a manner that irresponsibly flouts the rule of law, international norms and conventions without the risk of attracting international condemnation.
Dear Editor, Happy Amerindian Heritage to you and other Guyanese. My topic today is Cultural Heritage which I hope will be beneficial to all my human siblings.
Dear Editor, I wish to make it pellucid to the nation, to our Government of the day, and to the Opposition that I have no political priority in my life.
Dear Editor, The decision to deny Republic Bank’s (RB) bid to take over the assets of Scotiabank leaves much to be desired.
Dear Editor, Come 2020, persons desirous of erecting billboards in the City will have to seek written permission from the Council.
Dear Editor, Reading the IMF 2019 Staff Report on Guyana was quite instructional.
Dear Editor, Demerara Waves in a report carried on September 23, 2019, quoted President David Granger in his address to the members of the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly (IDPADA) annual meeting on Sunday 22, 2019, as saying the following: “My administration’s priority is ensuring that Guyanese have access to high- quality, free education across the country instead of doing `handouts’ to the population.
Dear Editor, Mr. David Granger has again failed to name a date for elections.
Dear Editor, As a writer, I feel sad and hurt to read of the tragic death of the former Civil Aviation Chairman, Mr.
Dear Editor, Yesterday, you kindly published a letter by me highlighting the duplicitous nature of then Opposition Leader Mr.
Dear Editor, Two hundred and seventy-eight days after the successful passage of the No-confidence motion, out-of-time caretaker President David Granger has once again made a temporizing statement; Granger has dangled the ‘carrot’ of an election date in the hope that the People’s Progressive Party will return to Parliament on the 10th October 2019 and extend the life of his as-of-now illegal administration.
Dear Editor, The People’s Progressive Party has, in recent times, been reticent on the issue of constitutional reform.
Dear Editor, I wish to share the following transcript from an interview which Mr.
Dear Editor, I refer to the Parliamentary vote of no-confidence in the APNU+AFC Government since 21 December 2018, and the ruling of the CCJ, affirming the validity of the no-confidence vote on June 18 2019, and calling on President David Granger to call national elections in keeping with the Constitution and the rule of law.
Dear Editor, I share a phrase from a BBC news report on the UK’s Supreme Court decision on the mighty row going on over there re Brexit.
Dear Editor, With reference to a letter by Joey Jagan, entitled, ‘Postpone elections, form caretaker coalition gov’t with PPP to create meaningful constitutional changes’ of Sept 19, 2019, [Stabroek News], I respectfully wish to offer the following comments: While, as a politically-neutral individual, born in Guyana, I agree with Joey (who by the way, did an excellent job ‘filling in’ one of my front teeth many years ago), that there’s a need for meaningful constitutional changes in Guyana; at the same time, I do not share his belief (as earlier also proposed by his father, former Executive President Cheddi Jagan) that such constitutional reform should, inter alia, create a government of National Unity; even though the idea undoubtedly sounds fair and politically correct, bearing in mind the very high level of political tension, conflict and animosity that has been plaguing Guyana electoral politics for generations now.
Dear Editor, The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) stands in tandem with the Commonwealth Secretary-General (CSG) Patricia Scotland, (who) in a press release issued by the Commonwealth Secretariat, recognises that constitutional rule in Guyana is not the preserve of any singular entity or actor.
Dear Editor, I join the handful of Caribbean citizens who have called on CARICOM to issue an official statement on the breach of the Guyanese Constitution and of the ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice to hold elections no later than 18 September 2019.
Dear Editor, In this our beloved country of Guyana today poverty is causing all sorts of problems for many persons.
Dear Editor, I feel compelled to offer my comments to a long but well-scribed statement emanating from A New and United Guyana (ANUG).
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