Opinion

Dear Editor, The Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, recently pronounced a reduction in “free spending” in the economy. 

Dear Editor, There has been another reported case of phone cards being stolen, this time one million dollars’ worth.

Dear Editor, About two weeks ago I visited a certain branch of Scotiabank to change a cheque issued to me by my employer who has an account with said bank.

Dear Editor, “If our historical truths are being censored by the existing media, then Africans need their own media,” wrote Eric Phillips in the letters column of SN, May 25.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Mr Ivan John’s letter captioned ‘Kanhai did not retire, he was dropped’ (SN, May 28).

In the course of the month of May the Caricom region has been up for scrutiny either by governments or government officials, or by individual commentators and practitioners, and their perspectives have varied over the field from relative optimism to some degree of pessimism.

Politikles

Dear Editor, Constitutional reform in Guyana is not likely to happen any time soon and if it does, it will not be anything substantial.

Dear Editor, I welcomed reading Professor Winston Mc Gowan’s recently published article `Jubilee milestones: Significant developments in Guyanese history, 1966 – 2016’ in your Independence Jubilee Supple-ment on May 26th, 2016.

Dear Editor, The Board of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission, (GGMC), as currently constituted, includes two representatives of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA).

Dear Editor, I have been following the discussion in the media on the apparent breakdown of arrangements at the recent Flag-raising ceremony.

Dear Editor, State dinner or dinner in a state? That is the question about the Gala event at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre.

Dear Editor, It seems that the Minister of Finance is distancing himself further from the APNU + AFC Manifesto pledge to reduce the VAT rate.

Dear Editor, Now that the independence celebrations are over, the administration should get down in a serious way to implement the promises made by President Granger to create that ‘good life in a green economy.’

Dear Editor, The community of Little Diamond Squatting Area has been without running water for months.

Dear Editor, Before I launch into my concern, I must commend the Government for making our roadways better, something that should have been done in recent years.

Dear Editor, In the days ahead, some ministers must step forward with far reaching, if not radical, programmes, to address some of the more urgent issues of this society. 

Dear Editor, 50 years is a significant milestone in the post colonial history of Caribbean societies.

Dear Editor, When Guyana gained independence, the game plan of Burnham according to Festus Brotherson was to  “implement a coherent set of policies”. 

What this newspaper has already said was a considerable measure of incompetence and ineptitude that attended aspects of the protocol and logistics that were in evidence at the Jubilee Flag-Raising Ceremony ought to be responded to by the Government of Guyana in a far more fulsome manner than was afforded by the quixotic content of the statement issued by Junior Minister Nicolette Henry, and which, justifiably, has come in for a fair measure of further public flak.