Opinion
Venezuela needs help
No serious observer of the Venezuelan crisis could believe that President Nicolás Maduro’s recent, hastily planned trip to Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago had anything to do with simply reaffirming his government’s commitment to the PetroCaribe arrangement and improving trade relations and cooperation in the areas of energy and security, as per the official communiqués.
Guyana is still in a state of dependency
Dear Editor, Guiana or Guyana ‒ a femme fatale, she seemed ‒ changed hands from the Dutch to the British, then to the French, and back to the Dutch, then British again, then Dutch once more, and then the British one final time during her 350-year colonial subordination.
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There should not be fireworks so near to the Bird Sanctuary in the Botanical Gardens
Dear Editor, On Monday May 23, during a rehearsal for the Independence flag-raising ceremony in Georgetown, the organizers of the event saw it fit to set off fireworks at D’Urban Park.
Bogus traffic policeman
Dear Editor, Permit me, please, to share with your readers an unpleasant yet instructive experience I had recently.
LIAT is affecting tourism to Guyana
Dear Editor, Having failed to contact the Minister of Tourism, I am voicing my concerns here for the government to see.
Editorial was well informed
Dear Editor, Anyone reading the Stabroek News editorial of Tuesday, May 24 cannot escape the impression that it is based on an actual reading of the Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Guyana Public Service.
Compton held the Micoud North seat before his death
Dear Editor, I read your editorial this morning and wish to point you to a minor correction in paragraph 8, ie, the Micoud South constituency was the original seat of Sir John Compton.
Little Diamond/Herstelling burial ground needs restoration work
Dear Editor A call is made to the Chairman and Councillors of the newly elected body of the Little Diamond/Herstelling NDC to restore the burial ground where the remains of the village’s departed are entombed or buried.
Confucius’ rules are still relevant for society
Dear Editor, On the eve of Guyana’s 50th celebrations I would like to point out the ancient wisdom of Confucius who noted in a nutshell that society collapses when government costs more than taxpayers can afford.
What is the best model to increase Guyana’s population size?
Dear Editor, As we celebrate our Independence Jubilee, many of us will be thinking of the next 50 years and how best to lay a foundation for a happy, prosperous future.
Region Three faces many ills
Dear Editor, The Region Three Chamber of Commerce is daunted by the many ills pervading our region and the people as a whole.
May 26 is the anniversary of the Wismar atrocities and not just independence
Dear Editor, May 26 is upon us. Again. Many Guyanese know it to be the date of Guyana’s Independence.
The past year was wasted by the APNU+AFC government
Dear Editor, It has been one year since the APNU+AFC took power.
Many different returns to Guyana
Dear Editor, Fifty years young can be a good feeling. It has all the freshness, excitement and awe of the first fifty minutes of a new existence.
Independence
Independence was born in circumstances of discord, and fifty years on the nation is still imprisoned in the straitjacket of that past.
Guyanese have the highest probability in the Americas of dying from certain diseases
Dear Editor, In my letter of May 18, I addressed the twin issues of life expectancy (LE) and healthy life expectancy (HLE) at birth only cursorily.
Remembering the events of Independence 1966
Dear Editor, I was most touched to read the memories of Independence recalled by Mr Laurie Greenidge, (‘Independence Day at the Palms, SN, May 13), in particular his playing of Guyana’s national anthem on the piano during the visit of the Duchess of Kent to the Palms during the celebrations in May 1966.
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