Opinion

One in every 12 people in the Americas, 62 million and counting, are currently living with diabetes.

Dear Editor, It has come to my attention that the Ministry of Education intends to change the manner in which the National Grade Six Assessment, or a part thereof, is going to be written and marked.

Dear Editor, You headline titled, `APNU+AFC took all seats on city finance committee – despite nomination of Team Legacy member’ (SN April 05) sums up accurately another glaring deficiency of our local government system that renders it a joke that is not even funny anymore. 

Dear Editor, The fuel marking programme in Guyana using Authentix technology has been in operation since 2003.

Dear Editor, I was alarmed to read in your edition of March 24 last, that prospective homeowners of the distressed ‘turnkey homes’ scheme at Perseverance will now interface with contractors and “request modifications” as the Board of CH&PA has decided to terminate the previous government’s system, due to mismanagement. 

Dear Editor, If I were the Government of Guyana, I would do an amnesty and give the 25,000 waiting applicants their house lots with free and clear titles, with an agreement that there will be added to their yearly land taxes, a percentage of the cost for the land.

 Dear Editor, Farouk & B.A. Amin & Sons Ltd is a registered limited liability company engaged in the marine transportation of fuel for all the oil companies in Guyana for over 40 years.

 Dear Editor, The re-emergence of West Indies’ dominance as well as regional cricket’s rebirth lies intimately in their reconnection with grass-roots viability.

Dear Editor, The budget is now over. We are now faced with the harsh reality of several increases of licence fees.

Dear Editor, The tiny Guyanese diaspora in the UK has produced many famous sons and daughters.

It must, by now, be quite obvious to listeners last Sunday, that Darren Sammy, the West Indies T20 Cricket captain could not, with such a large population hearing him, and at a high point of personal and team success, contain himself from forthright public criticism of the West Indies Cricket Board.

Dear Editor, Upon the dawning of Guyana’s new local government dispensation, may I offer through you, Editor, a warning to all the new councillors and their political patrons.

Dear Editor, As was reported in the news media, Joseph Harmon, Minister of State had appointed Brian Tiwari as a Ministerial Adviser on Business Development on January 19, 2016.

Dear Editor, A Steering Committee on Constitutional Reform was established with Attorney Nigel Hughes as convener.

 Dear Editor, The latest to add a voice to the death penalty debate is Sister Judith Schmelz of the Sisters of Mercy of Guyana (Stabroek News, April 1).

Dear Editor, There is a beautiful song which the late Sam Cooke sang that goes: “The song has ended but the melody lingers on…” Such is the saga of Walter Rodney, whose life was ended in June of 1980; however the melody of his passing lingers on and on. 

Dear Editor, It is with a sense of profound pride that I take this opportunity to publicly congratulate all those young people who took the oath of office as mayor, deputy mayor, chairpersons, deputy chairpersons and councillors in their respective towns and neighbourhood democratic councils.