Opinion

Dear Editor, At midnight, on February 27, 2016 the ceasefire took effect in Syria.

Dear Editor, In one of the lowest turn-outs at the polls in the Caribbean, Jamaica Prime Minister, Portia Simpson-Miller was edged out of power by young Andrew Holness in the country’s 17th general election.

Dear Editor, In spite of the growing concerns and criticism regarding the performance and management of the Georgetown City Council, that are justified, I write to let you know of an experience that is a rainbow in the dark clouds at City Hall.

Dear Editor, I write to you out of frustration on the issue of noise nuisance.

Historic local government elections (LGE) are just 19 days away and there is evidently need for more information from GECOM and other stakeholders to the public on a range of areas.

Dear Editor, Dr Walter Rodney, the politician, in his lifetime crisscrossed the country rallying persons around conversations on racial unity and improvement in the lives of the working class.

Dear Editor, Mr Kowlassar Misir, in his letter of February 24th titled, ‘Unlikely that “rules of careful English” has become a principle of statutory interpretation’, unwittingly conceded the very point he was trying to refute.

Dear Editor, Thank you for affording the Guyana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (GSPCA) the opportunity to respond to a letter writer who details two incidents involving persons seeking services at the GSPCA’s Animal Clinic and Shelter (‘Is the GSPCA still a humane society?’

Dear Editor, Why is it that we can’t speak plainly on the mess our country is in?

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As we reported on Thursday, President David Granger adjudged the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry report “badly flawed”, and gave notice of the government’s intention to challenge its findings and the “circumstances under which … [it] was conducted.”

Dear Editor, I am writing to you in reference to the article published last December 28th on the relations between Argentina and Guyana and to the existing sovereignty dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Malvinas Islands, South Georgias and South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime areas, entitled ‘Interesting times ahead for Guyana/Argentina relations’.

Dear Editor, During the course of the last week, the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry Report was leaked to the press and made public.

Dear Editor, It may be dangerous to be an enemy of the United States, but in recent times it often has been almost as risky to be a friend.

Dear Editor, The Executive of the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) crafted a recent preposterous proposal in negotiations with the Ministry of Education and made, inter alia, the following demands:an across-the-board increase in salary of 40% for 2016; 45% increase in 2017; 50% in 2018; 50% in 2019; and 50% in 2020; $7,000 monthly vehicle maintenance for those who received duty-free concessions; double salary in the month of December; $25,000 annual clothing allowance; Whitley Council Leave every three years; 200 duty-free concessions for motor vehicles up to 2700 cc to be granted annually from 2016 to 2020; one motor vehicle be given to GTU biennially; each central executive officer to be given a duty-free concession for a motor vehicle up to 2,700 cc upon election to office; 50 scholarships annually for teachers to attend the University of Guyana; all central executive officers of the union to be released every Wednesday ‒ and from time to time as the need arises ‒ to perform union duties; President and Secretary of the union to be released full-time with pay to serve the membership of the union; and an extra teacher to be assigned to each school where a central executive member is on the staff.

Dear Editor, On this occasion I must support the Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo with his insistence that fuel prices should be reduced and should have been reduced earlier.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter from my friend and professional colleague, Mr E B John, in the 23rd March issue of Stabroek News titled: ‘There is a case for the most comprehensive job evaluation ever conducted in this country…’ vis-à-vis the CoI into the Public Service of Guyana.

The Mayor of Port of Spain’s resignation, following outrage at his remarks on the killing of a Japanese tourist, shows the speed at which social media can transform information into political pressure.

Dear Editor, My theory is that Guyana is not full of bandits.