Opinion

Sunday Cartoon

Dear Editor, In examining the performance of the Granger-Nagamootoo government, one gets the clear impression that President Granger pronounces on the concepts and areas the administration will embrace, and in so doing, leaves to the ministers the task of developing and implementing the programmes and activities to realise the objectives.

Dear Editor, Guyana is a place where you can easily become over-qualified; ask those who have gone back to university how much of a difference obtaining a post-graduate or second degree has made in their lives.

Dear Editor, As I travel across the Essequibo Coast, I see nearly half of the 35,500 acres of rice lands uncultivated because of the lack of irrigation water, especially in the main conservancy canal, which distributes water to the fields in every section of the rice-growing region.

Dear Editor, I applaud the effort of GWI publishing a notice in last week’s Sunday Stabroek about water conservation, asking persons to limit the washing of cars and yards ‒ and rightly so.

Dear Editor, I live at Montrose on the East Coast and I get water from the Better Hope well which is situated to the north of Better Hope.

Months before she endorsed the candidacy of Donald Trump, in a speech that will be long remembered for inventing the delightful word “squirmish”, Sarah Palin was asked to speculate about her political future.

Dear Editor, Page 64 of the GuySuCo Commission of Inquiry report at paragraph 4 states “The production cost data also indicate that at prices for raw sugar, it would be cheaper for the Wales factory to purchase cane from farmers than to cultivate its own cane.

Dear Editor, President Granger seems to be the consummate professional numismatologist (numismatist) ie, a collector of coins and medals.

Dear Editor, Only in Guyana will anyone come across the kind of flawed and illogical reasoning that we see being put forth in support of corporal punishment in schools.

Dear Editor, I was glad to read about the appointment of the Chairman and Board of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission and was happier to learn that there was a new Chairman.

Dear Editor, Another of the stalwarts and great champions of the Test match era has called ‒ or rather was forced to call ‒ time on his great career that spanned over two decades.

Dear Editor, Since I moved to D’Edward Village near the Berbice Bridge just over a year ago, I have been suffering from chronic low voltage at home.

Dear Editor, I worked as a cane-cutter (1967-70), at Diamond estate when I was 17-20 years old.

Dear Editor, Sometimes a little digging goes a long way, and leads to undesired places.

Dear Editor, I make reference to a letter by Mr Tony Vieira captioned ‘A little more time is needed to disclose a plan for the sugar industry’ that was carried in your January 27 edition.

Dear Editor, Let me say at the outset that it must not be business as usual in any section of the agricultural sector.

Dear Editor, I am grateful to Mr Nigel Westmaas for his letter in the Stabroek News (Thursday, January 28), in which he informed readers of the passing of his uncle the late Rory Westmaas on January 24.

Dear Editor, The questioning of four top politicians from the opposition PPP/C two weeks ago raised eyebrows and members of the public want to know if there is any merit since one of those being questioned, Gail Teixeira, told a news conference that the move is aimed at threatening and intimidating PPP members of Parliament.