Opinion

Worldwide, 2015 has not been a good year for human rights.

Dear Editor, I wish to congratulate Chief-of-Staff Mark Phillips and his Education Department for highlighting the successes of his 15 ranks who graduated recently at the Government Technical Institute.

Dear Editor, Every year as the final quarter approaches, many of us marvel and grumble about how early the place begins to get dark.

Dear Editor, Guyana Elections Commissioner Vincent Alexander, in a letter to the press published on December 7, has labelled the positions adopted by commissioners Benn, Shadick, and Gunraj as “….

Dear Editor, It is a fact, albeit easily overlooked by the relevant authorities, that the whole (suburban) area of Sophia, famous for its exhibitions, has not been officially incorporated into the city of Georgetown.

Dear Editor, I could not agree more with Clairmont Lye and others who have suggested that Guyana reach out in human solidarity and accept at least a small number of refugees from Syria.

Dear Editor, In your Friday Nov 27th edition there is a heading: ‘Alleged cop assault on Paradise fisherman being probed’ where it tells about a policeman who allegedly struck one Amar Zaban, 23 years old, on his head with a beer bottle, kicked him when he fell down blacking him out.

Dear Editor, On November19 Ms Carmel DeSouza aged 84 of Lot 532 Determa Street, Mackenzie was involved in an accident and was taken to the Linden Hospital Complex building which was not so long ago commissioned and complimented as a state-of-the-art institution.

Dear Editor, It is clear that politics has become a gravy train.

Dear Editor, Habitat for Humanity Guyana is doing an exceptional job bringing families out of poverty housing and placing them in better conditions, so they would have a better quality of life.

Dear Editor I wish to draw your attention to a grave injustice that continues unabated even though I’ve spoken to both the city council and the Ministry of Public Works.

The parliamentary elections in Venezuela on Sunday confirm widely predicted expectations that President Nicolás Maduro’s United Socialist Party of Venezuela has been, for some time, under intense public pressure to the extent that a substantial section of the Venezuelan public have virtually given up on his regime.

Dear Editor,   With the current debate regarding marijuana legislation and sentencing policy in Guyana, I here share how Jamaica has recently updated its legislation and changed its policy with regard to marijuana.

Dear Editor, The edition of SN, Friday, December 4, has some interesting articles on the recently concluded Small Business Exposition.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter published in your December 5 edition by C Ramson titled ‘A Sovereign Wealth Fund is not what Guyana needs’.

Dear Editor, With Guyana being in the state it is, the time for criticism is over and the time to propel Guyana forward has come.

Dear Editor, There are few things that rattle my feathers, shock me or make me mad.