Opinion

Dear Editor, With respect to the appointment of Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards to act as Chief Justice there seems to be a continuation of the clouded role and responsibilities of both the President and the Leader of the Opposition.

Dear Editor, The Minister of Communities Mr Ronald Bulkan has announced March 18, 2016 as the date for the much anticipated and long overdue local government elections.

Dear Editor, I am a Guyanese and I love my Guyana, our Guyana, a place where we all can be One People, One Nation with the same Destiny, but I believe that our Guyana is riddled with untruths and distortions, and right is sometimes called wrong, and wrong judged as right.

Dear Editor, The Anna Catherina Islamic Complex (ACIC) and The Guyana United Sadr Islamic Anjuman (GUSIA) have joined the call for the establishment of schools-based counselling and have expressed their full support to the call coming from the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) for government to accept the proposal to utilize teachers within the public school system as school counsellors.

Rugby fans – admittedly a minority in Guyana – will be familiar with the Maori haka, made famous by New Zealand’s legendary All Blacks rugby team.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to a letter titled ‘SN should publish contact details for small businesses’ written by Ms Jennifer Bulkan in your Tuesday, December 8 edition.

Dear Editor, We welcome the government’s initiative to review Christian prayers in public schools.

Dear Editor, While smog in Beijing is serious, it pales in comparison to the pea soup London smog events of 1952.

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr Malcolm Alves’s letter, ‘There should be a viable alternative before corporal punishment is abandoned’ (SN, December 7) in which he defends its use.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) said there was no wrongdoing by the board Chairman when he racked up a multi-million dollar food and drinks bill at the agency’s expense.

Dear Editor, The most important question we should be asking ourselves is what do we do to build a better Guyana?

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Mr Khemraj Tulsie’s missive on suicide (‘Our social programmes will fare better if…’ SN, Dec 5).

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.