Opinion

Last week was an active one for the BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – countries which have recently given their relationships an institutional form.

Dear Editor,   People who see the presence of different races as an impediment to our progress as a nation are ethnically insecure.

Dear Editor,   “Baseless” – That is how President Ramotar rubbished the AFC’s notice of no confidence against his minority government.

Dear Editor, I have made a point to stress that while my criticism of the Minister of Culture’s mismanagement of his portfolio will continue to be strident so long as that mismanagement remains a reality, I also remain open to working with the Ministry of Culture on clear, identifiable, sustainable goals.

Dear Editor,   I read the headline in the Sunday Guyana Times and wondered why the editor of that newspaper felt the need to headline the newspaper with my name.

Dear Editor,   I write to condemn the recent reporting on the murders of two members of the local lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans (LGBT) community this past weekend, and to call on all media operatives and outlets in Guyana to exercise greater sensitivity, restraint, and responsibility when reporting on crimes against the LGBT community.

Dear Editor, I was involved in an accident on the La Grange Public Road on Monday, July 7, 2014 at 6pm.

Dear Editor, The PNCR is about to elect its leader who will most likely become the party’s presidential candidate or the presidential candidate of APNU, assuming that the candidate who wins will continue with the APNU coalition.

Dear Editor, Members of the PNCR will soon vote for their party’s leader and all Guyanese are watching.

Dear Editor, On July 15 you carried a letter in SN captioned ‘Lateness has become a way of life’ by Rev Gideon Cecil.

The People’s National Congress Reform’s forthcoming 18th Biennial Delegates’ Congress has attracted more public discourse and media attention than any of its recent predecessors, and that may well have to do with the fact that members and non-members of the party alike, sense that a juncture has been reached where, come this weekend, much more will be at stake than the election of new PNCR office bearers and, simultaneously, the election of a Leader of the Opposition.

Dear Editor, The Caribbean diaspora is playing an important role in their respective countries and as a result governments and opposition parties are tapping into them for more support.

Dear Editor, The simplistic caption ‘The government should develop a plan to recruit skills from overseas,’ certainly misrepresents the thrust of Mr Mohamed Akeel’s very perceptive letter to SN of July 10, in which he attempts to portray, convincingly to some, the lack of a comprehensive national human resource development strategy.

Dear Editor, For several years, the poor performance of GuySuCo has been described in the newspapers by knowledgeable professionals.

Dear Editor, I was flabbergasted by Norman McLean’s authoritative statement in the Kaieteur News of July 18 that “In fact, all parties should be very happy that for the first time in living memory any bauxite company has turned a profit and has been able to pay corporate tax above and beyond the amount of royalty it would have had to pay.”

Dear Editor, Mr. Basdeo Gobin began experiencing heart problems in 2011 and at some point was a patient of the Caribbean Heart Institute attached to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.

Dear Editor, Bare Root, a once troubled community located at the back of Bachelor’s Adventure is once again congratulating its children for another splendid performance at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment, after Candacy Prince and Donavon Sullivan raised the bar in 2005 and 2006 gaining places at Annandale Secondary and President’s College respectively.

Dear Editor, I wish to comment briefly on a letter recently penned by James Bond, APNU Member of Parliament.

Dear Editor, When I heard ‘Under the Microscope’ host Eon Halls bemoaning the cutting down of the ‘Welcome to Linden’ signboard at Millies Hide Out junction, I took it with a pinch of salt.