Opinion

Dear Editor, In September 1964 a unique in-service programme was initiated to cater for teachers with Class I, II and (III) certificates who did not receive formal training in the Teachers Training College then situated on Battery Road, Kingston. 

Dear Editor, Regarding the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry that was finally appointed and its members sworn in, many Guyanese locally and overseas seem to think that nothing new would be known other than what is so far known.

 Dear Editor, The recent utterances by the PPP General Secretary and Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee once again indicate that the PPP/C is more interested in playing party politics than in managing Guyana.

Dear Editor, Briefly, a simple timeline of certain events with regard to the tedious, but as yet unresolved issue of the Caribbean Press.

At the time of writing, another student demonstration was due to take place in Caracas yesterday, to demand, among other things, the freeing of the hundreds of protesters detained by the authorities and justice for the more than 500 wounded in the recent street clashes.

Dear Editor, It has been reported that Minister Ashni Singh was under the influence of liquor when he got into the accident last Sunday night.

Dear Editor, Once again the people of Region 1 –  Barima-Waini or the North-West district – are battling an outbreak of gastroenteritis.

Dear Editor, I wish to submit the following for the consideration of Guyana Water Inc, the Ministry of Public Works, Roads Division and the Ministry of Regional Development, whose town councils and NDCs are responsible for internal streets.

Dear Editor, I write to publicize the constant and unrelenting harassment, victimization and abuse perpetrated on my son, Marlon Dolphin, by the Guyana Police Force.

 Dear Editor, A recent letter writer while writing on the need to maintain landmark buildings has mentioned Brickdam Cathedral as in need of a major overhaul (‘Restore our landmark buildings,’ SN, February 25).

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr Charles Sohan’s letter in KN dated February 25 re the interview with Mr Phillip Allsopp of February 23 in the same newspaper about the recent flooding in Georgetown and the location of new Marriott Hotel.

Dear Editor, I wish to extend full support to the Aircraft Owners Association of Guyana (AOAG) in their request for budgetary allocations to improve hinterland airstrips, and encourage both the opposition and the government to listen to the proposals of this organization. 

Dear Editor, There are a couple of things this society should to be mindful of in relation to the Anti-money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Bill (AML/CFT).

Dear Editor, There are some local persons of interest that I find intriguing. 

Dear Editor, The issue of race should not be a taboo subject, but must be discussed openly if Guyana is to progress according to UK based Guyanese Professor Clem Seecharran as reported in GT of February 23.

Dear Editor, This year has seen the judges choose a soca monarch, but two of the persons who were selected did not deserve to win because they did not sing soca, they sang calypso.

Dear Editor, I was in Guyana over the last several days to conduct a survey on contemporary issues.

Water, or rather the provision of water which is of a consumable quality without producing deleterious effects, has become a million-dollar business in this country.