Opinion

Worried about parliamentary gridlock and the potential for social unrest, the Private Sector Commission on Thursday convened a luncheon at the Pegasus Hotel to impress upon House Speaker Mr Raphael Trotman and representatives of the parties with seats in the National Assembly the need to work assiduously for compromise and in the national interest.

Dear Editor, I refer to the appalling display of homophobia by our disciplined forces during last week.

Dear Editor, Most of us in the Caribbean harbour a rather romantic vision of piracy.

It is sometimes difficult to know whether the government is in a state of denial, or whether it is aware that it is playing a much weaker hand than the one Mr Jagdeo held, and is cynically trying to reverse history.

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Dear Editor, Recently, the Government through the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports made an amount of money available to the Region 2 Administration for the development of a number of sports grounds.

Dear Editor, The last debate in the US Presidential debates saw Mr Obama as the clear winner and I would venture to say that on that night, he won the election for sure; Mr Obama looked and acted presidential right through the debate and all of his supporters, both inside and outside the United States, millions upon millions, are extremely proud and energized for his victory on election night.

Dear Editor, Bollywood movie producer and director Yash Chopra, 80, who gave us so many popular movies, died on Sunday and was cremated on Monday in Mumbai. 

Dear Editor, The new dispensation of governance in Guyana following the November 28th, 2011 General Election is beginning to expose serious and ineffective control of power from the combined opposition parties, notably APNU and AFC.

Dear Editor, As a legal marriage officer and Reverend/Pastor, I have a few concerns pertaining to some issues with marriage, birth and death certificate applications at GPOC.I

Although it seems more than thirty years ago, it was in October 1983 that the United States made two nearly simultaneous decisions that dramatically altered the scope of its foreign policy.

Dear Editor, Much has been said and written about Chris Brown coming to Guyana for a Boxing Day concert sponsored by a businessman, organised by Hits & Jams and given a tax holiday by the government.

Dear Editor, I write in connection with a growing trend that has taken root on our roads which causes fatal accidents to occur ever so often.

Dear Editor, I would like to take this opportunity to send Eid greetings to all my family and friends, loved ones and colleagues in the Muslim community as well as the wider population as the Eid of Abraham is everyone’s festival.

While much of our attention, with regard to events in the wider region, has recently been on the re-election of President Hugo Chávez in Venezuela and the ongoing and cautious process of change in Cuba, significant developments in not-so-far-away Colombia have not merited as much comment.

Dear Editor, The KN article captioned `Battle lines drawn in Parliament…House Speaker warns Luncheon not to provoke a constitutional crisis’, and dated 10/20/2012 provides yet another glaring example of the PPP/C government’s disregard and disrespect for the people of Guyana.

Dear Editor, As a result of the fallacious letter penned in the Guyana Chronicle of Monday, October 15th, 2012, headlined `Robbing Guyanese law students of opportunities’, I feel that a response is warranted to give a clear picture of the situation at the University of Guyana and what was said by the learned Head of Department (Law) Mr Sheldon A.