Opinion

Dear Editor, I would like to bring to your notice some very serious complaints against the Leonora and Fellowship Post Offices.

Dear Editor, A few days ago I saw a notice in your publication for the Medical Council of Guyana in which the council listed the names of doctors eligible for a place on the board of the new council if  elected by their peers.

Politikles

Acting Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell’s engagements on Thursday with family members of the slain teenager Shaquille Grant and with residents of Agricola who had protested the young man’s killing by police might be interpreted as an attempt by the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to strike a more conciliatory posture than it usually does in response to public protests over police killings.

Dear Mr. Editor, Permit me to make a few comments about the ‘debate’ being aired on NCN.

Dear Editor, Let me preface what I have to say by acknowledging the decade-long friendship I’ve enjoyed with Minister of Education Priya Manickchand. 

Dear Editor, Narcotics detective Jirbahan Dianand is executed and there is a heavy, telltale silence. 

Dear Editor, I observed recently a series of articles in the Guyana Times regarding the purported new constitution of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and quotes from Mr Clive Lloyd regarding same as reported by Mr Rajiv Bisnauth.

Dear Editor, A few years ago, Bishop Juan Edgill, then Chairman  of the Ethnic Relations Commission, held a one-day workshop on solving conflicts in communities.

Dear Editor, I have been following the exchange of letters between two Guyanese – Wesley Kirton and Vishnu Bisram – on the issue of the legality of the Government of Guyana from 1968 to 1992.

The death of any 17-year-old is difficult to fathom much more one at the hands of the police in what was clearly reckless behaviour.

Dear Editor, In May 2001, a joint committee, co-chaired by Deryck Bernard and  Gail Teixeira, sat down to begin deliberations on several specific issues identified by the then President of Guyana and the Leader of the Opposition, namely,  (i) putting an end to the state monopoly on radio broadcasts; (ii) proposing a formula to set up non-partisan boards for the Guyana Chronicle, GTV (now NCN) and the National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU); and (iii) outlining provisions for broadcast legislation.  

Dear Editor, Amidst the swirl of anger, disgust, and defensiveness surrounding the presidential benefits package, I share a handful of simple thoughts.

Dear  Editor, I commend the placing of ‘litter policemen’ around the city, especially at the horrendous sites that are truly unbelievable in our once beautiful city.

Cartoon

If reporters at Dr Luncheon’s press conferences often get themselves tangled in the thicket of words, such was not the case on Wednesday; the Cabinet Secretary’s deliveries were a model of straightforwardness and clarity.

Dear Editor, The Cabinet’s decision in Guyana to procure pirated textbooks for public schools is an indisputably illegal act.

Dear Editor, Dr Roger Luncehon and Education Minister, Ms Manickchand, have confirmed the widespread assumption that the ‘rule of law’ has broken down and, more precisely, does not exist in Guyana.

Dear Editor, I am not aligned to a political party but I am a nationalist, and I express my opinions on matters which affect the masses.

Dear Editor, This is my final call for immediate action. For a number of years I have being calling for the Charity Police Station to be properly secured.