Opinion

Dear Editor, I thank the outgoing Canadian High Commissioner, Her Excellency, Ms.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to `APNU+AFC spent $1.2 trillion over five years – Ashni Singh’ (SN online Dec 5) and `Jordan says $4.2B contingencies spending was ‘unforeseen’’ (SN Dec 6).

Dear Editor, I read with sheer amazement, the bundle of hogwash APNU+AFC Member of Parliament, Ganesh Mahipaul wrote in the media about the highly successful $25,000 COVID-19 Cash Grant distribution exercise currently ongoing. 

Dear Editor, The Legal Supplement B to the Official Gazette of 30 November 2020 carried a Government Notice setting out the names of the Guyana Forestry Commission Board for November 2020 to November 2021.

Dear Editor, There are two serious factors which are against Guyana’s national interest in permitting a Haitian smuggling ring to operate here: (i)Condoning people smuggling is criminalizing those Guyanese who are in the  pay of the ring. 

Speaking on Friday on the sidelines of the launch of the Canada Guyana Chamber of Commerce, President Irfaan Ali made the announcement that he had invited all former presidents to a meeting with him on December 15 to discuss national development.

Dear Editor, The recent decision by President Irfaan Ali to invite former presidents to a meeting to discuss matters related to national development must be seen as a masterstroke in his legacy and his commitment to democracy and inclusive governance.

Dear Editor, The word “Re-negotiation” as in “Re-negotiation of the Oil Contract” seems to be a loaded word.

Dear Editor, Four against one…it sure looks like the odds are stacked against any meaningful outcome to the presidential confab.

Dear Editor, On Tuesday December 1st, 2020, it was reported in the Kaieteur News that VP Jagdeo made the statement, “… We made it clear that when they come for a production sharing agreement for the Kaieteur Block, (it would not have the same loopholes as those which exist in the Stabroek agreement).

Dear Editor, The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child highlights the need for a few things with regards to children. 

On Thursday we reported Roman Catholic Bishop Francis Alleyne as saying that it was time for the anti-sodomy laws in Guyana to be made null and void, although he maintained that the act of homosexuality was still morally wrong.

Dear Editor, Has the Government inquired with Exxon about improving the financial terms of the Stabroek Block oil contract?

Dear Editor, With less than 26 days left in the year 2020, the Guyana United Artists (GUA) wishes to thank the Editors of Kaieteur News and Stabroek News for the coverage given to our exclusive Exhibition “From Cuffy, Bechu to Walter Rodney” a prelude on the occasion of our 50th Republic Anniversary, on Main Street Georgetown, between January 23rd – 27th and our Letters to the Editors, including the most recent seeking support for some of our senior artists who need urgent medical treatment.

Dear Editor, It is time for the question to be seriously asked, and answered, about the future of Georgetown, Capital of Guyana.

Dear Editor, It is elementary legal learning the dictum espoused in the case Re Pinochet that ‘justice should be seen to be done as well as actually being done’.

Dear Editor, Yesterday I had a fishing experience off the Kingston Jetty.

Dear Editor, In his letter `Persons with disabilities should be considered in all rebuilding and development plans’ (SN, 3rd November 2020) Ganesh Singh broached a subject that is not discussed often enough.