Opinion

Dear Editor, Permit me space to respond to an article appearing in the December 15thedition of the Stabroek News titled, `Guyana’s football to get Pro League come 2021’.

Dear Editor, I read the reports in the three more popular dailies regarding the “National Conversation on Ethnic Relations”.

Monday was the Diamond Anniversary of the famous Tied Test between the West Indies and Australia which took place at the Brisbane Cricket Ground (BCG), in Queensland, Australia.

Dear Editor, Guyana and the rest of the world just concluded 16 days of activism for the elimination of gender-based violence on the 10th December. 

Dear Editor, In the best of times, youth sports (school and grassroots) are an afterthought, often struggling to receive vital support, but thanks to a few understanding and generous community partners – youth sports have time and time again proven their worth as an essential link to the regeneration process of sports development.

Dear Editor, Perhaps inspired – and funded – by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and spearheaded by the Attorney-General’s  Legal Affairs Ministry, the current “conversations” on alternative sentencing and Penal and Law Reform reveal how insensitive the police and justice systems could be towards those found guilty of crime – major and minor violations.

Dear Editor, The National Insurance Scheme was established in Guyana by the relevant Act in 1969.

Dear Editor, Guyana is now in the hands of a new government and there is much work to be done with the aim of bringing relief to the people in every aspect of infrastructure works. 

Over a period of less than two months, public pronouncements by heads of key regional development support organizations including Head of the Caribbean Development Bank, Dr.

Dear Editor, When it comes to the financial management of our country, we must avoid the past posture of taking on excessive debt and then asking for debt forgiveness.

Dear Editor, It was with great pleasure that I recently saw a report and pictures in the print media in relation to the historic signing of the Open Skies – Air Services  Agreement between Guyana and Suriname.

Dear Editor, The compelling letter by Maria Rodrigues, SN Dec 13/2020 `Please protect our animals from the scourge of firecrackers,’ underlines the worst danger of human cruelty to animals, in particular, dogs.

Dear Editor, Hospitals across the country are filling up again, not specifically with the demographic group disproportionately slammed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Dear Editor, This COVID-19 pandemic is making people do all kinds of strange things, playing many tricks. 

It had been hoped that former President Granger would have taken up the invitation by President Ali to meet with him and the three former PPP/C Presidents, Messrs Hinds, Jagdeo and Ramotar.

Dear Editor, The law is clear — as long as you come out in public, you must have a mask on.

Dear Editor, Coalition supporters are seemingly at ease that former President David Granger has declined the invitation from President Irfaan Ali.  Social