Opinion

Dear Editor, Where does Ambassador Canto get the authority to determine how Guyana must move forward in its elections declaration?   

Dear Editor, The recent killing of African American George Floyd by a white Police Officer in the US city of Minneapolis, and images of the officer kneeling on the victim’s neck despite his cries, of not able to breathe, highlight the oppression African Americans have experienced daily for 400 years.

Dear Editor, I read with concern and some rage the City’s reaction to Mr.

Dear Editor, The following is just a selection of a long list of attempts at national unity that may be of interest to readers in the light of new issues raised by people in or out of political organisations.

Dear Editor, Amidst the circus at the recount – The Joe and Claudette Show – with daily shenanigans and dead cats galore, one set of people have not had a good recount war -The PPP and their communication professionals.

The cream of the crop of stand-up comedians are very good at finding humour in most everyday situations and providing us with laughter and relaxation.

Dear Editor, On my way to Berbice yesterday  morning, the driver stopped at Choke Gas Station on the East Coast of Demerara to purchase gas and pointed out to everyone in the vehicle that the gas price is increasing.

Dear Editor, It is my respectful view that Ms. Claudette Singh is trying to nullify the March 2, 2020 elections the way she did the 1997 elections.

Dear Editor, From all reports the COVID-19 is very aggressive. Based on my training and experience as a healthcare facility engineer please allow me to outline some desired quarantining conditions which ought to apply in this case.

Dear Editor,  This year marks the centenary of the final termination of Indentureship contracts, affecting thousands of Indians in the Caribbean and elsewhere.

Dear Editor, It was bizarre to watch PNC strongman Joseph Harmon whining about electoral fraud while still embracing Mingo, the architect of the post election debacle.

Dear Editor, The GAWU’s attention was drawn to a social media post as it related to two  workers who recently lost their jobs after they apparently raised questions related to their employment status at a meeting of a well-known company engaged in the oil sector.

Dear Editor, The claim by George Gomes, Lieutenant Colonel (retired) and President, Guyana Veterans Legions, in his letter `Votes by Disciplined Services personnel’, Stabroek News, May 30, 2020, is cause for concern and points to the need for GECOM to take a proactive stand in countering such falsehoods being perpetuated which, if not addressed now, could have serious consequences should the PPP be declared the winner of the elections after the recount is over.

Dear Editor, I am surprised, if not saddened by the strong statement made by the EU Ambassador Fernando Ponz-Canto.

Dear Editor, I join with fellow students, teachers, and institutions around the Caribbean and share the view that CSEC and CAPE examinations should not be held in July.

Dear Editor, The main thoroughfare leading into the small hamlet of Chateau Margot on the East Coast of Demerara is in a deplorable state.

Dear Editor, As a part of our ‘Dream Guyana Campaign’ my ‘Ad hoc Group of Professionals’ would like to  recommend a team to facilitate discussions on a shared governance approach between President David Granger and the Leader of the Opposition, former President Bharrat Jagdeo.

Dear Editor, GECOM is probably the only constitutional body in Guyana that is truly bipartisan, at least for now, with equal representation from the two parliamentary political parties.

Dear Editor, Any sane person who followed the international news recently on television and saw the video footage of the policeman kneeling on the neck of a handcuffed man, resulting in the eventual death of the arrested man, aught to be appalled.

Sooner rather than later, a reliable assessment of the impact which the twin factors of the post-March 2 general elections imbroglio and the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic have had on the national mindset and (for the purpose of this editorial) on particular aspects of the country’s economy will have to be forthcoming.