Opinion

Dear Editor, I write today with a heavy heart, burdened by what the media is attempting to do to Dr.

Dear Editor, The recent flooding that occurred in Region # 2 and # 3 is certainly cause for all residents to be concerned, and while I am not in a position to pronounce on the cause, effect and cure or remedy for what occurred in Region # 3, I am in a position to say that the grave situation in Region # 2 was in no small way man-made. 

Dear Editor, The decision by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to verify the names of new registrants emanating from the House to House registration is a positive step.

Dear Editor, I have been reading and listening, quite ardently, to the many viewpoints of our citizens and other Ministers, concerning the Honourable Minister of Education, Mrs.

Dear Editor, The unveiling of the `I Love Guyana’ sign and tourist park is a step in the right direction for both Guyanese and for tourists.

Dear Editor, On December 13, 2019 I phoned the Court of Appeal Registry for an update on my case.

Dear Editor, I have since 2013 been writing letters to the press engaging Guyanese on a host of economic matters which affect them,  and have been offering ideas and solutions to our national welfare problems.

In what can only be termed the height of idiocy, not one but two bodies representing miners in Guyana included in a manifesto published publicly as an advertisement on Sunday, an argument against the phasing out of the use of mercury in local artisanal mining “without a viable, proven replacement”.

Dear Editor, In his New Year’s Day message of 1974, Prime Minister Forbes Burnham announced the imposition of a special tax levy (called the sugar levy) to extract a portion of the huge profits that accrued to Bookers McConnell (Bookers) and the others in the plantocracy as a result of the high price for raw sugar on the world market.

Dear Editor, It is with great sadness that I learnt of the passing of Basil Butcher.

Dear Editor, As Guyana is about to trade its portion of First Oil another red ants’ nest is being raised as to its transparency.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Department of Energy (DE) still hasn’t explained how they decided on which companies to bid in a process for selling the first 3 crude oil cargoes to be lifted from the Liza field [https://www.stabroeknews.com/2019/12/15/news/guyana/dept-of-energy-defends-plan-for-sale-of-first-three-lifts-of-oil/];

It’s that time of the year again. Sports reviews of the year are prepared, lists of outstanding achievements are compiled, and awards are handed out to the leading performers of the year.

Dear Editor, Young people are increasingly becoming more aware of what is happening in our communities and ultimately the country we are living in.

Dear Editor, Last weekend I drove to Linden and back. The surface of the Linden highway has deteriorated appreciably and it is definitely not safe on a number of stretches to drive in excess of 80kph.

Dear Editor, As the Ministry of Natural Resources continues its engagements with the mining bodies representing the various categories of miners, it welcomes the Manifesto for Mining published by the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) and the National Mining Syndicate.

Dear Editor, GECOM claims there are 20,556 new registrants from the questionable house-to-house (HTH) registration and they want to merge this list into the Official List of Electors (OLE).