Opinion

Even with climate change and political unrest roiling the planet, a recent White House memoir, published anonymously as “A Warning”, would easily make any shortlist of the year’s most worrying news.

Dear Editor, The issue that has been raised about the name allocated or name change regarding the (Walter Rodney) National Archives seems to be punctuated with political posturing.

Dear Editor, I note the response by Mr. Godfrey Statia, Commissioner General, to my letter questioning the power and the authority of the Minister of Finance to issue Regulations under section 105 of the Income Tax Act exempting from income tax the retroactive percentage increase for 2019 for Government employees/public servants, etc.

Dear Editor,  I am writing with concern about tax free pay raises. 

Dear Editor, I believe the time has come for the relevant Ministries/Organizations such as the Guyana Revenue Authority and the Ministry with responsibility for Sport to keep a closer eye on what is being presented in some quarters, to the people of Guyana, particularly the younger people, as the art and combat sport of Karate-do.

Dear Editor, I look belatedly at developments concerning Central High School (Central) and I hear the silence of Guyanese lambs. 

Dear Editor, The Walter Rodney COI report cannot truly be made “public” if it is unavailable in the library, university, the press, and bookstore.

It was Mr Eusi Kwayana who first drew attention in a letter to the name-change on the board outside the archives on Homestretch Avenue from ‘Walter Rodney Archives’ to ‘The National Archives’.

Dear Editor, Mr. Freddie Kissoon sometimes wields his Kaieteur News (KN) column like a blunt instrument and with it he recently bludgeoned his way into a matter about which he lacked basic information.

Dear Editor, At a time when male violence against women has taken centre stage,  I find the response by no less than the high ranking education official inappropriate.

Dear Editor, Permit me to respond to Mr. Christopher Ram’s letter in the Stabroek News of November 25th , 2019 `’, by immediately referring to the relevant law.

Dear Editor, I shall be more prolix that usual as the subject merits it; Guyana’s oil future.

Dear Editor, I readily admit being a flawed character to anyone who finds me out, or else provide an explanation if I can.

Dear Editor, Come 2020, it’s the 60th edition of the Ministry of Education in collaboration the Guyana Teachers Union’s National Schools Championship which is the highest level of athletes sports in Guyana.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by former president Donald Ramotar published in Stabroek News on November 20, 2019. 

Dear Editor, In sport, as in life itself, a worthy warrior can suffer injustice, and defeat.

The proverb from which this column’s headline is taken, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” has been attributed to Benjamin Franklin, who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America.