Opinion

There are two realities about crime and law enforcement which have to be faced and these, regrettably, are likely to be around for some while.

Dear Editor, Across generations there have been personal accounts of life in the sugar industry of Guyana and the communities it created.

Dear Editor, And they are off! The much-anticipated announcement of the date for national and regional elections, occasioned by the passing of the December 21, 2018 No Confidence Vote, has been made.

Dear Editor, In an article which appeared in the news media on September 30 on the East Bank road overpasses, it was reported that the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) under Minister Patterson had awarded a contract  for ten elevators attached to five overpasses located at various locations along the East Bank Demerara Roadway.

Dear Editor, I was most impressed with a discourse given by Liberty and Justice Party leader Lenox Shuman on Saturday afternoon in Richmond Hill, Queens.

Dear Editor, Having been invited by way of a September 30, 2019 instrument under the hand of Ms Marcia Crawford, Human Resources Manager, GECOM and captioned ‘Training for temporary Management Staff’, I presented myself at approximately 08:10h on October 06, 2019 to the registration clerk at La Bonne Intention Secondary School training venue.

Dear Editor, In my capacity as President of the Guyanese American Chamber of Commerce (GACC) and Chair of the Private Sector Council of the Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS)  I wrapped up on Friday a series of engagements in Washington, DC with officials at the US Department of State; some key lawmakers and their staff on Capitol Hill; and representatives of a number of non-government and political organizations.

Dear Editor, I make no pretence at being even a watered-down version of the once Mighty Chalkdust.

Dear Editor, PPP and PNC are the two behemoths that have dominated Guyanese politics and alternately took turns at the presidency.

Dear Editor, The issue of cash transfer is very topical. I do not think, or rather I know I am not qualified to argue cash transfer with Prof.

It would be instructive for all citizens to examine where the nation and its prospects rest today after the epochal events of the last nine months.

Dear Editor, I know not the people.  I know not, nor do I wish to know, the merits or demerits of respective contentions.

Dear Editor, On Friday, I bore witness to the initiation of what I’ve only heard rumours of – the destruction of one of Georgetown’s largest living monuments – the silk-cotton tree that resides within the compound of Carnegie School of Home Economics.

Dear Editor, For decades, since our Independence in 1966 to now, Guyana has been suffering from inadequate potable water and reliable electricity.

Dear Editor, Recognising the intense deceptive lobbying efforts of the PPP in fueling a series of orchestrated distorted views of the Caribbean Court of Justice’s (CCJ) ruling and the constitutional requirements to aid Guyana’s restoration of constitutional normalcy and peaceful resolution of our current political crisis, I publicly called on the government on several occasions not to bow to the engineering calls for proclamation of a date for elections.   

It is not often that former heads of state or government admit to having made mistakes during their period of office, and in this country it is very rare indeed.

Dear Editor, GAWU, together with NAACIE, at a joint meeting with GuySuCo on October 01, 2019 was most worried when it learnt that the ongoing 2019 second crop is, at this time, very much behind the Corporation’s production schedule.