Opinion

The World Health Organization (WHO) hit a significant goal with FIFA last Friday (no pun intended), which, once it works, could mean a major advance in its anti-tobacco battle.

Dear Editor, I recently stood at the intersection of Regent and Camp streets waiting to cross the road.

Dear Editor, On  8th of October I read in the local newspapers that  PPP-aligned radio and TV stations have challenged the legality of the broadcast authority board. 

Dear Editor, Recent news reports highlighted security enhancements at the GPHC to combat the thievery that has become almost normal within that institutional complex. 

Dear Editor, I am writing this letter to let you know that you’re wasting your time applying for a firearm licence if you’re not connected politically, unwilling to pass something and if you don’t know someone who can help you.

Dear Editor, I wish to share my views on the issue of direct cash transfer.

Dear Editor, This is in reference to the letter by Charles Sohan (Stabroek News, October 7, 2019, `Elevators on East Bank overpasses will prove to be a costly error of judgement’).

When the 17th edition of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Athletics Championships concluded on Sunday in Doha, Qatar, a gathering storm of dark clouds continued to linger over the world of athletics.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), through its Assistant General Secretary, Aslim Singh, took part in a two-day meeting of Latin American and Caribbean trade unions affiliated to the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU).

Dear Editor, On Sunday last, I saw an American network television interview with the Head of the Broward County Elections Commission in Florida responding to questions about the competence of the administration and the integrity of the County’s Elections Commission.

Dear Editor, Stabroek News, in its October 4, 2019 column captioned “APNU+AFC PM candidate has to be discussed”, reported “President David Granger yesterday deflected questions about whether Minister of (Public)  Security Khemraj Ramjattan would be the APNU+AFC coalition’s Prime Ministerial (PM) candidate for the 2020 elections”.

Dear Editor, It gives us great pleasure at the Ministry of Public Infrastructure to inform and assure you that the international contracting firm responsible for the installation of elevators at overpasses on the East Bank has signalled their willingness to rectify the faults encountered within the defects liability period of the project.

Dear Editor, The call for the government of the day to distribute as cash part of its oil proceeds seems to have as its genesis a real urgency to assuage the looming economic and social crisis that is and has been for the longest while, suffocating the ordinary Guyanese. 

Dear Editor, I very much like Prof Clive Thomas’ suggestion to share out a million dollars from the oil money.

Dear Editor, Online news sites are abuzz with the less than gracious reception which greeted TKR Captain, Pollard, as he made his way out to the middle in the CPL Eliminator game against STKNP on Sunday  and his response. 

Dear Editor, After reading the recent article on GuySuCo’s poor performance it is becoming very evident that the company needs to improve the management team.

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has noted the concerns of residents in Mocha, East Bank Demerara, with regard to the holes in the access road as was published in a letter in Stabroek News on September 19, 2019 under the heading `Address these potholes on the Mocha Access Road’.

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.