Opinion

The magnitude of the current fires in the Amazon rainforest, a count of 74,155 as at Tuesday last, has raised global anxieties and this is as it should be.

Dear Editor, It is with considerable dismay that I read Senior Counsel Ralph Ramkarran’s recent lamentation in the Sunday Stabroek  of 25th August, 2019  `CCJ has failed Guyana,  it’s now up to GECOM Chair – Ramkarran’   and also carried in his blog Conversation Tree Mr.

Dear Editor, In the midst of a highly divided GECOM and the not too disguised threat of “no registration, no elections”, Chairperson Justice Claudette Singh has offered something of a compromise by terminating the exercise while accepting the information on registrations to date for purposes of the long overdue elections.

Dear Editor, Without doubt one of the most important professions in the world is politics.

Dear Editor, “Sister Clemmy”, as I and many others called her, was a very personable individual whose presence was always felt in a room; if it wasn’t her claps and exclamations of approval during sermons at church, it was her giving of tips on how a good meal should be prepared.

Dear Editor, A meeting between residents of a certain section of Enmore and a GPL Contractor together with Representatives from the IDB is scheduled for today to advise residents about the installation of Smart-meters in Enmore.

Dear Editor, In a Stabroek News letter dated September 2, 2017 and captioned `Suppression of news’  – I referred to the media’s inclination to neglect issues that specifically speak to the discontents as well as the aspirations of African Guyanese.  

Dear Editor, Permit me a few lines in your newspaper to highlight a most troubling development which must be called out for what it is, with the hope that  what must be a blind spot is corrected.

Fans of international cricket are probably still discussing the Test match which finished on Sunday.

Dear Editor, It is good to see GECOM starting to make decisive moves to quicken the path to our country’s next major elections.

Dear Editor, I have noted a letter in Stabroek News of Saturday, August 24, 2019 under the heading ‘Some numbers in Minister’s half-year report raise serious questions about data quality’.

Dear Editor, In a time of such uncertainty, especially for the young people of Guyana, we must continue onwards and charter our own paths despite the many doubts that frequently dampen our spirit.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the article titled, “Trinidad PM: I never called anyone lazy” (SN August 24). 

Dear Editor, I have mental health problems. I have had it for nearly twenty years.

Dear Editor, With so many different oil companies staking out their claims off Guyana’s coast, could you say what became of the government decision in April this year to ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to proceed directly to the holding of oral hearings on the border controversy with Venezuela?

Dear Editor, I am repatriating to Guyana, but it may cost me my family because my family doesn’t want to go with me.

Dear Editor, The tone of the letter bearing the caption `Decisions being made at NIS are not anchored in the concept of social security’ reflects the malicious intent of its author. 

Dear Editor, I refer to your article `Auditors absent from GFF congress’ carried in the Sunday Stabroek dated 25 August 2019.

The southern stretch of the Robb Street pavement between Camp Street and Avenue of the Republic is, next to much of Regent Street, probably the busiest expanse of road for foot traffic in the capital.