Opinion
Critical need for a Commission of Inquiry into the workings of City Hall
Dear Editor, When will someone in authority realize that there is a critical need for a Commission of Inquiry to be held into the workings of the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown?
The Rule of Law and civility must prevail at all times
Dear Editor, There are slippages in this society that must be arrested as matter of urgency.
Town Crier announces an invitation from the King and Queen
Dear Editor, “Hear ye, hear ye!” It hath been decreed by the Queen and King of the City that henceforth in August, 2018 there shall be a City Week celebration costing nineteen million dollars.
Amidst increasing meaness, a glimmer of hope
Dear Editor, There is an increasing meaner edge to life these days; a palpable grimness.
Cartoon
Minister Felix and the Committee
Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix has failed on four occasions this year to appear before the parliamentary Sectoral Committee for Foreign Relations when requested to do so.
When will all Guyanese will benefit from oil find?
Dear Editor, The IMF stated that mistakes were made in the setting up of contracts which would allow for benefits to Guyana.
Mr Gill was within his right to criticise Speaker, privilege applies only to proceedings in Parliament
Dear Editor, The learned authors of Erskine May, Parliamentary Practice, 12th Edition posit thus: “The chief characteristics attaching to the office of Speaker in the House of Com-mons are authority and impartiality….
Celebration of birth of capital city is an idea whose time has come
Dear Editor, Legal historians will tell us that in the British Colony of then British Guiana, on the 21st August 1843 there was an etymological change from “Town” to “City”: Georgetown the Town became George-town the City.
Dr Bynoe is a proven professional
Dear Editor, I see Dr Mark Bynoe has returned to continue his contribution to nation building.
Sister Admi has left an ineradicable mark in the hearts of many Guyanese
Dear Editor, Words are not enough to express gratitude to Sister Admirabilis Browne who has passed on to her heavenly abode.
Dr Mitchell’s passing leaves a void
Dear Editor, The Stabroek News July 24, 2016 article, titled `Dr.
What the CoI said about pensionable age
Dear Editor, The following is a response to enquiries about pensionable age as recommended by the Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Public Service.
Apple’s trillion dollar valuation
Earlier this week Apple became a trillion dollar company, an estimate close to the combined value of America’s ‘big four’ banks, and the single highest valuation for a company in history.
Politikles
Oldest bread
Dear Editor, Sometime ago I heard in the news that the oldest bread was discovered in Jordan.
The cards are stacked in favour of the occurrence of the resource curse in Guyana
Dear Editor, The literature on the Resource Curse, summarised by Frederick van der Pleog of the Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies in his article “Natural Resources: Curse or Blessing,” is clear that resource rich countries do not all experience strong growth and enhanced development.
Early Afro-Guyanese associations
Dear Editor, Before the African Culture and Development Association (ACDA), there was the League of Coloured Peoples (LCP), who incidentally organised their first exhibition of art and craft (much like Wednesday 1st August) at what was then the British Guiana Cricket Club Ground, east of Queen’s College on Thomas Road – space on which ACDA is accommodated.
Guyana will soon to have face carbon mitigation obligation
Dear Editor, I refer to headlines lately about the release, to planned infrastructural projects in Guyana, of Norwegian money allocated some years ago.
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