Opinion

Dear Editor, I have read several news stories and letters over the years in SN on the subject of the decline of Foreign Currency Reserves.

Dear Editor, The defeat of the Motion, by the votes of the APNU+AFC in the National Assembly on Friday 20th July, which called for the renaming of the Ministry of Social Protection to that of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection is an assault on workers who made it possible for those who today sit in the hallowed halls of Parliament.

Dear Editor, We note with disappointment the article in the New York Times by Clifford Krauss entitled `The $20 Billion Question’ We do not wish to address the laughably simplistic and selective description of our country as a land where children go to school in canoes, the lack of historical context and the author’s deficit of understanding and sensitivity towards Guyana; nor his blanket claim that “the civil service is corrupt,” which is an insult to the majority of hardworking and honest public servants.  

Dear Editor, Very often victims of gender based abuse say that they choose not to walk away because of the children. 

Dear Editor, I am happy that the management of the Guyana Prison Service is attempting to recruit fit and proper persons for the prison service.

Dear Editor, The democracy of a nation is measured by its respect for the freedom of speech of its people.

Dear Editor, Once again, I am bringing to the attention of Government authorities the unforgiveable abuse to Guyana’s wildlife; as related to me by a Facebook friend.

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News (KN) in its Wednesday, July 18, 2018 edition carried a letter written by Mr Baldeo Mathura captioned `An ever-present Bharrat Jagdeo is creating a headache for his critics’.

Dear Editor, What is happening in Sri Lanka now and happened in the West Indies a  few weeks ago is happening too often in the longer form of the game.

Former US President Carter’s recent conversations with President Granger and Opposition Leader Jagdeo in an initiative to get high-level dialogue between the two leaders going is most welcome.

Dear Editor, News reports and commentaries have indicated that local foreign currency reserves are under serious pressure. 

Dear Editor, It was a strange experience for me to read Mr.

It should come as no surprise to anyone that there are increasing numbers of Venezuelans taking refuge in this country.

Dear Editor, The conduct of elections in any part of the world is guided by statutory timelines.

Dear Editor, Overcrowding and the high cost of maintaining jails and prisons have come together to force the criminal justice system to seek new forms of  sentencing for non -violent offenders.

Dear Editor, A crime wave continues to engulf Guyana. With each passing day, the Government’s stagnant position becomes more lamentable.

Dear Editor,  reside at Non Pareil on the East Coast of Demerara and dutifully pay my rates and taxes at the beginning of each year and I would expect to receive services from the Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC), but unfortunately, they have not visited my area for the year 2018.

Dear Editor, The Working Peoples Alliance Overseas Associates have viewed with much discomfort the video recording of the incident involving Minister Simona Broomes and her driver in the parking lot of the New Thriving Restaurant.