Opinion

Dear Editor, When I was in Parliament I was rotating as Chairman of the Economic Services Committee [ESC] with Gail Teixeira of the PPP/C, and we asked GPL to come before the committee to tell us what was going on at GPL and in particular what were their plans to explore renewable power opportunities for Guyanese, this was sometime late in 2008 or early 2009.

Dear Editor, Recently, two men who all the people who knew them would agree were role models, not only for the people from Aurora but for the entire country passed away.

The first ever day/night Test match in the West Indies began last Saturday at 3:00 pm, East Caribbean Time, at the Kensington Oval, Barbados, and finished yesterday afternoon just before 4:00 pm, with Sri Lanka beating the West Indies by four wickets in a tense low-scoring affair.

Dear Editor, To ease the boredom of the unchanging local world, I would amuse myself, and clear head at the same time, by reading the news from abroad. 

Dear Editor, My interest was drawn to the recent award of a contract to build a new prison at Mazaruni, especially since it was awarded to a consortium comprising of a Trinidadian company and a local firm for the sum of G$3.562 Billion, one billion Guyana dollars more than the Guyanese Contractors’ bids.

Dear Editor, The June 24, 2018 Stabroek News reported that a coordinating committee has been established regarding GuySuCo’s ‘Sustainable and Resilient Communities Programme’ and ‘Alternative Livelihoods Initiative’.

Dear Editor,  ‘I will not compromise on the issue of accountability within the public health sector.’

Dear Editor, Kindly permit me to express myself while also assisting other residents in Montrose, East Coast Demerara about a most dreadful noise nuisance that emanates on a daily basis from the “Cheers Bar & Grill”, which is located at Lot 8, Montrose Railway Embankment.

Dear Editor, Rising inequality is a global phenomenon.  It is present in both developing and developed countries, but far more difficult to gauge in developing countries because of the lack of the requisite data and absence of political will. 

Dear Editor, The recent  and well-publicized  controversy regarding  a student  wearing  an indigenous  outfit  to a school and being told no, resulted in numerous  reactions  and  protests.

Dear Editor, The local scene continues to be mind-numbing and, at times, sleep inducing. 

Dear Editor, The constant invective and coded messages against Haitians by PPP/C members of Parliament is a cause of concern.

If, on the one hand, the reported imminent return to citizens in the Cuyuni/Mazaruni area of guns ‘called in’ by the authorities during a 2015 post-election amnesty tied to the surrendering of unlicensed firearms should be comforting to those residents who have been without their weapons for some time, there are considerations associated with this development that are deserving of more studied discourse.

Dear Editor, In his recent attempt to justify his government’s callous refusal to take action to cushion Guyanese businesses and consumers from rising fuel prices, Minister Winston Jordan has made a very important confession. 

Dear Editor, Law-making is not an abstract exercise. Normally, a deficiency or a “mischief” is recognised to exist in the current law and a legislative intervention is crafted to address or remedy this deficiency or “mischief.”

Dear Editor, Kindly permit me space in your newspaper to let the public know what is happening at Demerara Timbers Ltd.

Dear Editor, The Public Health Department in Region Two is shirking its responsibility of taking legal action by prosecuting land owners whose residential plots in many parts of the district are infested with overgrown bushes.

Dear Editor, Rice farmers of the northern side in Region Two are facing heavy losses of their crops due to the rainy season.

Dear Editor, Depression is not an imaginary thing; depression is a real and horrible illness that, unfortunately, affects many persons.