Opinion

In the aftermath of the loss of nearly 5,000 jobs in the industry, Friday’s announcement by the Guyana Sugar Corporation that it has created a coordinating committee for its ‘Sustainable and Resilient Communities Programme’ and ‘Alternative Livelihoods Initiative’ can only be seen as another sign of the gross failure of the APNU+AFC administration to come to grips with its responsibilities.

Dear Editor, I was utterly flabbergasted when I read that the Finance Minister is now suing Member of Parliament Juan Edghill claiming damages in the sum of $200,000,000, for the “Malicious Prosecution of the Offence of Misconduct in Public Office” and other damages.

Dear Editor, On August 26th, 2015, Kaieteur News reported that Eda, a female patient of the National Psychiatric Hospital, was murdered during a fight with another patient.

Dear Editor. The contempt, mockery and duplicity of the Mayor, Town Clerk and the favoured cabal at the Georgetown City Council has become just unbearable to many citizens.

Dear Editor, I  believe  that having  local  government  engage in big construction projects ($10 million plus) is not Pareto Efficient.

Dear Editor, Is the Stabroek Market Square a microcosm of the Guyanese society?

Dear Editor,  Is the current Board of Directors of the Guyana Power & Light Inc.,

The Foreign Ministry could hardly have been surprised when on Monday, June 18, Venezuela made it known that it did not intend to participate in proceedings brought by Guyana in the International Court of Justice with regard to Caracas’s claim that the 1899 settlement of the border between the two countries was null and void.

Dear Editor, Reading Freddie Kissoon’s column today (Kaieteur News, 23/6/18) on the inaccessibility and deplorable condition of the Le Repentir Cemetery, especially during heavy rainfall, one gets the impression that it is the central government that is responsible for the maintenance of the cemetery in Georgetown and therefore, by extension, all the cemeteries in municipal and rural Guyana.

Dear Editor, I am appalled and deeply concerned at the manner in which our police seem so vulnerable and apparently helpless in the face of attacks by persons armed with nothing less than a knife.

Dear Editor, Guyana’s Ambassador to the United States Dr. Riyad Insanally has suggested that there be a more structured process of engagement between the Caribbean Diplomatic Caucus  in Washington DC and the Caribbean diaspora to ensure that efforts to advance the cause of the region and its people are well defined and co-ordinated.

Dear Editor, I have previously written on reports about the processes used for the selection of the Deputy Chief Election Officer; among these processes was the use of the Performance Appraisal System.

Dear Editor, Ours is an economy which is comparatively small, relatively undiversified and precariously dependent upon primary production.

Dear Editor, I am inspired to join the discussion by the cartoon depicting the PPP’s Gail Teixeira holding a placard proclaiming “Haitians Out!”

Last week, on World Refugee Day, the Guardian printed the names of 34,361 migrants who have died since the early 1990s, while trying to enter Europe.

Dear Editor, Thursday’s domestic violence that occurred at Limlair Village on the Corentyne was the last straw for me.

Dear Editor, I write responding to the letter in your Wednesday, June 20, 2018 Letter Column under the heading `Region Six REO should be sanctioned over bulldozer scandal’.

Dear Editor, The purpose of this letter is to thank the Honourable Prime Minis-ter and the Honourable Minister of Infrastructure, Mr.