Opinion
Attorney General responsible for settlement, loss of key cases
Dear Editor, Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon has now entered the arena in defence of his colleague, Attorney General, Mr.
Complaints by Kitty market vendors must be heeded
Dear Editor, At our last statutory meeting on the 23rd of April 2018, the Chairperson, Her Worship the Mayor of Georgetown, Patricia Chase-Green refused to allow me, a duly-elected Councillor the right to highlight the plight of the Kitty market vendors who continue to sell on the roadside after some two and half years since the Market rehabilitation project began and still pay their rentals for stalls they do not occupy.
‘Dutch disease’ has already overtaken formerly robust economy
Dear Editor, Having read the International Monetary Fund’s Guyana: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2018 Article IV Mission, I feel compelled to share my analysis in layman terms.
Police targeting community motorbikes at Macaw
Dear Editor, I live on the east bank of the Berbice River in the farming village, Macaw.
A waste of taxpayers money
Dear Editor, I refer to the two-page spread on pages 16 and 17 of your Friday edition.
Aim is not to secure convictions but to engage in political persecution and damage reputations
Dear Editor, This week, the nation witnessed, first-hand, how the law enforcement agencies of the state and the criminal justice system can be used by the authoritarians against the citizenry.
Abandoning diplomacy
President Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal is a characteristic act of petulance and one that is inexplicable except as a rebuke to his predecessor.
A taan singing revival in New York
Dear Editor, An effort was made last Saturday at a free concert at a public school auditorium in Richmond Hill to revive Guyanese style taan singing.
Politikles
Festival City flooding worsening, nothing being done
Dear Editor, For the last 15 years I have resided in E.R.
Bottom-up advisory relationship in public service has been overturned
Dear Editor, My colleagues, in reminiscing with me, reminded that there was a form of what is now ‘regional administration’ since the old colonial times.
Vindictive actions against Singh, Brassington would lead to greater brain drain, less investment
Dear Editor, The events of the past week involving the charges laid against Dr.
Genuine diaspora returnees bring an immeasurable, invaluable quality back to the table of Guyana
Dear Editor, From time to time, the returning diaspora attracts deep-seated misunderstanding and malice.
Politikles
Defective detention facilities
When Paul Arjune, a father of eight, appeared before a city magistrate charged with escaping from police custody his explanation was as simple as it was profound: “I escape out of frustration,” was his telling retort.
Pet homelessness staggering
Dear Editor, The number of homeless animals ending up in the shelter is staggering.
SOCU and the Court must be allowed to do their work
Dear Editor, The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) was established during the PPP/C administration.
I support removal of vendors from Alexander St
Dear Editor, I support the Georgetown City Council’s tough decision to stop street vendors from blocking pavements, parapets and the entrances to homes and businesses in Alexander Street and anywhere else.
Return of indentured Indians to their homeland a complex narrative
Dear Editor, I have noticed a series of write-ups in the dailies on Indian arrival day, which although admirable, have missed the narrative of the return of Indians to their homeland.
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