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By Stabroek News October 13, 2019 Dear Editor, This statement is a personal one intended to support opinions, especially in the Caribbean, that the costs of practical recovery from annual hurricanes should not fall, as they mainly do, on the victims of these natural disasters. As it is, the pain, the agony,…
Continue readingBy Stabroek News October 16, 2019 In last week’s Future Notes I quoted President David Granger as saying, ‘Now my brothers and sisters, we are in government again. Eight years ago, we founded APNU and four years ago, we went into an alliance to form a coalition with the AFC. This is…
Continue readingOct 13, 2019 Countryman, News kaieteur News By Dennis Nichols Guyanese economist, Professor Clive Thomas, and his cash-transfer pitch, are in upbeat company; as upbeat as one can get in the circumstances where doubt is being cast as to the feasibility of such a move, and on Dr. Thomas’ sanity. The ‘company’…
Continue readingBy Staff Reporter – October 13, 2019 Dear Editor, PERMIT me to respond to issues raised in The Freddie Kissoon column published in the Kaieteur News, Friday, October 04, 2019, captioned: “Is the WPA distorting the Jagan presidency for racist reason? Editor, before addressing the subject matter, I make this seminal…
Continue readingBy Staff Reporter – October 14, 2019 Dear Editor: IN his most recent column in the Kaieteur News (October 12, 2019) , my friend Freddie Kissoon repeated a criticism of the WPA he made a couple of weeks ago. He takes issue with the WPA’s observation that the current coalition government is…
Continue readingBy Staff Reporter – guyana chronicle October 14, 2019 Dear Editor SOME people are of the view that social class is a bigger issue than race in Guyana. I recall my father saying that a lawyer can lose a case in court on the basis of one lawyer being perceived as…
Continue readingBy Staff Reporter – October 13, 2019 TWO political parties (PPP and ANUG) and a coalition of parties (APNU+AFC) have announced their presidential candidates for the coming elections. The constitution mandates the naming of presidential candidates, but more importantly the electorate has always been influenced by the top of the ticket….
Continue readingBy Stabroek News October 14, 2019 Dear Editor, It is with pleasure that I read of the discussions concerning cash distribution and am pleased that I was able to provide some inspiration to Dr. Thomas for pushing this issue. In reference to the proposal I presented in February 2018 via the letter…
Continue readingBy Stabroek News October 14, 2019 Dear Editor, In his most recent column (“Give us a chance’: To do what?’ Stabroek News October 9, 2019). Dr. Henry Jeffrey sought to make sense of part of President Granger’s appeal to his constituents at the recent PNC rally at Linden. Jeffrey zeroed in on…
Continue readingBy Stabroek News October 15, 2019 Dear Editor, I am a member of the People’s National Congress. I can clearly remember our Founder Leader, Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham saying on more than one occasion – I and my party, the People’s National Congress, have the task of ensuring that no Guyanese man,…
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