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Indian Supreme Court ruling re prosecution of corrupt officials is an example for other countries
Dear Editor,A landmark ruling on Tuesday by the Supreme Court of India has relevance and application to the rest of the world facing corruption problems.
The security forces need ethnic balance
Dear Editor,A critic of one of my letters raised an issue that is of paramount importance to this nation.
Gecom is capable of managing general, regional or local government elections this year
Dear Editor,In your Sunday editorial of January 22, 2012, you mentioned that if national and regional elections were to be called, “Gecom simply could not manage it.
Ramkarran should have declined nomination for Speaker in 2001
Dear Editor,I refer to the PPP press release of January 17, 2012; Mr Ralph Ramkarran’s press release which appeared on the page 3 of the Stabroek News of Wednesday January 18, under the caption, ‘PPP/C addressing voter loss‘; and, the news item which appeared on page 2 of Stabroek News January 23, under the caption, ‘Trotman cannot remain as AFC List Rep.
When will the National Aquatic Centre open?
Dear Editor,Every day, for the past three years on my way to Georgetown I drive along the Railway Embankment road.
MPs with dual citizenship should not sit in the National Assembly
Dear Editor,My colleagues have reminded me of my letter in your publication of December 19, 2011, imploring obedience to the law disqualifying persons with dual citizenship from sitting in the National Assembly (‘The new MPs should hold only Guyanese citizenship’).
Major deficiencies exist in the awarding of contracts
Dear Editor,In last Sunday’s Chronicle of January 29, Mr Keith Burrows concluded that “Guyana has made significant progress to reach higher standards of integrity, transparency and value for money” in the awarding of contracts.
Martins says nothing in his column on Bhattacharya’s book about our society needing to be fixed
Dear Editor,In reply to Dave Martins’ letter of January 28, 2012, I would like to say that if heaping praise on Rahul Bhattacharya and his book, The Sly Company of People who Care, in his column (August 14, 2011) was meant to convey gratitude to the writer for showing us what needs to be fixed then he fell very short of his intention.
A plan of action is needed to deal with the flooding
Dear Editor,Climate change means that farmers can no longer rely on the signs that they used in the past to help them decide when to sow and harvest along with predicting flooding.
The nation needs to examine the opportunity for corrective action
Dear Editor,There are matters of governance which are of concern; foremost among these is the FipMotilall contract.
Teaching Service Commission deadline is incorrect
Dear Editor,I note that in the vacancy advertisement from the Teaching Service Commission in the Sunday Stabroek of January 29 there are three closing dates for the receipt of the original application forms: Friday, March 09, 2012 for receipt by the Head of the Department of Education; Friday, March 09, 2012 for receipt by Central Ministry; and Friday, April 13, 2012 for receipt by the Teaching Service Commission itself.
The final total costs for the Amaila hydro project are likely to be in the stratosphere
Dear Editor,At a media briefing at the Pegasus Hotel held on Jan 25, executives of the investor Sithe Global, which in an apparently unusual deal bought a licence/contract instrument from Synergy Holdings for US$12M to develop the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHEP) on the Potaro River, now appears to be struggling just as Fip Motilall of Synergy did.
Deplorable state of Good Hope bridge
Dear Editor,The attached photo shows the deplorable condition of Good Hope bridge on the East Coast of Demerara.
City Hall has mismanaged its finances and resources
Dear Editor,Mayor Hamilton Green makes a paltry attempt to justify incompetence and politicking as he presides over the constant decay of the city.
Persons should not languish for years in jail without a Preliminary Inquiry being held
Dear Editor,The ability to conduct an effective Preliminary Inquiry (PI) in an effective, efficient and timely manner is the foundation on which the entire criminal justice system should be built.