Opinion

Dear Editor, Firstly, let me say that I have always liked and admired Minister Priya Manickchand, and I still do.

Dear Editor, Being a Guyanese and Essequibian, I have been following the proposals in the country’s 2014 Budget, and all I have seen so far as a major project for the Essequibo Coast is drainage and irrigation works.

Dear Editor,   As I continue to battle for my health where noise abuse continues to be the order of the day on both Sheriff and Seaforth Streets, I wish to expose two recent acts of this cruelty.

Dear Editor, My human resource management colleague of more than 50years, who had worked at an international level in at least three continents, had his baptism in the discipline right here in Guyana’s sugar industry, and post-retirement advised the largest local private sector organisation at the highest level of decision-making.

Drumroll! Ring the bells. Hoist the banners. Send out the cheerleaders.

Dear Editor, I would like to publicly compliment the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) which, under its present CEO, Mr Bharat Dindyal has brought light to places in Guyana that had for so long been in darkness, and for trying to bring relief and excellent management to a most corrupt and difficult utility.

Dear Editor,   Regarding your thoughtful June 14 editorial, the move to decriminalize marijuana in Jamaica will definitely be worth watching.

Dear Editor,   I refer to the letter dated June 16 titled ‘The government is trying to hijack a vibrant, well organised and accountable sports entity’ by Anand Kalladeen, Director of WICB.

Dear Editor,   I look around, and despite the clamour, perhaps because of it, I am prompted to ask: whither the presidency today?

Dear Editor, Not so long on the programme ‘Broadcast to schools’ I heard the good doctor in his role as teacher in one of his lessons dealing with our national symbols – the pledge and anthem –imploring students to cultivate certain things in their character and then exercise these in order to be considered good citizens.

It was not so long ago, indeed during the last presidential campaign in the United States, that President Obama felt that he could congratulate himself that his decision to pull American troops out of Iraq had proven to be right; and that Iraq as a major issue in American, and indeed global foreign relations, had been removed from the limelight.

Dear Editor, As a concerned citizen living in the New Diamond Scheme on the East Bank, I write to inform you that there are three empty house lots near to my lot that have not been weeded for two years or more.

Dear Editor, Well known and boisterous political personality and host of the TV programme ‘Under the Microscope’ Mr Ian Halls is never weary of telling ad nauseam which roads are the responsibility of the local authority and which of the central government.

Dear Editor, I would like to point out an error in the article about me in the June 13 Stabroek News, on page 14.

Dear Editor, It is indeed heartening to hear the evaluation by the Head of State, which equates the current condition of the Mayor and City Council to a ‘disaster,’ albeit, if not appearing to do so, distancing the administration from any negative contribution to the situation.

Dear Editor, Has the charge of perjury become obsolete? I cannot recall it being applied for the longest while.

Dear Editor, I followed a letter about proofreading and what it entails (‘Too many proofreading errors’ SN, June 11).