Opinion

Dear Editor, The profile of AFC’s new parliamentarian Cathy Hughes must be most welcome to all interested parties, who would also look forward to the remaining of the promised series.

Dear Editor, When a United Nations report found last year that African Guyanese faced discrimination in the award of government contracts, the government rejected the report.

Dear Editor, As is well known I have been trying unsuccessfully to have an illegal bush truck business next to my premises in Queenstown removed by the relevant authorities.

Dear Editor, Reference to an article in the newspapers of December 20, 2011 concerning the Hope canal, which at this time is only 10% complete.

Dear Editor, Though the Electoral Assistance Bureau (EAB) has already thanked their observers/volunteers for coming on board and being part of their team and for displaying commitment and patriotism during our just concluded November 28 electoral exercise, I nonetheless would like to personally add my special bit of thanks to all the Region 10 observers, supervisors and the Assistant Coordinator.

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A year that began with a major surprise, the popular uprising in Egypt in January, and then in February with another, the popular uprising against Colonel Gaddafi in Libya that lasted for most of the year, put the global community, and in particular the major global powers on alert that arrangements which they had made with various powers in the Middle East and its environs might not have the stability that had been expected.

Hello David Granger

It might be very much premature to suggest that the opposition parliamentary majority has fallen at the first hurdle but it certainly appears as though they have hit that hurdle……HARD.

Dear Editor, In a few days to Christmas Donald brought to us… suspension and investigation of Henry, charges against Kwame while Lumumba‘s fate is to be decided.

Dear Editor, Kindly allow me to respond to Mr A Rodrigues from Canada in a letter to SN, on December 15 titled ‘We wait to see who will walk the walk on corruption.‘

Dear Editor, Clinton Urling writes (‘Hopefully our political leaders will rise to the occasion’ SN, Dec 18): “The proportional representation list system does not address directly the ethnic voting realities in Guyana.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the news item emanating from a letter written by Capt Gerry Gouveia to Brigadier (rtd) David Granger (‘Upset Gouveia writes Granger over Duke Lodge protests,’ SN December 17).

Dear Editor, Your edition of December 17 carried a letter captioned ‘The buck stops with the people’ by Karen Abrams.

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Egypt continues to provide Washington with sobering lessons in the frailties of US foreign policy, a policy that remains rooted in an archaic world view that perceives America’s vital interests around the globe as surpassing in their importance even the popular will of other nations and peoples.

Dear Editor, The combined opposition votes outnumber the ruling party’s. Political analysts should begin to find the reasons why the PPP lost so many votes and the opposition gained so many.

Of all the holdovers from the Jagdeo Administration, Roger Luncheon is perhaps the most notable.

Dear Editor, I write this letter with a deep sense of concern for the welfare of the many families in Region 10 and other Guyanese who are taking care of their families by mining gold on a small scale at Omai.

Dear Editor, The decision that Acting Police Commissioner Greene should proceed on leave (whoever made it) is a welcome first step towards a proper investigation into the allegations of rape made against him.