Letters to the Editor

A mid-term review of the Hope Canal Project is long overdue

Dear Editor, In Notice Paper No 123 of the Tenth Parliament of Guyana, it was observed that in response to a question raised by Mr Ramjattan, MP, as to whether the developer of the Hope Canal Project had submitted any data to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Mr Robert Persaud, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, in a written reply stated that the developer of the construction of the Hope Canal Project had submitted to the EPA a ‘Feasibility Study’ for the project.

Situation in the Paradise Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society has not changed

Dear Editor, I have been writing about the situation in the Paradise Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society (PMCS) since 2010 and there have been supporting letters by other concerned and vocal Guyanese, but with the exception of a March 2012 visit by Minister of Labour and Cooperatives, Dr Nanda Gopaul who promised to commission an audit of the Society’s affairs, and indeed ordered one,  there has been not one peep from any parliamentarian, interest group, or media representative on the concerns expressed on these matters. 

Speaker Trotman got it right this time

Dear Editor, Regarding your news item (Feb 22) on Speaker Raphael Trottman’s ruling to allow Member of Parliament Clement Rohee to speak in Parliament in his capacity as minister, the opposition wasted some eight months on what was a non-issue.

Calypso ban remains and the damage continues

Dear Editor, A few things.  Firstly, the calypso ban.  What has been sad is that theprevailing attitude to this has been, as Dave Martins summed up in his otherwise excellent article: “The ban, however misconceived, is a done deal.

No garbage collection on Middle Rd

Dear Editor, I am writing this letter with frustration after four weeks of waiting for the City Council or contractor trucks to pass through Middle Road and collect our garbage; it is the most ridiculous situation ever I could remember.

How is the PPP’s slide reconciled with glib outpourings about the return of democracy?

Dear Editor, Having read Mr Charles R Ramson’s latest fulmination against the opposition in the current Parliament (‘The demand for Rohee’s resignation was a fatuous figment…’ SN, February 28), I am left to reflect on the mentality which allows some to condemn, rightly so, perceived wrongdoing in those we oppose but defend similar tendencies in those we call our comrades.

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