Opinion

Politikles

Dear Editor, The coalition government has commendably spared no efforts in outlining its vision for local government in Guyana.

Dear Editor, Permit me the opportunity to respond to Minister Allicock’s pronouncements on the LCDS-GRIF funded Amerindian Development Fund Project carried in the November 28 edition of the Kaieteur News captioned ‘Amerindian Develop-ment Fund projects to be restructured’ and another article carried in the November 15 edition of the Stabroek News captioned ‘Most Amerindian Fund projects missed objectives’.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) recognises Junior Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection, Ms Simona Broomes’ ongoing visits to workplaces and more particularly the Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI).

Dear Editor, For a very long time now I have noted with a great deal of interest that all my overseas mail delivered to me from the GPO has been tampered with.

Dear Editor, I write with reference to an article I read on Inews’ website on 2nd November 2015 with the headline ‘Persons with house lots urged to start construction’.

Dear Editor, With the coming of the APNU+AFC coalition in government, Guyanese are getting a lesson in realpolitik.

Dear Editor, While studying in the USA I wrote a lecture series that the Indiana Department of Corrections now use in their prisons and correctional facilities.

Dear Editor, The United Nations General Assembly designated November 25 as International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (Resolution 54/134).The

Dear Editor, I have a letter in my possession which I penned about two months ago that I almost forgot about, until I saw ‘Cultural appropriation is not an acceptable way to honour one’s own culture’ by Angela Massiah in Stabroek News of Nov 18.  

Dear Editor, There has been, over the last few weeks, an interchange on the possible role of the “Indian intellectual” in the development of our national discourse and, more particularly, as a spokesperson for some or all of the Indo-Guyanese segment of our society.

Dear Editor, Looking at the problems faced by law enforcement at different levels makes one understandably worried about whether the end of that tunnel will come into sight any time soon.

Since the Caribbean Community is, as we know, not a single state, the tendency towards diplomatic unilateralism on the part of one or other member state is, or has become, a normal expectation.

Dear Editor, Minister Simona Broomes should be commended for confronting errant employers who many consider are treating their workers unjustly.

Politikles

Dear Editor, It is prudent of the Government of Guyana to engage ExxonMobil (XOM) to negotiate licensing and rental income for Guyana’s oil-bearing acreages in advance of actual production.

Dear Editor, In his weekly column, published in the Sunday Stabroek, Mr Ralph Ramkarran, this week, chose to write in defence of and indeed, advocates for, the specialty hospital project to be awarded to Fedders Lloyd without going through any procurement process.

Dear Editor, Recently I was among Guyanese invited to a dinner here in Miami with Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud who met with a small group to update on the work of the GPF, including the launch of a foundation to assist the families of personnel killed in the line of duty.

Dear Editor, I was very moved by the excellent quality of the recorded interview between Mr Robert Lalljie and Mr Basil Bradshaw first aired on HBTV on July 9, 2015, on the subject of the biography of Sir Arthur Lewis.

Dear Editor, I wish to congratulate Dr David Dabydeen and Mr Harold Bascom for having won the Guyana Prize For Literature in fiction and drama respectively.