Opinion

Dear Editor, I note with much indignation, albeit disgust that Regional Chairman, Region 8, Mr Mark Crawford has been cajoled into joining the small group of protagonists who appear hell bent on persisting in their personal attacks on one of the hardest working of our cabinet ministers, Ms Priya Manickchand whose success story in education over the relatively short period of her stewardship as Minister of Education has incurred the envy of some from among opposition elements.

Dear Editor, Many believe that corruption – the use of public office for private gain – is a major problem in Guyana.

Dear Editor, The TUC’s Mr Lincoln Lewis indulges in frequent letters to the press in competition with the Mayor of Georgetown.

A week may be a long time in politics, but Germany needed only six minutes to seal the fate of Brazil in their 7-1 rout of the World Cup hosts earlier this week.

Dear Editor, I am very disturbed by the pit bull attack, on 11-year old Christianburg Primary School pupil, Daquan Gordon.

Dear Editor, In the wake of the remonstrations by the intrepid Secretary to the Cabinet, Dr R F Luncheon, consequent upon the ill-advised interventions of former American Ambassa-dor Brent Hardt in Guyana’s internal politics, particularly its municipal affairs, the opposition elements sought to chastise the government on the pretext that they were sanctimonious enigmas of constitutional safeguards and international relations.

Dear Editor, In Guyana we are combating the PPP race-based propaganda that it uses to distract from its bad record of governance in the post-1997 period in its effort to remain in power.

Dear Editor, It is obvious that the greatest American political thinker Tom Paine had no influence on the diplomatic training of Ambassador Dr Brent Hardt.

Dear Editor, Abu Bakr continues to make logically tenuous and intellectually treacherous assertions on the Walter Rodney affair.

Dear Editor, I thank Abu Bakr for our debate and his latest reply captioned ‘In general, the PNC and government were more restrained in their responses,’( SN, July 9).

Dear Editor, In the July 4 edition of the Stabroek News, there was a letter by Mr Daniel Pier captioned: ‘Decline in NGSA maths results this year could be related to factors affecting the Interactive Radio Instruction Programme.’

Oftentimes, when we publish our editorials, we have little idea of how they have been received by our readers, apart from the occasional letters to the editor or, increasingly, online comments, viewed, of course, only by our online community.

Dear Editor, I refer to the comments by former Minister of Foreign Trade Henry Jeffrey (SN, July 9).

Politikles

Dear Editor, The recent controversy over United States Ambassador Brent Hardt’s tenure in Guyana seems to have focused on his persistent calls for local government elections, and the government’s “feral” reaction towards his so called meddling.

Dear Editor, Guyana, as everyone agrees, suffered and is continuing to suffer from a massive brain drain; even labourers are in short supply.

Dear Editor, I must be numbered amongst the citizenry who clamour vociferously for local government elections.

Dear Editor, Could the relevant authorities kindly inform the residents of Sophia D Section in the third street from the police station if this area was designated as a residential one or otherwise.

Dear Editor, I’ve been observing with no great surprise the aftermath of the embarrassing Manickchand attack on now former US Ambassador Brent Hardt.

Dear Editor, Present-day pensioners have been contributing to the National Insurance Scheme since its birth in 1969, and these contributions are made on a percentage fixed by NIS.