Opinion

Dear Editor, The Guyana Chronicle’s front-page headline published on June 28, 2014, captioned ‘Williams objections about the legality of COI extension overruled’ is grossly misleading.

Dear Editor, It has been reported that four engineers from the Ministry of Public Works (MPW) are being sent by Minister Benn to the United States of America for a technical working visit to understand processes and hydro-dynamics as well as to get some cross fertilization ideas with respect to sea and river defence construction now being undertaken along the Gulf Coast by the US Army Corps of Engineers with the help of Dutch consultants.

Dear Editor, The 2012 census data are now out. The report shows that Guyana’s population has dropped to 747,884, down from 751,223 recorded for 2002.

Dear Editor, I write in response to some of the issues which have come to the fore in the light of your reporter’s article of May 25, your editorial of May 29, and Ms Bissember’s lengthy diatribe in the letter columns (June 26) concerning my damaged paintings in the National Collection and, by extension, the critical state of the National Collection, in general.

Dear Editor, It was reported that the National Family Commission was going to bring in Dr Myles Munroe, the senior pastor of Bahamas Faith Ministries International Fellowship.

Dear Editor, The ongoing developments regarding a possible no confidence vote against the PPP/C regime have resulted in many analyses.

Even as we considered Britain’s relations with the Caribbean Community last week, as British Foreign minister Hague met with our countries’ foreign ministers in London, it was clear that Hague had something else on his mind, specifically the campaign being led by his Prime Minister David Cameron to get his own choice of President of the European Commission.

Dear Editor,   Much concern has been expressed about the lawlessness of the current administration and its disregard for constitutional and legal obligations.

Dear Editor,   Guyana’s leading businessman, enterprise developer, entrepreneur who worked most of his life in Guyana’s development is very worried about the future of the sugar industry which employs more than 20,000 workers and shaped the lives of almost fifty per cent of Guyanese.

Dear Editor,   I offer some comments on a letter by Mr Abu Bakr, (‘An evocation of context is important to an understanding of events surrounding Walter Rodney’s death,’ SN, June 28).

Dear Editor, On Sunday, June 29, I informed GT&T via phone number 0488 that a telephone pole implanted at the corner of Fourth and Main Streets, Patentia West, is leaning and threatening to fall.

Dear Editor, My good friend and ex-Chief Labour Officer, Mr Mohammed Akeel, has written about the Corentyne Highway Stop signs before, but to date it appears that the powers-that-be have not taken note or are reluctant to take corrective action.

Dear Editor, There is a view that the calls for the PNC to apologise are misplaced.

Dear Editor,   The Government of Guyana through the Ministry of Sport must be commended for the much admired initiative of the community enhancement programme.

Several talking points have arisen out of government’s announcement that it would commit half of the one billion dollar coastal clean-up allocation to rehabilitating the capital.

Dear Editor, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the Albion Cricket Club for doing an excellent job in hosting its 2013 presentation of the award ceremony.

Dear Editor, With the exception of perhaps the City of Georgetown the Environmental Health Officer faces a dilemma when carrying out the provisions of the Public Health Act Chapter 145 owing to the following: Nuisance – If a person is taken to the magistrate’s court for causing a nuisance and found guilty, the magistrate cannot order the defendant to execute the work to abate the nuisance if the cost exceeds $240.00.

Dear Editor,   My attention has been drawn to a recent Stabroek News guest editorial (“Really Dr.

Dear Editor, As an AFC Councillor on the Region 5 RDC, I wish to express my disappointment over the non-response by the council to a number of issues affecting residents:- 1.