Opinion

Dear Editor, The recent excesses committed by members of the Guyana Police Force has brought the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) which is tasked with the responsibility of investigating criminal wrongdoings by members of the force under scrutiny.

Dear Editor, I am responding with much hesitation to the article captioned `Deputy CEO Calvin Benn opts not to renew contract with GECOM’, which was published in the Chronicle newspaper of April 23, 2014.

Dear Editor, It was quite interesting to observe the views of the contribution of May 19th, 2014 in the SN “In the Diaspora column”.

After a hectic campaign that took on the proportions of a general election exercise, the People’s National Movement consolidated its acceptance of Dr Keith Rowley, functioning in an acting capacity since the indisposition of Patrick Manning, as the new leader of the party.

Dear Editor, Region 10 is concerned at the unfolding of events in our sister Region 4 City Council and the silence of many significant voices in society.

Dear Editor, Another brouhaha has broken out in Parliament and this time it’s an attempt by the opposition majority to have the tolls charged by the Berbice Bridge Company (BBC) reduced for vehicular and other crossings.

Dear Editor, It was with great interest and concern that I have read two letters by CIOG, the first under a somewhat melodramatic caption, `The well-being of India is close to the heart of Guyana,’ in Guyana Times (5/7/2014), in connection with the recent violence in Assam in which 30 persons including women and children were killed, and the second entitled, `CIOG denounces kidnapping in Nigeria,’ in Kaieteur News (5/9/2014).

Dear Editor,   The road which leads down from the Mahdia Hill Top, should be lighted by utility poles.

Dear Editor, I read with keen interest the statement made by the Chancellor of the Judiciary (acting) Carl Singh in yesterday’s Stabroek News when he said that the appointment of Senior Counsel will be done in a transparent, fair and justifiable manner based on recommendations made.

Dear Editor,   It is unbelievable to us and to many Guyanese that the minority PPP regime and President Ramotar still do not understand the folly of overcharging the travelling public to cross the Berbice River Bridge.

The poignancy of the recent remark by the Director of the Child Care & Protection Agency (CC&PA) Ann Greene regarding what she says is a high tolerance for the sexual abuse of children in Guyana is as chilling as it is distressing.

Dear Editor, My attention was directed to a letter in the May 17th edition of SN penned by the Director of Sports where reference was made to an agreement between the National Sports Commission (NSC) and Guyana Amateur Basketball Federa-tion (GABF) under my stewardship, which suggested that training and selection of basketball teams for the Inter Guiana Games (IGG) by the NSC was acceptable – any such statement is a complete falsehood.

Dear Editor, I refer to an article captioned `UG law graduates to play second fiddle to UWI’s’ published in the Sunday Stabroek, May 18, 2014 in which commentary is attributed to yours truly and which I stand by.

Dear Editor, I refer to your editorial in the Stabroek Business edition of May 16, 2014 captioned, `Our consumer protection regime sucks’.

Dear Editor, I have before written about the USA having an arrogant attitude towards those seeking a visa.

Dear Editor, For the last 20 years, Guyana has failed to convene Local Government Elections (LGE), even though it is lawfully due every three years.

Politikles

Dear Editor, If there were a single policy initiative that would most serve to transform our racially divisive electoral dynamics into a competitive, issue-based political culture, the revival of local government institutions by way of holding local government elections and imbuing these organs with sufficient autonomy to function effectively, would be it.