Opinion

Dear Editor, The National Commun-ications Network Incorporated (NCN) must be commended for a number of things.

Dear Editor, Over the past weeks, there have been sincere outpourings of generosity, kindness and an excellent demonstration of true goodwill by all Guyanese towards children, shut-ins, the sick, the poor and the needy.

Dear Editor, I am driven to write about the current impasse between the government and the Guyana Public Service Union over wage increases, and improved conditions of work.

Dear Editor, Do my fellow Guyanese need calendars, watches and the aphorism, ‘My word is my bond’ tattooed on their heads?

Dear Editor, Some of the words of the songs of Jimmy, Bunny, Frank and Bob, are pertinent to the struggles of Nelson Mandela from the beginning, during his 27 years of imprisonment and after his release.

Politikles

Valerie Amos would probably have dismissed the suggestion had it been made four or five years ago that the end of 2013 would find her engrossed in performing one of the least enviable tasks in international diplomacy, and yet that is precisely the position in which the 59-year-old international civil servant from Wakenaam  finds herself.

Dear Editor, It is difficult to understand why the building situated at the beginning of the road at Supenaam in Region 2 ‒ a landmark building that until recently housed the famous Supenaam Dispensary ‒ is left to fall apart, under the watchful eyes of all the regional officials.

Dear Editor, We are grateful to you for the opportunity to respond to Mr Tony Vieira’s letter captioned ‘In a vote the Private Sector Commission would be pro-government’ which was carried in your publication on December 20, 2013. 

Dear Editor, Road traffic issues The current Vehicle and Road Traffic Regulations are barely known to most citizens, amongst whom the number of drivers is increasing exponentially.

Dear Editor, On Wednesday, December 17, 2013, the GPL Public Relations Officer assured Essequibians that there will be no more blackouts for the season as maintenance had finished and the outrages experienced recently had been due to bad weather.

Dear Editor, There is a tendency for people to spend lavishly at this festive time of the year especially on consumer items and food and beverages.

Dear Editor, It is difficult to accept that Nelson Mandela has died, although we knew of his deteriorating health for years.

Politikles

Dear Editor, The Christmas and New Year holiday season is upon us again.

Dear Editor, On Saturday, 14th instant, I travelled from Tortola to Guyana on the LIAT service.

Dear Editor, This is a note to Mr. Kempton France, Operations Engineer of the Guyana Power and Light Company, and all the other apologists at said company.

Dear Editor, The ideas we have proposed in the paper justifying Unity and Human Development (UHD), can be downloaded at http://bit.ly/18odYmG.

Dear Editor, Heartiest congratulations to the management and staff of DTV-8 on the splendid achievement of 20 years of broadcasting today.

Dear Editor, Race and corruption are perhaps the most publicized problems in Guyana and too often these are labelled as anchors of our underdevelopment.