Dear Editor, The Foreign Minister of Guyana, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett was absent from the recent 40th Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting in Conakry, Guinea, on December 9 – 11.
Dear Editor, On the 20th day of December, 2013, I went to a lawyer’s office to notarize a power of attorney.
What could have led to the government’s decision to terminate its participation in the USAID-funded Leadership and Democracy (LEAD) project?
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, Please allow me space in your newspaper to thank the Guyana Power and Light for assisting me in cutting costs this Christmas.
Dear Editor, After witnessing the debacle surrounding the appointment of the Georgetown Municipality Town Clerk under circumstances that undermine due process and procedures and which potentially perpetuate a culture of mediocrity in our country’s public offices and institutions, I feel compelled to write on one of the most compelling issues affecting all municipalities – solid waste management and disposal.
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It was Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon who last week brought former president, Mr Bharrat Jagdeo, into the frame in relation to the granting of a controversial permission for a minerals survey in the New River Triangle that would in due course lead to mining.
Dear Editor, The Private Sector Commission (PSC) in its most recent statement (December 20, 2013) on the Berbice Bridge Company Inc was unwilling to acknowledge writing the following on December 11: “As far as we are aware, the Government directly or indirectly has no investment in, or liability relating to, the [Berbice River] bridge at this time.”
Dear Editor, As I traversed the main public thoroughfare from Charity to Supenaam, I saw a contractor patching the road which has sunk, which has some potholes and where the approaches to bridges are uneven.
Dear Editor, In June 2012 I had several court matters involving the provisions of the Public Health Ordinance Chapter 145.
Dear Editor, I should like to pay personal homage to the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr Derrick Josiah, whose station in life and journey in this world came to an end on Friday, December 13, 2013.
Dear Editor, I just cannot comprehend the illogicality taking place within the city administration.
Dear Editor, I am now confortable to write on the issuance of the Permission of a Geological and Geophysical Survey (PGGS) to Muri Brasil Ventures Inc, following several revelations by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment and information provided by stakeholders within the gold mining sector.
Dear Editor, The bridging of the Berbice River is one of the most invaluable projects executed for and delivered to the people of Guyana.
President Obama’s use of clemency powers to commute the long-term prison sentences of eight non-violent drug offenders is a courageous acknowledgment of the need for urgent reforms in the US criminal justice system.
Dear Editor, In ‘America is an immigrant society but is not tribalized’ (SN, Dec 17), Mr Mike Persaud makes statements that are not factual.
Dear Editor, When the US Embassy donated health supplies and sporting equipment to Guyanese, the Government of Guyana (GOG) gladly accepted them.
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