Opinion

Dear Editor, Mr Frederick Kissoon is of Indian origin although he does not take Indian positions except in cases of injustice.

Dear Editor, The GMSA, more especially members of the Steering Committee of the GMSA/IDB Energy Efficiency Project, have taken note of the article which appeared in the Kaieteur News edition of November 30, 2013 under the caption ‘Manufacturing companies reject GEA’s audit offer.’ 

Dear Editor,     I have previously written about the numerous and varied allegations about public sector corruption in Guyana, but I am forced to return to the topic, because of a recent report that has been issued by Transparency International, and this month’s observance of International Anti-Corruption Day (which the government, reportedly, did not take part in).

Dear Editor, It is customary for everyone at the dawn of a new year to make New Year’s resolutions. 

Dear Editor, Once more the question of the promotions in the police force are being hindered because of the reported non-existence of the Police Service Commission.

At the dawn of the New Year, most of us will have come through the past couple of weeks of religious observance, companionship and revelry, with great hopes for ourselves, our families and even our troubled country.

Dear Editor, Today, December 31, 2013, I had a visit from the postman.

Dear Editor, Chairman of the Police Com-plaints Authority (PCA), retired Justice Cecil Kennard, recently reacted to criticism by explaining how the PCA works and releasing some interesting statistics.

Dear Editor, I was given an April/May 1988 edition of Guymine News during the festive season and it was one of the best gifts I could have received from a friend.

Dear Editor, The constitution forms the bedrock to guide society in the laws needed to be developed to manage the nation’s affairs.

Dear Editor, Mr Aubrey Retemyer, a former soldier, takes Dr Roger Luncheon to task because “Dr  Luncheon also questioned the political-military relationship which has been in existence from the nation’s independence up to now.”

Dear Editor, Instead of making another batch of New Year’s resolutions that you’re probably going to break before January comes to a close, consider the following bad habits and which of these you might want to let go.

The year has come to an end in the Caricom part of the wider region with the IMF giving approval to Jamaica’s efforts at implementation of its Extended Fund Arrangement which had been laboriously finalized over a prolonged period that saw the electoral defeat of the Jamaica Labour Party Government led by Andrew Holness, and the assumption of office by the People’s National Party led by Portia Simpson, subsequently elected in December of 2011.

Dear Editor, I am in pain and shock again for the senseless murder of a hardworking and ambitious Guyanese, who worked night and day to pay the instalments on his car and as the sole breadwinner, maintain his family.

Dear Editor, Some time in October last year, a policeman attached to the Aurora station removed my trailer which was not involved in any breach of the law with a privately owned tractor while it was stationary in my yard at Huis’t Dieren, and lodged it in the police compound.

Dear Editor, I have often contended that in years to come when Guyanese in another dispensation can look back with some clarity of thought they will arrive at some unpleasant conclusions.

Dear Editor, A critical look back at 2013 would reveal that even while there may have been physical progress (building of schools, hospitals, roads), as a nation, we have not managed to move forward with issues.

Dear Editor, I deliberately waited to express my views about the late Nelson Mandela, who passed away on December 5, because I did not want them to be swallowed up by the millions of condolences, comments, commentaries, and analyses that would have naturally erupted once he died.