Opinion

On September 17, 2013, the Minister in the Minis-try of Local Government, Mr Norman Whittaker wrote to Mr Orrin Gordon, the Chairman of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of Linden notifying him that the government had revoked the Kara Kara road toll.

Dear Editor, After a careful examination of the spate of armed robberies and murders that are occurring daily in Guyana, we think that it is time for Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee to resign. 

Dear Editor, Nearly thirty years ago I asked a hinterland villager, who had sold me some handicraft but had not received the payment I had sent through an agent, “What do Amerindian people do to someone they find out has been stealing from them?”

Dear Editor, To my mind, the usefulness of court action in the NICIL/Marriott case is that it could, the law allowing, permit that certain critical information be subpoenaed and hence exposed to public examination.

Dear Editor, Some encounters over recent weeks have proved enlightening. To my surprise I discovered different generations of our citizenry were totally unaware of the most influential institution in the societal culture in which too many of us continue to subsist.

Dear Editor, The letter captioned ‘Cheddi Jagan was not present at the UG’s inauguration in 1963’ written by Harry Hergash and published in the Stabroek News on October  4 is incorrect.

Dear Editor, Please allow me a space in your newspaper to air my extreme dissatisfaction as a letter writer.

Everyone believes we are in election mode. The vilification is there; the vulgarity is there; and the rallies up and down the country for the 5th October 1992 anniversary are there. 

Dear Editor, That lawyers and other professionals should pay their share of lawful taxes is not a matter in dispute.

Dear Editor, In a SN article of Sept 28, it was reported that the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) has confirmed that BK International (BKI) was issued the contract for the construction of the wharf and fuel delivery facility for GPL’s new power plant at Vreed-en-Hoop.

Dear Editor, Home Affairs Minister Mr Clement Rohee must be commended for maintaining calmness and composure in the face of relentless and sustained attacks by opposition elements with obvious political agendas.

Dear Editor, The sudden rise of crime all across Guyana has been of great concern to all Guyanese citizens fearing for their lives at the hands of criminal elements and bandits.

Dear Editor, There are two extremely dangerous traffic situations that exist in the Mahaica area.

Dear Editor, Racial politics in Guyana must end, and this must begin with the people. 

Dear Editor, Please grant me a space in your newspaper to highlight a plight that is not only facing me but the residents of the Good Hope New Scheme, phase three (located at the back of the existing village).

Dear Editor, It is that time of year again and the PPP/C are once again beating the ‘Restoration of Democracy,’ drum.

Politikles

The tragic drowning in the Mediterranean Sea of scores of African migrants is a painful reminder of the terrible humanitarian challenges caused by the developed world’s strict immigration policies and the vast, cynical trade in human trafficking that preys on those hoping to outwit the system. 

Dear Editor, On September 17 last, I was booked on a Caribbean Airlines flight bound for North America, when a most disturbing at the same time revealing incident took place at the Piarco International Airport.