Opinion

What finally scuttled the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project wasn’t the question of whether the country needed hydroelectric energy.

Dear Editor, Since 2004 I have noticed in your newspaper that you refer to sluices as kokers, and I keep wondering why.

Dear Editor, Please permit me to respond to a letter published in Stabroek News on August 30,  captioned, ‘The DPP and TIP should investigate action taken by police in arresting Simona Broomes.’ 

Strange things happen in Guyana. Imagine that a woman who has been a miner in the interior for many years, and is familiar with the lawlessness which is part of life there, joins with other women to form a women miners’ organisation.

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Dear Editor, I refer to a number of allegations contained in a Ministry of Finance press release and carried in the Guyana Chronicle dated August 28th.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) wishes to respond to the Stabroek News’ August 30, 2013, letter published under the caption, ‘Protracted process, high charges to retrieve package at GPO.’

Dear Editor, We continue to witness systems and institutions which are in place to serve us, disappear, but this is nothing new.

Dear Editor, I would like to draw your attention to the shortage of fuel for the past three weeks on the Essequibo Coast.

Dear Editor,    Another school term will commence shortly and disappointingly, as far as can be seen, a young child only about four years old, will still remain at the Anna Regina car park in Essequibo, instead of being in school.

Dear Editor, Each year I watch about 70% of our young graduates leaving our shores.

Dear Editor, The residents of Jonestown Mahaica would like to thank you for assisting them in getting their road (Lima Road) repaired.

Dear Editor, I wish to debunk the explanation provided by the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) in relation to its ‘mutual-benefit’ support for the appointment of the acting Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), Mr Rickford Vieira as Commissioner, which was published by Stabroek News on August 29 (‘The GGDMA has two representatives sitting on the Board of the GGMC’).

Dear Editor, I am a pensioner of Lot 199 ‘D’ Bush Lot Village, West Coast Berbice and I’d like to report a problem I am facing with my telephone service: no 232-0199.

Dear Editor, There have been a lot of comments, both in the press and in the streets, about the situation with regard to air travel, in particular, to North America, and the lack of good fares and service for Guyanese who are eager to visit their loved ones as much as possible.

The Caribbean is the ‘home of hybridity’ but this legacy does not necessarily underpin our regional culture and identity.

Dear Editor, I crave your indulgence in allowing me space to ventilate my anger and displeasure at Guyana’s substandard performance in the final CPL match against Jamaica.

Dear Editor, The jury is in and has been in for a long time.