Opinion

Dear Editor, On Wednesday morning an incident occurred in Wortmanville just outside my mother-in-law’s house.

While it may appear to be a minor point, the way in which the ruling PPP treated reporters at the opening of its 30th Congress in Port Mourant two Fridays ago is reflective of some of its inner traumas: paranoia, the need for absolute control of information, distrust of the media and orchestration of events.

Dear Editor, I recall Guyana was looking for a bright future in 1964, but with the PNC from 1968 -1992, that hope became a nightmare.

Dear Editor, Please permit the Chinese Landing Village Council to reply to the letter by Mr Wayne Vieira which appeared in the Stabroek News of August 7, 2013 in which he made a number of unfounded allegations about the Village Council and Amerindians of the village (‘The Amerindians are mining illegally at Chinese Landing’).

Dear Editor, Full marks to the PPP/C; it has totally outmanoeuvered an opposition that has lost its way in relation to local government reform, and in the process demonstrated that it does not have even a rudimentary understanding of its political context.

Dear Editor, On March 29, 2010, Stabroek News published an article by yours truly, in which was provided a suggested outline for dealing with school violence.

Dear Editor, A Tender notice appearing in the Guyana Chronicle of Friday August 9, 2013 in the name of the Board of Governors of President’s College, must surely be invalid.

“A week is a long time in politics,” British Prime Minister Harold Wilson famously said, and there can be nowhere in the political universe where that remark was more applicable than in Guyana recently.

Dear Editor, The Parliamentary Select Committee (SC) on the Cricket Administration Bill has failed miserably to fulfil its mandate, which, initially, was to provide for the legalization of the Guyana Board which could only have been completed by granting the Board corporate status.

Dear Editor, Do you know a way to paint pictures without using paint?

Dear Editor, Chairman Surujbally in his response – see SN of August 7 ‒ to my letter of August 6, has stated that most of the deficiencies highlighted should have been directed to the former CEO, Mr G Boodoo.

Dear Editor, The AFC’s change of position to one of support for debating the Amaila Falls Hydroelectric project is puzzling, as other available options would seem to have been more advantageous to the Guyanese majority.

Dear Editor, Mr Mohamed Akeel seems to be begging the question on the National Minimum Wage Order.

Dear Editor, At its recently concluded congress, the PPP made much about the need to rebuild its decaying structures and shore up its neglected arms.

Dear Editor, Mr Brassington is reported to have said that after one year of the Amaila Falls Hydroelectric Project coming on stream, the demand for electricity will be greater than the supply and Guyana will have to seek additional electricity supplies from another project.

Dear Editor, In 1992 when the PPP came into office, compliments of the Hoyte/Jimmy Carter formula, they proclaimed loudly locally and abroad that Guyana had experienced a ‘return to democracy.’

In 1960, according to official census data, Detroit was the most prosperous city in America.

Dear Editor, “All oppression is connected!” Those are the words of Jamaican poet and political activist Staceyann Chin. 

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