Opinion

Dear Editor, I have learnt of the recent appointment of Mr Monty Lynch, the former Guyana and England batsman as the new Territorial Development Officer (TDO) of the Guyana Cricket Board, replacing former West Indies fast bowler Reon King whose tenure may have become untenable following the installation of the Interim Management Committee by the government.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter written by Mr Hydar Ally and entitled, ‘Guyanese should get involved in the Grow More Food campaign,’ (SN, June 19) in which he compliments Guyanese farmers for increased food production, claiming that this has kept agricultural produce prices relatively stable.

Dear Editor, I am writing to bring to your attention the behaviour of a police officer on the Essequibo Coast. 

Dear Editor, D Backer has done it again. This time she has branded me a “nuts and bolts man.”

Dear Editor, A letter by Jennifer Bulkan, ‘It is the moral duty of the gov’t to ban styrofoam’ (SN, June 3), got my full attention, more particularly the last paragraph when she asked the question, “Can the President please tell us exactly what is the salary of the Chairman of GuySuCo?” 

Politikles

The government of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has been mindful not to go down the same road as others – that of Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan being the most recent – that have opted for bullish, often brutal responses to popular protest.

Dear Editor, While the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development is responsible for overseeing the Regional Democratic Councils (RDCs), the Minister has to recognize that the RDC councillors are the elected representatives of the people and thus have moral superiority over the selected government contract workers.

Dear Editor, Is this what Dr Jagan give his life for, to have the post-Jagan PPP abandon people from the rice sector?

Dear Editor, Former Speaker Ralph Ramkarran wrote that Guyana is close to qualifying as a “Kleptocratic Republic.” 

Dear Editor, Regarding the Stabroek News article, `Caribbean Press to shift its focus to resident Guyanese writers’,  I am disappointed first of all by SN’s apparent complicity in the revision of the history of the Press. 

Dear Editor, I am emphasizing the call by the AFC for the government to subsidise those who cross the Berbice River Bridge.

Dear Editor, After I considered Simona Broomes’ relentless fight to eliminate trafficking in persons, in which she displayed self-confidence, zeal, dedication, determination and concern for others, I can deservedly brand her the ‘Iron lady’ or local Margaret Thatcher.

“GAWU contends that because of GuySuCo’s `poor husbandry and mismanagement’ there are not enough canes in the ground this crop to meet the corporation’s … target”.

Dear Editor, From the moment the minister began his reforms of the police force I knew that resistance would come.

Dear Editor, The purpose of this letter is to comment on the Linden Commission of Enquiry as it relates to the established doctrine of ministerial responsibility. 

Dear Editor, The University of Guyana issues are antique.  All the woes that the University of Guyana Senior Staff Association (UGSSA) and the University of Guyana Workers’ Union (UGWU) are now making public were made public before by the University of Guyana Students’ Society (UGSS).

Dear Editor, I was amazed to see our Home Affairs Minister and his colleagues voicing their disappointment when his Bills were recently not passed in the National Assembly.