Opinion

Dear Editor, I refer to the article which appeared on your Stabroek News front page of February 15 with regard to the Bill passed in Parliament giving financial independence to a number of Commissions in the public interest. 

Dear Editor, The late Dr Cheddi Jagan, whose life and works are celebrated by members and supporters of the People’s Progressive Party in the month of March, had been a strong advocate for the poor and the underprivileged.

Tomorrow will mark the 102nd celebration of International Women’s Day. One hundred and two years of a struggle for women’s rights, for an end to discrimination, for an end to violence and yet this year’s UN theme “Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls,” comes over as repetitive, pleading and even placatory.

Dear Editor, Distinctly absent from the dialogue on the Marriott Hotel project and others like it are the benefits and roles of the Guyanese professional engineers/architects and other artisans.

Dear Editor, A minister of government walks into a radio station and objects to the calypso which won the national competition being played on state radio – his rationale is that he sees the lyrics as abusive and slanderous and inappropriate, and the “accusations” levelled in the song cannot be proven in court. 

Dear Editor,  March 6 is now passing again, and even though 16 years have elapsed since my father’s death, and the PPP leadership has again had the effrontery to bypass this part of the Jagan family by not even inviting myself, my wife or any of my children to Babu John, we will make our own way there to mourn that great man in our own moments of grief.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the recently concluded sixth Fruta Conquerors/Namilco-sponsored knockout competition that was won by Alpha United, which came from behind to achieve a 3-1 win over Santos in the finals.

Dear Editor, This is in reference to the Commission of Inquiry report (SN, Mar 1) as presented to the government (and by extension the leaders of the two opposition parliamentary parties).

Dear Editor, The Essequibo Technical Institute (ETI) is one of two tertiary institutions on the Essequibo Coast, the other being a branch of the Guyana School of Agriculture.

The narrowness of the election results in Barbados reflects a decision on the part of voters to keep close to the parties to which they have had allegiance.

Dear Editor, There is much to be said about President Ramotar’s recent address at Babu Jaan.

Dear Editor, In Notice Paper No 123 of the Tenth Parliament of Guyana, it was observed that in response to a question raised by Mr Ramjattan, MP, as to whether the developer of the Hope Canal Project had submitted any data to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Mr Robert Persaud, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, in a written reply stated that the developer of the construction of the Hope Canal Project had submitted to the EPA a ‘Feasibility Study’ for the project.

Dear Editor, I have been writing about the situation in the Paradise Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society (PMCS) since 2010 and there have been supporting letters by other concerned and vocal Guyanese, but with the exception of a March 2012 visit by Minister of Labour and Cooperatives, Dr Nanda Gopaul who promised to commission an audit of the Society’s affairs, and indeed ordered one,  there has been not one peep from any parliamentarian, interest group, or media representative on the concerns expressed on these matters. 

Dear Editor, Salt water from the Atlantic Ocean came into the Mahaicony River, on the southern side of the public road where they have several coconut estates.

Dear Editor, On March 2, tragedy struck. A police rank was caught on video beating at least three men who appeared to be trying to protect a woman and her child protesting a Geology and Mines Commission operation in Region Nine, Marudi.

Dear Editor, There is a video circulating on YouTube right now of police beatings at Marudi, and there is outrage.

Dear Editor, The month of March is dedicated by the PPP to the memory of the late Dr Cheddi Jagan, who is regarded by many as the Father of this Nation.