Opinion

Dear Editor, There is nothing that unifies the Amerindian peoples more than their land demarcation and ownership, and the recent landmark decision over ownership of village lands in Isseneru Village in which a miner was granted rights on what became village land has the potential to completely unravel the close relationship which the government has with Amerindian communities.

Dear Editor, The opposition has demanded a national minimum wage scheme and now the PPP is apparently listening.

This is about the time of year when the fallout from the frenzied ritual of Christmas shopping and consumption is evident; our waistlines have expanded and our wallets have shrunk.

Dear Editor, The year 2012 for me ended with some wonderful, interesting and serious articles in your Dec 29 and 30 editions, the authors of which I would like to commend; they are deserving of a star, or better yet, in West Indies cricket lingo – six runs!

Dear Editor, I read the story under the caption ‘City Engineer meets with inspectors to improve processing of building plans’ (SN Jan 23). 

Dear Editor, The Government of Guyana is asking us to return to Guyana and serve our beautiful country.

Dear Editor, My name is Abdul Kadir (formerly Aubrey Michael Seaforth), and I was born in 1951, in Guyana, South America. 

Dear Editor, When I saw the photograph of Akeem Charles, the GDF soldier lying on the concrete floor almost naked some weeks ago, Abu Ghraib immediately raced to my mind.

Dear Editor, From the inception I was pleased with the selection of the Guyana T20 team even though it was done without the inter-county playoffs that would have given the selectors a better insight into its composition.

Dear Editor, I wish to commend the decision taken by the Ministry of Local Government to come to the rescue of the city council to rid the city of the piles of garbage that have been accumulating in the city.

Dear Editor, For some time now we have been reading stories of murder, suicide, serious assault on citizens, break and enter, the stabbing of a city constable at Bourda Market as he attempted to prevent three bandits from breaking into stalls and fatal accidents, not to mention the high level of corrupt activity, and conflict of interest in high places – the list can continue.

Dear Editor, Across North America close to 4000 perfectly healthy people annually die from choking on food.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) keeps pressing local businesses and consumers to pay Value Added Tax (VAT) Over the last several years, large numbers of Chinese and Brazilian stores and restaurants have been set up countrywide and it would be interesting to know whether all of them collect VAT and pay it over to GRA.

Live strong and live the lie – that is what disgraced American cyclist Lance Armstrong effectively did for more than a decade.

Dear Editor, I have read the opinions expressed in your newspaper and website on the decision of the Learned Justice Diana Insanally in the application by Joan A Chang, Action No.

Dear Editor, I join with Mr Patrick in his expression of gratitude for the reopening of the Agricola Post Office (SN, January 6).

Dear Editor, In your news item ‘PNM wins all Tobago seats in historic result’ (SN, Jan 23), I conducted tracking opinion polls for NACTA from January 2011 till last Monday conducting no less than seven polls in as many trips to the island, and did not rule out such an outcome though I thought it would be highly improbable.