Opinion

To many older persons, the Israel-Hamas confrontation must induce a sense of déjà vu – and déjà vu over and over again.

Dear Editor, Yesterday’s newspaper confirmed the unbelievable.  Last week representatives from ACDA, The Manumitted African Descendants Organization, Pan African Movement, and some religious bodies complained that the monument (to honour the rebels who were hanged in the Parade Ground, renamed Independence Park) will be built somewhere on Carifesta Avenue; there was no appropriate consultation.

Dear Editor, I wish to draw the authorities attention to an on ongoing noise nuisance problem at Curtis Street, Albouystown.

Dear Editor, Since February last year and up until today after some 20 months, GT&T has been unable to rectify a fault to my landline phone located just by the roadside at Adventure Village in Region 2.

Dear Editor, I wish to convey my condolences to the family and friends of the late John Caesar, Senior Lecturer, University of Guyana who passed away recently.

Dear Editor, I am a Guyanese as well as a ratepayer, and I would like to see each Neighbourhood Democratic Council uplift its area by making its village look clean and beautiful. 

Last week a body named the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces emerged out of a protracted and acrimonious discourse in Doha amongst the various factions now positioning themselves to influence the course of events in post-Assad Syria.

Dear Editor, The Wednesday, November 14 edition of Stabroek News carried an article on page l3 where David Granger is saying police failed to protect civilians in the Agricola unrest of October 11.

Dear Editor, This letter is in response to Swami Aksharananda’s letter dated November 14 in the Stabroek News titled ‘Worship of the Goddess will remain hollow and dry until we break out of our double standard.‘

Dear Editor, It was Catherine Hughes MP, while addressing the National Assembly on July 25th 2012, who made strong reference to the violation of the rights of Lindeners who peacefully protested on July 18th 2012.

Dear Editor, A few weeks ago I wrote of how dangerous Guyana as whole has become.

Dear Editor, In their latest missive ‘Bisram should reveal his true self‘ (SN, Nov 9), Messrs Asquith Rose and Harish S Singh made serious accusations against me, none of which are factual or substantiated with evidence. 

Dear Editor, If one were to find out the reasons for the delay in completing roads in some communities, then sometimes the contractors should not be blamed.

Dear Editor, We endorse Swami Aksharananda’s sentiments expressed in his letter `Dipavali should not be used as an occasion for attacking one another’ (SN November 16, 2012) and his appeal for messages on religious occasions to be generous and charitable as well as the need for extending open palms rather than clenched fists.

With its urgent tone, the draft Eighth Actuarial Review of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) has again lifted the veil into the country’s troubled social security system. 

Politikles

It would be hard to imagine former President Jagdeo giving away 90% of his salary and living on a ramshackle farm when he was in office, let alone now that he has retired.

Dear Editor, The actions by Clement Rohee functioning in the capacity as Minister of Home Affairs after the passing of a parliamentary no-confidence motion are sending ominous signals.