Opinion

Dear Editor, Please allow me to share some thoughts after having read a letter to the editor:  ‘No point in LCDS supporting documents being in Amerindian languages because most Indigenous peoples can’t read them’ (SN, September 6).

If it hadn’t been for Kwakwani holding its community elections in defiance of the central authorities, most people would not have known that the government had rescinded a 1983 ministerial order which gave oversight of Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) to the respective Regional Democratic Councils (RDCs).

Dear Editor, We refer to an article in the Stabroek News on Wednesday, September 5 in relation to an explosion in the Blairmont Estate Sugar Factory.

Dear Editor, Having regard to the tone of my many letters kindly published by Stabroek News and mostly of a critical nature, I consider it appropriate that I clear the air by asserting, as I now do, that I am unfettered by any political party affiliation or association. 

Dear Editor, Ashton Simon claims that the LCDS booklet has been available at meetings of the statutory National Toshaos Council (2009-2011) and a LCDS information desk on the LCDS at the 2012 meeting (‘No point in LCDS supporting documents being in Amerindian languages because most indigenous people can’t read them,’ SN, September 5).

Dear Editor, Last night (Wednesday) I watched the ongoing debate on corruption and I had to turn off my television in disgust.

Dear Editor, I write to express support for the community elections at Kwakwani on September 5.

Recent speeches at the back-to-back political conventions in the United States must have scared anyone unfamiliar with the pandering populism and outright propaganda that precedes an American election.

Politikles

Dear Editor, My heart bleeds every time I pass by the Parliament Building which sits amidst the most foul-smelling part of the City of Georgetown.

Dear Editor, The trash and filthy drain around Guyana’s Parliament epitomizes the state of Georgetown, and one can safely say Guyana – a nation plagued by corruption at all levels, with a bureaucracy that makes the nation crawl, and a political system that totally centralizes power in a country that still awaits the implementation of local elections.

Dear Editor, Permit me to respond to a letter published by the Stabroek News on September 4, 2012, and written by Cindy Sookdeo, in respect of statements I made in the recently aired in the NCN debate series in respect of former President Bharrat Jagdeo‘s pensions (‘The evidence shows that former President Jagdeo got preferential treatment for Pradoville II land’).

Dear Editor, What kind of a country do we live in when the body of a dead donkey lies on the side of a major roadway in Guyana and it is left to the stray dogs to dispose of the carcass?

Dear Editor, I am not a fanatical churchgoer, but I believe in miracles.

Dear Editor, My letter in Stabroek News and Kaieteur News of August 31 in which I described comments made by Mr Romel Roopnarine on his ‘Let’s Talk Essequibo‘ programme, as being one sided and misleading refers.

Dear Editor, In his speech to the Democratic Convention Wednesday night, former President Bill Clinton made the best case so far why President Barack Obama should be re-elected – more compelling than Clint Eastwood did for Romney at the Republican Convention.

Dear Editor, President Ramotar was quoted on Demerara Waves as saying that “efforts to upset the smooth running of Guyana would not be tolerated.”

Following the massive success of the Games of the 30th Olympiad, the London 2012 Paralympics have been unfolding to rave reviews and dramatically changed perceptions of the disabled in the United Kingdom and those parts of the world fortunate enough to receive some television coverage of the event.

Dear Editor, Perhaps Wild Coast author John Gimlette’s bewilderment at Major-General Singh’s criticism may lie in the gross misunderstandings created by statements such as “It’s true too that I acknowledged him as the commanding officer in two operations that were – from a military point of view – deemed successful.

Dear Editor, Soon after Dr David Hinds of the WPA announced to the media that he and his family were experiencing harassment, the Office of the President, without time for investigation, was able to “dismiss” his claims.