Opinion

Dear Editor, I am attaching a picture following a recent visit to the Reliance cemetery.

Dear Editor, Today’s picture on the SN front page of a solitary Haitian woman after the destruction of her tent home speaks to the intended under-mentioned letter I was about to pen whilst awaiting the effects of Hurricane Isaac on Haiti.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter captioned ‘Morality not political experience should orient all our national institutions’ (SN, August 21) My reason for supporting Clarence O Perry is plain and basic.

Dear Editor, The PPP and PNC are elitist political organizations. As race-based parties, they use their primarily Indian and African support and see these two ethnic groups as politically expedient.

Dear Editor, On a recent episode of Al Jazeera’s  ‘Empire: Hollywood and the War Machine,‘ which examined the relationship between Hollywood and the USA’s military-industrial complex, Academy-Award winning filmmaker Oliver Stone said some amazing things.

Independent journalists and newspapers in Myanmar are celebrating what, in their circumstances, is a small though not insignificant concession by the government to allow the independent media a greater measure of elbow room to function outside the stranglehold of a political culture that has long viewed freedom of expression as consistent with anti-state activity.

Dear Editor, The International Committee in Continuing Defence of Linden has noted with relief but concern the announcement of a Commission of Inquiry into the July 18th protest killings in Linden.

Dear Editor, Sir Ronald Sanders in his contribution to the Kaieteur News on August 12, 2012, shared with readers what he feels needs to be done if the Caribbean Community (Caricom) must sustain and improve its already stunning performance in track and field as was demonstrated recently at Olympic Games.

Dear Editor, Queens-based Guyanese came out in large numbers on Tuesday evening to make an impassioned plea to keep the greater Richmond Hill community as a single united city council district for elections to be held next year November.

Dear Editor, I am a rice farmer on the MMA/ADA project, and suffer heavy losses in an area where the Abary River is our main drainage channel. 

Politikles

Guyana’s ventilation at the Organization of American States’ Permanent Council meeting last week of the Linden crisis and the shape of things since the November 28, 2011 general elections is yet another sign of a government floundering and unwilling or perhaps incapable of coming to grips with reality.

Dear Editor, It was announced by the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) that BK International (BKI) has been awarded a $26M contract for construction of a geotextile structure at Victoria on the ECD.

Dear Editor, The proliferation of strikes has apparently become another ‘normalcy’ in the sugar industry of Guyana – a phenomenon quite unusual in other sugar-producing countries in the Caribbean, and indeed the world at large.

The Government of Guyana never loses its capacity to surprise.  On August 3 it abstained from a UN General Assembly vote on a resolution condemning Syria for its indiscriminate use of heavy weapons in civilian areas and its widespread violations of human rights.

Dear Editor, As a sports fan who was disappointed by our showing at the just concluded Olympics, but in no way surprised, I find the comments by Mr Neil Kumar, Director of Sports very disparaging and insulting to our local athletes, who tried their best but simply could not cope with the high international standards because of the non-existent sports infrastructure in our country to adequately prepare them for such a high quality tournament.

Dear Editor, I wish to bring to your attention that the regional low-cost carrier REDjet has not yet reimbursed their passengers who purchased tickets with their airline.

Dear Editor, The National Communications Network (NCN) Inc wishes to acknowledge and respond to a letter published in your Wednesday, August 23, 2012 edition captioned ‘Did not post a facebook question to the TV panel on corruption’ written by Mr Anand Sanasie.