Opinion

Politikles

Dear Editor, There can be no doubt that the tragic loss of three lives in Linden last Wednesday was totally unnecessary.

Dear Editor, In recent days there were some incisive commentaries in the local media on David Granger’s effort to become the Leader of the PNCR.

Dear Editor, One section of the free media on Wednesday, reminded us of the Lindo Creek massacre mystery.

Dear Editor, The new Herstelling Housing Scheme has been completed since March, but up till now, persons are still not going in to take up residence because the important things are not available, that is water and street lights.

Dear Editor, Some of the publications in Guyana as well as the combined opposition are to be held solely responsible for the mayhem in Linden.

Dear Editor, I don’t care who is ‘fetching water’ for Mr Donald Ramotar and don’t want him to be constructively criticized, but as matters stand right now in Guyana, the buck stops at the President’s desk for all issues of national importance.

Dear Editor, Linden – Guyana weeps for you; Guyana weeps with you. 

Dear Editor, As someone with an interest in race I was appalled, but not surprised at the Guyana Chronicle editorial of July 2 which dehumanised and criminalised African-Guyanese.

Dear Editor, I wish to congratulate Mr Shane Hubbard on being awarded for his documentary for the Global Water Partnership.

Dear Editor, I speak on behalf of the Guyanese consumers who traverse the city every day to ensure value for money in their purchasing of goods and services.

Dear Editor, Protests should be peaceful, persistent yet forceful, even though justice or whatever is the goal might be a far way off. 

Politikles

Dear Editor, In relation to past, present and ongoing depression in the Linden area, its population should take heart from the following quote from the inaugural Independence address to the nation by President Ramotar on May 25, 2012, as reported in SN of May 26, 2012: Plans to revitalise village economies “Fellow Guyanese, our country has come a far way in building a dynamic society.  This

Analysts of political events inside the highly secretive Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) usually preface their offerings by conceding that they include healthy measures of speculation, even hearsay.

Dear Editor, It is now five days since the deadly events in Linden, in which three men were shot dead by the police during a day of community protest.

Dear Editor, The most important terms of reference for the investigation into the Linden police shootings must be that it should be (1) led by external and objective officials; (2) selected by joint agreement between the government and the parliamentary opposition (and this must include the AFC); and (3) granted subpoena powers to summon witnesses and take testimony under oath.

Dear Editor, I have no illusion, no singular revelation, no special moment of truth, but a steady accumulation of a thousand slights, a thousand indignities, a thousand hurting moments as a resident and leader of God‘s people in Region 10 producing in me an anger, a rebelliousness, a desire to see a system that divides people by reason of race defeated, and a desire to resist a system that has imprisoned the people of Region 10.

Dear Editor, Regarding (letters in SN) President Donald Ramotar’s cricket comment in his Caricom speech about the West Indies Cricket Board taking international matches to Florida instead of utilizing facilities developed by regional governments to benefit their own territories, the President is not in tune with the views of diaspora lovers of cricket in North America.

Dear Editor, Last year a young man whom I knew from childhood who left Guyana in his early teens and went to live in the United States of America with his family, distinguished himself by becoming an international lawyer.