Opinion

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee is usually not inclined to allow critical public comment on any matter that falls under his portfolio to pass without weighing in with a view of his own.

Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News editorial of Sunday July 8, titled ‘Higher education at UG?‘

Dear Editor, For so many years now, more than I can remember, we have been crying out for some assistance, so the young people of the forgotten hinterland regions of Guyana can be given an equal opportunity to showcase their talents in the field of sports on a more regular basis, especially at the national level.

Dear Editor, President Ramotar’s recent charge to the diplomats as reported in the media on Tuesday, July 10, included, among others, the statement that while Guyanese in the diaspora could be encouraged to invest home, “their expertise and skills in various areas could also help to fashion successful development programmes here [in Guyana].”

Dear Editor, Attorney General Anil Nandlall’s letter SN `The squabble over conflict of interest in the Audit Office is much ado about nothing’ July 13, 2012 refers.

Dear Editor, I read with great sadness of the passing away of my dear Comrade Premchand Dass and would like to share some of my thoughts of this man, because the good is ‘oft interred with the bones.‘

What the Guyana Chronicle editorial of July 2nd,   has wittingly or unwittingly succeeded in achieving is to focus attention again and perhaps conclusively on the need to end the abuse of the state media by ruling parties and their coterie of elites.

Politikles

Dear Editor, Minister of Transport, Robeson Benn stated recently that after taking all options into consideration he considered the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) the most feasible option available to upgrade and provide a modern airport for Guyana.

Dear Editor, Those running and ruining this country cannot see further than their own hubris, hauteur, egomania and self-preservation.

Dear Editor, With reference to Mr Lloyd Davidson’s letter dated Wednesday, June 27, 2012, captioned ‘A census allows a government to plan for its people,’ as Mr Davidson indicated, census-taking goes as far back as Biblical times. 

Dear Editor, The now infamous editorial of the Guyana Chronicle published on July 3 has been the subject of much commentary over the past week.

A week last Friday Mr David Granger, the Leader of the Opposition, gave the inaugural lecture in the National Assembly’s Governance and Democracy series.

Dear Editor, The Minister of Works Robeson Benn has claimed that the design/build tender by the Chinese contractor for the new Timehri Airport was above board, and that the final price was arrived at after serious negotiations between the contractor and himself ably supported by the ministry’s engineers.

Dear Editor, Both SN and KN reported in their July 13 editions that senior police officers were involved in the boat scam. 

Dear Editor, I wish to respectfully submit that the notion that the leadership of APNU, however derived, should not be dissolved into the leadership of the PNCR.

Dear Editor, Please allow me to echo the sentiments of my cousin Nicholas Fraser in his letter titled ‘Swimming coaches should be selected on the basis of established criteria’ which was printed in the Stabroek News dated July 10.

Dear Editor, The grim reports of alleged irregularities in relation to major projects as well as procurement have cost these projects legitimacy with great sections of the populace.

Dear Editor, I read Anthea Spencer’s letter ‘GWI needs to do more to stop the wastage of water’ yesterday in your letters to the editor section, and thought of letting Guyana Water Inc know through this medium that information was given several times to its officials at Melanie on the East Coast of Demerara that there is water wastage from a burst or broken water main on the East Coast, at LBI.