Opinion

Dear Editor, I wish to bring to your attention the fact that there is a legally registered apex umbrella organisation in Guyana which is the Guyana National Co-operative Union Ltd, Regd # 41, which is the representative body for all co-operatives across the ten administrative regions.

The title of the leader in The Economist says it all: Banksters.

Dear Editor, I refer to the article in your publication of Stabroek News dated Sunday, July 1, 2012 captioned ‘Pepper sauce cocaine probe in limbo – Canada ignored request for information, says CANU’ and wish to note the following: Specifically as it relates to the Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU) not receiving assistance from the relevant Canadian officials, it should be noted that in this case no request for information was made by the Ministry of Home Affairs (on behalf of CANU) to the Canadian authorities under the mutual legal assistance mechanism as established by the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act No.

Dear Editor, Fifty years ago, the last United Kingdom Director of Prisons, Mr Ronald Aitken, submitted a plan for a new prison in Guyana with the estimated cost to the then government.

Dear Editor, The departure of Ralph Ramkarran from the PPP severs the last personal link the party had with its formation in 1950, or even further back, to 1947 with the Political Affairs Committee (PAC).

Dear Editor, I presented a letter to the Stabroek editor on June 26 dealing with the subject of the editorial published on June 28.

Dear Editor, Wealth stolen from the people is openly masqueraded in a PPP Guyana with no consequences.

Dear Editor, I write to applaud EZjET for its plan to introduce direct service between Toronto and Guyana.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter captioned ‘That homosexuality is neither a pathology nor mental illness has been recognized internationally and in varying political contexts’ (SN, July 3).

Dear Editor, Two letters published in SN, namely, ‘Cultural industries sustain the identity of the nation’ (May 4) by Mr Barrington Braithwaite, and the other ‘Why are Deonarine and Fudadin waiting for visas?’

Most of us will recall the exultation we felt at the exploits of the Jamaicans at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in winning six gold medals, five of them in the sprints, with the magnificent Usain Bolt leading the way, with gold in the 100m, 200m and the 4x100m relay and the unprecedented feat of setting world records in all three events.

Dear Editor, Despite all the antics over the past seven months, the opposition has been extremely lazy.

Dear Editor, Some have said to me that they see a contradiction in my recent public writings on Mr Ralph Ramkarran. 

Dear Editor, The elephants are at war (PPP/APNU/AFC) in Parliament and the whole of Guyana is trampled underfoot.

Dear Editor, I recommend to all that they read the  KN story under the headline ‘Monies still unaccounted for at NCN’ dated July 3, especially those who questioned the rationale behind the budget cuts initiated by the parliamentary opposition.

Dear Editor, I want to commend the management of the Stabroek News, for the bold and necessary step that it took for placing its allegations of government discrimination before a recent conference of the International Press Institute in Trinidad and Tobago.

Dear Editor, The note from the UG Students Council captioned ‘Male, not female’ (SN, July 4) reflects a certain tragedy about the lack of progress in gender equality in Guyana.

Dear Editor, As Guyana is potentially a trade route for goods from and to Brazil, much like the Panama Canal links the Atlantic and Pacific, we should ask the Brazilians to build us a road from Lethem to Linden and a deep water harbour in Berbice.