Opinion

Dear Editor, In a statistical release by the GPF Traffic Department published in SN on May 12, they listed the figures and causes of accidents for 2011 while at the same time, comparing them with those of 2010.

Dear Editor, Despite the fact there is a High Court  order made in 2010 by a Judge in Chambers restraining the owners and proprietors of a large stinking, rat and fly-infested chicken pen in Chateau Margot, a residential community, the owner still stubbornly continues to operate  and carry on an illegal business there that is a health hazard.

Dear Editor, A few years ago the Commemorative Committee mounted an exhibition of Philip Moore’s art at the Museum of African Heritage. 

Dear Editor, For the record, NICIL reported in 2004 that it earned $29B from business transactions in 2003.

Dear Editor, APNU, the AFC and other groups operating in Guyana have been drawing attention to various acts of financial mismanagement that have been occurring within Guyana’s public sector.

Within two days of its Initial Public Offering, the social network Facebook was worth more than US$100 billion – making it, at a stroke, more valuable than such iconic brands as online bookseller Amazon, banking giant Citigroup, and global fast-food empire McDonald’s.

Politikles

Dear Editor, We need help and help does not seem to be forthcoming. Many

Dear Editor, Please permit me to respond to a letter which was penned by Gordon Forte and published in the May 8 edition of the Stabroek News under the caption ‘Why is VAT charged on the full price of goods at each stage of the commercial system?‘

Dear Editor, It is interesting that at this crucial time the concerns of trainee teachers are not being addressed. 

Dear Editor, On behalf of the students of the University of Guyana (UG), I write to highlight the level of disdain and contempt with which the students are customarily treated.

Dear Editor, The humiliation begins on the appointed pay day; you report to the bank or post office to receive your pension that you have earned by dint of hard work over the years with government, only to be told by the teller that your name is not on the pay sheet.

Dear Editor, I write to support Lennox Arthur’s appeal that “public open spaces should be developed so youngsters can play football, etc” (Stabroek News, May16).

Dear Editor, It was a pleasant surprise to see the President at the Indian Arrival Day celebrations at Highbury, East Bank, Berbice, on May 5. 

Dear Editor, Both President Donald Ramotar and Vishnu Bisram are wrong on the voting right issue.

Dear Editor, They say that lightning doesn’t strike twice in the same place, but I beg to differ.

For all his titles and letters after his name, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, KA, PhD, etc, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies, really does spout a lot of rubbish sometimes.

Dear Editor, I appeal to the various organizations that fought for the rights of the lady who alleged she was raped by former Commissioner Henry Greene, to get on board with those activists who are fighting for justice for the late Karen Badal, who passed away after a doctor performed an illegal abortion at his residence.

Politikles

Dear Editor, Lindeners are protesting the plan to increase their electricity rates and APNU and the AFC are supporting them.