Opinion

Dear Editor, Mr. Vassan Ramracha, a New York based freedom fighter against the former dictatorship, offered wise counsel to the PPP leadership in his missive `President Ramotar has to urgently consolidate his neglected base’ (SN Mar 12).

Politikles

Dear Editor, I am beginning to enjoy the emerging gravitas and leadership being displayed by Finance Minister Ashni Singh; unlike many of the dinosaurs’ representing the major political parties. 

Election 2011

One of the most ignorant sayings of all time is that attributed to George Bernard Shaw: “Those who can ‘do’, those who can’t teach” as it seeks to negate the teaching profession and the fact that most persons who ‘do’, unless they were born geniuses, are only able to ‘do’ because they were taught how to ‘do’.

Dear Editor, Some contend it is $3,000,000 per month or $36, 000,000 per year, while one side argues that it will be $1,000,000 per month, or $12,000,000 per year.

Dear Editor, In 1946, at its very first session, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 59(I) which states ‘Freedom of information is a fundamental human right’.

Dear Editor, I was one of the few hundred Guyanese  spectators to have viewed the friendly international between Guyana and Guatemala, on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at the National Stadium, Providence, which the locals lost by a 0-2 margin.

Dear Editor, I was a passenger going to Bartica on Saturday 2012– 03– 04 with the Ferry.

Dear Editor, The exchanges between Dr. Ashni Singh, Minister of Finance and Mr.

Dear Editor, The US/Saudi/Pak support of the Taliban during the Cold War antagonized India.

Bowling Alley

In the last fortnight or so the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to Washington and the increase in intensity of the Syrian government’s military assaults on its citizens, has raised fears that the Middle Eastern arena can well become the source of large-scale warfare, involving more than the regional combatants.

Now that the general elections are over and the political pitch is beginning to offer a more even bounce (far too even in the opinion of many) the PNCR’s Comrade Leader  has come out to bat again, opting for a sort of 20/twenty style.

Dear Editor, People are now quite frankly sick and tired of what passes for politics in Guyana; it is dismaying to find oneself saying this just a few months after the ushering in of a historic new parliament that one hoped would have taught our politicians a few needed lessons in humility and accountability.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the exchanges regarding the purchase of a property from the state (SN and KN March 11th and 12th).

ear Editor, I would like to commend the organizers of the first meeting of the Paradise Housing Scheme Neighbour-hood Watch which took place on Sunday March 11, 2012. 

Dear Editor, I am very sure that the Ministry of Housing and Water is adamantly opposed to squatting.

Dear Editor, I wish to take time out to congratulate the Guyana Women Miners Association (GWMA) for the work it is doing to alleviate the plight of women living around, and working in the mining sector of our country.

Dear Editor, With regards to your news item `Bollywood pays final tribute to Joy Mukherjee’ (SN Mar 11), I write to inform readers that another Bollywood icon passed on and was cremated on Friday.