Opinion

Dear Editor, SN, February 2, 2012  Eroded Timehri road repaired SN, February 8, 2012 Linden roads crumble despite million-dollar repairs KN, February 8, 2012 Dilapidated 63 Beach Entrance Road and embarrassment KN, February 10, 2012 Lengthy delay of work on breached Pomeroon dam creates havoc for residents KN, February 10, 2012    Good Hope road returns to disrepair two months after rehabilitation KN, February 15, 2012    This Lil’ Red Village road in Region Two is evidence of more shoddy work The above headlines seem to speak more to the ‘contraction’ than the ‘construction’ of our country’s roads.

Dear Editor, President Ramotar’s accusation that the opposition political parties were involved in rigging the November 2011 elections was a precursor for what occurred in parliament on Thursday, February 16, and has to be seen as a calculated tactic by the government to hold the society hostage.

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Labour has been kind enough to offer guidance on the status of the contract of employment during periods of industrial action.

Dear Editor, As a young man many, many, years ago, my friends and I swam in most of the waterways around Mackenzie, Wismar and Christianburg, namely, Bucktown, Katabuli Creek, Lovers Lane, Blue Lake, Cara Cara Creek, Hymara Creek and many others.

Last week Guyana entered the realm of the truly absurd. The last vestiges of hope that anyone might have entertained that we could inch towards a more rational ordering of our affairs, now appear to have been dashed.

A Kwakwani source has sent us a report that RUSAL’s Russian Managers are looking around for another location at which to entertain themselves.

Dear Editor, We refer to your letter captioned ‘The NBS Board never regarded Arjoon, Vincent and Kissoon as having been involved in fraud‘ written by Mr David Yhann and published on January 27, 2012.

Dear Editor, It would have been easy to dismiss the recent controversy erupting from President Ramotar’s characterisation of the APNU behaviour at polling places during the last elections, as it would have been similarly simple to entirely dismiss APNU’s marching and demonstrating after the polls and its declarations of suspicion levelled against the PPP/Civic.

Dear Editor, For years now I have known people to be at the Stabroek Market gates facing Demico House asking almost everyone who passes if they have gold and silver or anything else to sell.

Dear Editor, No right minded Guyanese believes the rubbish that emanated from the mouth of President Ramotar in which he claimed that the combined opposition manipulated the election results. 

Dear Editor, The new year as a consequence of the November 28 elections has brought with it the clamorous call for a new approach to many things, and a departure from business as usual.

Dear Editor, I am the supervisor who overlooks the administration of the National Aquatic Centre and the Colgrain Pool.

Dear Editor, A large herd of twelve cattle emanating from Third Street, Success, on the East Coast of Demerara roams the eastern neighbouring hamlet of Chateau Margot almost every day causing damage to residents’ properties, fences, garden, and bridges.

Dear Editor, Could the local media, NCN and even other TV stations explain why there seems to be little or no coverage of the Trinidad Carnival.

Dear Editor, I am a regular customer of Quality fast food restaurant where I purchase bread every other day.

As the United States readies itself for another hard fought election, the character, style and record of President Obama are beginning to take centre stage.

Dear Editor, I am a regular listener of the Sunday Anglican programme ‘The Church Calling.’

Hello Parrat!!?

It appears that someone completely forgot to tell the state-run newspaper that the day after the President makes a historic presentation to the National Assembly pledging to work together with the political opposition in a new-look Parliament is not the most appropriate day on which to unleash an editorial tirade against one of the political parties with which the government is seeking an accommodation to ensure that every bill that comes before the House is not attended by an outbreak of bloodletting.

Dear Editor, Members of Sithe Global were happy to recently meet government officials, media representatives and local business groups in Georgetown, on January 24, 2012.