Opinion

Dear Editor, The current tripartite dialogue among the three political parties that won parliamentary seats is essentially in the interest of the three political parties.

Dear Editor, There is something a little surreal about a letter from Samuel H Johnson in your edition of Dec 31 (‘Citizens should be allowed to keep their caps on in air-conditioned offices’).

Dear Editor, Guyanese and other observers who are cautiously optimistic about Mr Ramotar’s presidency should disabuse themselves of the notion that there are substantive differences between Mr Ramotar and Mr Jagdeo. 

Dear Editor, I was reluctant to further enter this public debate on the Speaker of the National Assembly. 

Dear Editor, With Portia Simpson-Miller the elected Prime Minister of Jamaica, Michele Bachman in the race for the chance to be the Republican Presidential Candidate, Kamla Persad-Bissessar the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Hillary Clinton the Secretary of State for the USA, Tarja Halonen the President of Finland, Angela Merkel  the Federal Chancellor of  Germany, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf the President  of Liberia, Cristina E Fernández de Kirchner the President of Argentina, Dame Louise Lake-Tack the Governor General of  Antigua and Barbuda, Dilma Vana Linhares Rousseff the President of Brazil  and Julia Gillard the Prime Minister of Australia  (just to name a few) there’s no denying that the role of women has changed and women are climbing the ladder of political and corporate leadership.

Dear Editor, Undoubtedly there is tremendous anger against corruption. The public outrage has come out on the streets to give vent to their frustration.

Dear Editor, The Justices of Peace and Commissioners of Oaths Association of Guyana would like at this time to wish the President of this green land, his ministers and all the members of parliament  a prosperous and productive 2012.

Miserable Old Year’s Night

Jamaica’s elections seemed to have stunned most observers, including the majority of those polling in the country.

We enter a new year with a new President though it has to be said that that is where the newness stops.

Dear Editor, Over the recent years, there has been an increasing level of noise emanating from homes, weddings, funerals, churches, vehicles etc.

Dear Editor, As usual Christmas was a standing offence to the idea of economic rationality.

Dear Editor, If I may borrow  a term from the Arab Spring media it’s that of “Celebratory Noises” which is a common practice of  shooting  live ammunition into the air as seen in Cairo  and Libya last year.

Dear Editor, On my way to the post office to purchase a postage stamp to affix on a late Xmas card for a friend, I met the newspaperman delivering the day’s newspaper, and so I collected my usual copy of the Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, In recent times I have had cause to hold my breath anytime Mr.

Power has passed to yet another  Kim in the Democratic People’s Republic People’s of Korea.

I resolve to stop drinking

Dear Editor, Things are looking comical for Minister Anthony’s IMC or we can say Clive Lloyd’s IMC.

Not a few of his colleagues have said that there was a time when Henry Greene used to be one of the fittest, trimmest policemen in the Force.

Dear Editor, I am availing myself of the facility provided by your columns to comment on the interview given by Mr Haslyn Parris to Mr Mark McGowan reported in your issue of December 18 concerning the tenure of members of the Guyana Elections Commission (‘Longstanding defects in electoral laws must be addressed – Haslyn Parris’).