Opinion

Dear Editor, Over the years Indian-Guyanese have been pummelled by many writers and, in particular, Kaieteur News columnist, Freddie Kissoon, for voting for the PPP.

Dear Editor, There is an article in SN of December 29 concerning a power surge at Reliance, East Canje, where some residents lost their electrical equipment and were being asked by GPL for receipts of purchase to process applications for compensation.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter which appeared in your edition of December 10, captioned ‘Samaroo misinformed about homes built by Food for the Poor at St Cuthbert’s’ where Mr Leon Davis, Director of Food for the Poor Guyana (FFTP), replied to your columnist Shaun Michael Samaroo. 

Dear Editor, My nomination for Stabroek News’ Person of the Year is Ms Syeada Manbodh.

For many people, the end of one year and the beginning of the next are naught but an arbitrary division imposed by the Julian calendar.

Politikles

Things haven’t gotten off to such a good start between the two opposition parties of whom much is expected in the New Parliament.

Dear Editor, I listened with some disquiet, the announcement by the Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, that there is a proposal to have established at a location outside of the city, a specialist hospital to be staffed by Nationals from India.

Dear Editor, I could not help but think that even if one were to disagree with the substance of Assistant Commissioner Steve Merai’s recent pronouncements, I am not so sure that there was widespread rejection of the spirit of independent thought which his comments projected.

Dear Editor, I am informed that sports journalists do not always write on the conduct and outcomes of the particular sport of their interest.

Dear Editor, In an article in SN dated December 24th 2011 and captioned `PPP/C accuses the opposition of insincerity in speaker negotiations’, the PPP/C   is reported to have said that there are precedents within the Commonwealth that dictate that the speaker comes from the ruling party.

Georgetown has lost its appeal. Time was when it was a well laid out city, boasting concrete drains and canals, tree-lined streets, a demarcated downtown area and charming markets that could lure visitors.

Dear Editor,   The Minister of Sport must concern himself with the future of cricket in Guyana – not with the impact changes will have on the sport today.

Politikles

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With the entire Republic looking forward with bated breath to the first sitting of the National Assembly, one has to wonder as to the reason why – at least according to President Ramotar – APNU has called for the postponement of the summoning of the august body.

Dear Editor, It is with interest I read of the Monday, December 26 Stabroek News online article titled ‘Norway deal likely for review by new Parliament’with the views attributed to AFC leader Raphael Trotman who is reported as saying that “reviewing the LCDS to remove conditions that are excessively adverse to small miners and loggers are among the priority issues for the party,” and that the “opposition dominated new Parliament plans to review several deals and miners have in the past called for a percentage of land to be exempted from the Guyana-Norway deal since they feel they cannot meet the standards.”

Dear Editor, Well, I wrote on some issues some time ago concerning the four-lane road into the city and it has come to pass.

Dear Editor, The dust has settled after the Guyana electorate delivered their devastating verdict on the state of the country. 

Dear Editor, I would like to express utter disgust with the unprofessional, selfish, and lackadaisical attitude of a police officer (name given) who was on duty at the Turkeyen Police Station on December 26.