Opinion

Dear Editor, Mixed Races and Amerindians (MR&A) do vote for the two race-based parties in Guyana in the PPP and the PNC.

There was much hype and high-spiritedness inside the University of Guyana’s George Walcott Lecture Theatre on Thursday.

Politikles

Dear Editor, Could the Guyana Elections Commission tell us what new constraints or insights caused them to change the voting times on polling day from the tried and tested 6 am-6 pm to 7 am-7 pm?

Dear Editor, The defenders of the Former Presidents (Benefits and Other Facilities) Act 2009 including Prime Minister Sam Hinds, Dr.

Dear Editor, The political discourse between the presidential candidates at the University of Guyana on Thursday November 10, was great theatre; there were wild accusations, great promises, a lively young boisterous crowd and one very interesting boast.

Dear Editor, I write in solidarity with the University of Guyana students who have become the latest victims of the PPP’s campaign of profiling.

Dear Editor, I write to make corrections in the letter from Mr Albert Khan (SN, Nov 10) captioned ‘Played a central part in exposing rigged elections in  Guyana, but Bisram omitted name.‘ 

Dear Editor, Many promises were made willy-nilly by the presidential candidates.

Hello friend, long time no see!

For various reasons governments in this part of the world tend to escape rigorous scrutiny of the judiciousness of their expenditure on behalf of the public.

Dear Editor, Lincoln Lewis’s letter expressing justifiable reservations relating to government’s recent acquisition of water cannon is timely and a serious matter.

Dear Editor, I write to offer clarification on the benefits received by Former Presidents and their widows following the passing of Act # 8 of 2009.

Dear Editor, On a recent visit to Guyana I noticed the government some time ago placed several layers of heavy boulders of varying sizes and weight on the upper berm of the Georgetown sea defences, which were built in 1972.

Dear Editor, I join the recent lamentation of Jeffery Dujon as regards the success, or lack thereof, of the West Indies Cricket Team over the last decade, particularly at Test cricket.

If there is one thing this election season has demonstrated, it is that we desperately need some kind of legislative reform to ensure that each party has equal opportunity during the campaign to make its case to voters and that none of them enjoys an insuperable built-in advantage to which the others do not have access.

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Dear Editor, I would like to add to previous reports and letters in the media on the contentious subject of the recent distribution of flood relief funds in Lethem.

Dear Editor, In his November 9 letter titled ‘The entire parliamentary opposition voted against the Former Presidents Bill… 2009,’ Mr Christopher Ram has clearly shown I was quite wrong to characterize the opposition for being asleep at the wheel when this Bill came to Parliament. 

Dear Editor, The Department of Government and International Affairs, University of Guyana must be commended for hosting the first ever presidential discourse at the George Walcott Large Lecture Theatre.