Opinion

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr Freddie Kissoon’s missive ‘SN should make a decision on Bisram’ (SN Aug 18).

We are in the midst of one of those now familiar seasons, when, for brief periods, serious allegations of inappropriate behaviour by public officials surface, set tongues wagging and, in the face of the indifference of the political administration, wither and eventually die.

Dear Editor, At the Impress Youth Conference, President Jagdeo reportedly listed some attributes of Donald Ramotar that made him presidential material. Now,

Politikles

Now that the PPP/C’s presidential candidate Donald Ramotar has publicly declared his preparedness to debate his rivals for the presidency of the country you have to wonder just how long it will take to put such an exercise together and whether or not we may not be best advised to leave that debate for the 2016 electoral encounter.

Dear Editor, President Jagdeo in his efforts to get credit for winning the election and maintaining his influence over Mr Ramotar and the PPP leadership continues to mislead the public in his various pronouncements.

Dear Editor, Please allow me to return my attention as a former Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) former field secretary to a very topical problem, that is the question of  the new Skeldon sugar factory for  India or China to manage.

Dear Editor, For a while now commuters have been facing all sorts of inhuman acts from minibus operators without any hope of travelling without fear.

Dear Editor, It is a trite and fundamental principle of written constitutions, including those of Guyana and the United States of America, that these constitutions are the supreme law of the land. 

Dear Editor, Mr Malcom Harripaul’s latest missive, ‘Bisram’s statements and polls support the present government‘ (SN, Aug 19) is a regurgitation of the two previous ones he wrote accusing President Jagdeo of begging for an invitation but offering no evidence to support his claim.

Invariably the deepest and darkest secrets from opaque and dysfunctional institutions like the Guyana Police Force come from within and most unexpectedly.

Customs

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by Mr Mike Persaud (‘Bisram did conduct surveys in Guyana‘ SN, Aug 19) in which he stated: “Mr.

Dear Editor, On Thursday August 11, the PPP/C held an Impress Youth Conference, under the theme ‘Making our Mark.‘

Dear Editor, Guyana needs to strengthen its diplomatic efforts with Suriname in order to capitalize on numerous opportunities that exist between the two nations.

Dear Editor, My recent bank statement indicates that GBTI has been deducting $100.00 as a “Ledger Fees” charge, each time an in-branch transaction is done.

When former Assistant Commissioner Paul Slowe spoke out in June last year saying, “sometimes I am ashamed, because when I joined the force you had incidents, yes, but not this blatant corruption of some of the ranks… I believe it has gone out of control,“ he got, of course, a blast of hot air from the Ministry of Home Affairs in response. 

Cartoon

Dear Editor, Lethem and its environs have been receiving glorious sunshine for almost a month now.

Dear Editor, For a while now commuters have been facing all sorts of inhuman acts from minibus operators without any hope of travelling without fear.