Opinion

Dear Editor, The Guyana Football Federation President, Mr Colin Klass will be elected unopposed for another four-year term when the GFF convenes its Annual General Meeting this month, following the closure of nominations on Saturday, March 19 at the GFF Secretariat.

Dear Editor, If your editorial ‘Age of opportunity’ of March 26, had been written on Friday I might have concluded that it was an April Fools Day hoax, but what I feared for our educational system has arrived, and it is indeed a serious issue. 

Dear Editor, As a potential presidential candidate, Mr Ralph Ramkarran is not a person who is unknown.

Dear Editor, Over the years, the government has made massive investments in the agricultural sector.

Hard Bargain

At his press conference on March 31, Head of the Presidential Secretariat , Dr Roger Luncheon accused Stabroek News of “reckless hostility” towards the One Laptop Per Family project. 

Dear Editor, The passing by the National Assembly on Thursday, March 10, 2011 of the Title to Land (Prescription and Limitation) (Amendment) Bill 2011 is an opportune time for me to ventilate some very relevant concerns I avoid at this time the controversial aspect of the Act which will have the effect of protecting from acquisition by prescription all land owned by the State, or its wholly-owned agencies. 

Dear Editor, Your business editorial of April 1 chastised the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) for not doing enough to ensure compliance by the business community with the fire regulations of Guyana.

Cartoon

Only now that the country is on the brink of an election has President Jagdeo seen fit to dispense with the services of his Minister of Local Government, Mr Kellawan Lall.

Dear Editor, I refer to the open letter penned by Toshao Theophilus Fernandes of the Chinese Landing Village Council and published in the form of an advertisement on page 18 of the April 1, 2011 issue of the Stabroek News and wish to respond to the inaccuracies contained in some sections of his letter for fear that they could convey wrong impressions to an unsuspecting public.

Dear Editor, As a citizen I am most concerned about the travesty reported to have been recently perpetrated by the Councillors of Georgetown – at once reflecting an embarrassing display of ignorance of the very statute – Cap 28:01 – by which they should govern, and be governed.

Dear Editor, Your issue of March 30, 2011 reported that the man who allegedly stabbed Vanessa Francis is yet to be charged by the police.

Dear Editor, I have been following your coverage of the alleged mistreatment of several Jamaican nationals by immigration authorities in Barbados and have noted that the Caricom Secretariat has been silent on this issue.

Dear Editor, On Friday, March 11, Deputy Cabinet Secretary and Permanent Secretary in Office of the President, Dr Nanda Gopaul, crashed his car into another vehicle parked on Carifesta Avenue, badly damaging the parked vehicle and injuring a passenger who was reportedly about to enter the parked vehicle.

Dear Editor, I wish to refer to an article in the Stabroek News under the caption ‘Gov’t has substantially failed to implement forest saving agreement with Norway, say civil society members…’ in its issue of  March 28; and one in the Kaieteur News of the same date under the caption ‘Group wants Norway to delay payment to Guyana.’

Dear Editor, The World Cup final between India and Sri Lanka today, is a day which will stand still for both countries as fans take their cricket very seriously, more so in India.

Politikles

The bewildering pace at which information technology is evolving has begun to affect old fashioned politics with unsettling speed.

Dear Editor, I have looked at the documents for bidding for the Hope Canal, in particular the 3-Door Head Regulator and am surprised that the Soil Investigation Report is not part of the documents but only available at the pre-tender meeting for viewing.