Opinion

Dear Editor, Someone asked, ‘What’s in a name?’ A name can be misleading sometimes.

Dear Editor, The designation of 2011 as the Year of People of African Descent is a significant reminder of both the tremendous contributions of Africans to world civilization and the challenges African communities across the world continue to face in the socio-economic political and cultural spheres.

Dear Editor, I refer to SN story of January 12, ‘Secret balloting poses danger – Jagdeo,’ where it was reported, “President Bharrat Jagdeo on Monday warned that using a secret balloting process to decide on the PPP’s next presidential candidate could be dangerous as candidate hopefuls could promise persons things in order to get their votes.”

Dear Editor, Well, well, well, Forbes Burnham and the Jagans would be immensely proud.

Dear Editor, In spite of him being unfairly caricaturized as a demolition man, I have to admire Minister Robeson Benn’s proceeding in his conviction of doing the right things.

Dear Editor, This campaign excites me, but I should declare my bias up front; that is, I am a supporter of Dr Harding to become the PNCR presidential candidate.

In September 2003, two years after they began surveillance of a cocaine operation, officers of the United Kingdom’s Scotland Yard swept through some 20-odd residences in various sections of London and made several arrests.

Politikles

Thursday’s Cartoon

Dear Editor, With reference to the letter ‘The Leader of the Opposition does not have a special retirement package,’ (SN, January 11) by B Beniprashad Rayman, PNCR Executive Member, please permit me to put this ostensibly contentious issue in proper perspective.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter from one Harry Gill, under the caption, ‘Corbin must produce all evidence to save whatever credibility he has left,’ printed in the January 11, issue of Kaieteur News.

Dear Editor, What are the Mayor and Town Council of New Amsterdam really doing with the taxes of the town?

Dear  Editor, I was not surprised that President Jagdeo is not interested in another term in office (‘Jagdeo denies interest in extending term’ SN, January 11).

Dear Editor, The race for the presidency of the Guyana Cricket Board is interestingly poised at the moment, and the three serious contenders are continuing to run a clean race – no doubt each of them has the conviction he will claim an overwhelming and undisputed victory at the polls on January, 30, 2011.

Owing to a technical fault we could not access emails for many hours yesterday, and were also unable to retrieve them subsequently.

As the United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates visited China over the weekend for what was intended to be a continuation of a discourse between the two powers on the implications of their statuses as major military powers, the atmosphere between them preceding Gates’s visit has been one of uncertainty and mutual concern about the other’s intentions.

Dear Editor, I recall at a Chamber of Commerce dinner at the Pegasus Hotel a few short years ago, President Jagdeo addressing the gathering and the Guyanese public, regaled us all about how well the sugar industry was doing. 

Dear Editor, For over a year now the Guyana Police Force has unashamedly ignored the residents of Laing Avenue who continue to live at the mercy of a bicycle, gun-slinging gang in one section of the area.

Dear Editor, I refer to Minister Manzoor Nadir’s letter ‘Greenidge was not fired by Caricom; his contract came to an end’ (SN, January 7, 2011).