Opinion

For auld lang syne

Tonight at midnight, as we say goodbye to the Old Year and usher in 2011, the strains of ‘Auld lang syne’ will be heard at parties across the country, and many of us will sing or warble a rendition of the traditional ballad.

Mr Jones and the police

On Friday December 24, Christmas Eve, Mr Lyndon ‘Jumbie’ Jones, a well-known local actor, stand-up comedian and MC, was invited to the police station by police officers who knew him, and once there he was placed behind bars where he remained until Monday, December 27.

Can the wharves at Supenaam and Parika accommodate a roll-on/roll-off ferry?

Dear Editor, In a press statement recently Dr Luncheon, the Cabinet Secretary stated that the roll-on/roll-off ferry presently under construction in China will arrive in Guyana next month and will be put into operation on the Supenaam-Parika run, and I write to enquire whether a drawing of the proposed ferry was ever given to the engineering design consultant before commencing structural design work on the stelling.

A Shakespearian tragedy

Dear Editor, On December 21, 2010, I read a most insightful editorial in SN about the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and although I do not agree with some of the issues raised I do support the view expressed that the ministry is being marginalized.

Not the author of letter

Dear Editor, I, Sheik Mohamed Mustapha Muslim, of Mahaicony would like to inform the general public that I was not the author of the letter captioned ‘Some rum shops in Mahaicony sell liquor to persons under age’ which was published in the SN on December 15, 2010 under the name of one Mohamed Mustapha, Imam.

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