Opinion

Dear Editor, The Guyana government is moving ahead towards integration with Brazil.

Dear Editor, I essentially agree with Freddie Kissoon’s take on the recent sexual allegations issues, that Indians who are opposed to the PPP are being targeted.

For those of us who live elsewhere, the frequency with which mature democracies make questionable, ambiguous or downright foolish choices can either  be read as an encouragement – that every country has  bouts of political myopia – or as proof that democracy teaches by trial and error and that mistakes are a necessary part of the electorate’s education.

Dear Editor, I refer to several articles in the press recently about the proposed 150 megawatts Amaila hydropower project and would like to comment as follows: Using a figure of US$4000 per kilowatt (presently used for a plant in developing countries) the developer would price the Amaila plant and transmission line at around US$600M to construct.

Dear Editor, On Tuesday, May 18, the Workers Committee formed by the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc  (BCGI) met with the Trade Union Recognition and Certification Board (TUR&CB), under the chairmanship of Justice Prem Persaud, and was advised of a pending survey at the site to determine if the workers still want the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) to represent them. 

Dear Editor, Every weekend and on some holidays residents of Barr Street Kitty get totally fed up with the noise nuisance that occurs at cock-fights.

Dear Editor, I am one who is ever grateful to the senior citizens who served this country and today are too old to earn a living. 

Dear Editor, In previous correspondence to this newspaper last year, I had mentioned that Guyana radio is being mismanaged and the programmes left much to be desired.

Dear Editor, Last week Monday morning greeted many of us with the news of a blazing furnace that devastated yet another building in the heart of Georgetown.

The past week or so has not been good for at least three Caricom prime ministers, for different reasons.

Dear Editor , I would like to ask our engineers a very simple question  to do with the ramp that is stationary and permanently anchored, while at some point attached to it by hinges is a drawbridge – anchored to a pontoon.

Dear Editor, Much to our relief, the seasonal rains have returned to Guyana, and very much so to the South Rupununi, as the pictures on pages 12 and 13 of the May 18 edition of Stabroek News show.

Dear Editor, On February 8, 2010, I caused to be hand-delivered to the offices of the Minister of Legal Affairs, the Permanent Secretary to the said Ministry and the Registrar of Deeds a letter addressed to the said Minister dated February 3, 2010 dealing with aspects of the performance of the department known as the Deeds Registry. 

Dear Editor, I was delighted to read Mr Al Creighton’s reply (‘The rules which apply to international literary awards also apply to the Guyana Prize for Literature’ SN, April 30) to my letter of April 29 arguing that former judges of the Guyana Prize for Literature should not be allowed to submit entries.

Dear Editor, This is what a staunch PPP supporter said to me when I asked him about flooded roads, roads washing away, stellings floating away, bridges buckling, wharves collapsing, kokers falling apart.

Dear Editor, Anti-government activists, politicians and businessmen should learn from the Peter Ramsaroop fiasco on where to store important and confidential information.

Dear Editor, Citizens of any country ought to feel proud and a part of any award that one of its fellow citizens receives, be it in sports, academics, politics, commerce, etc.

The ‘global economic crisis’ was the top buzz phrase for most of last year and only began to be overtaken somewhat by ‘climate change’ towards the end of the year, when some economies began to turn around and it was clear that despite the global predicament of a warming planet there would be no clear consensus at the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Copenhagen in December – if ever there is total agreement; but that’s another story.

Dear Editor, For years the population of Leguan has suffered from the arbitrariness of the Transport & Harbours Department (T&HD).