Opinion

If there were a crime of cultural malfeasance on the statute books, then Minister Leslie Ramsammy would surely have been charged with it by now, along, perhaps, with Dr Bheri Ramsarran as an accessory.

Dear Editor, It was with deep consternation that I read in the June 2 edition of SN, Water Minister Irfaan Ali’s statement, “that despite the discovery of dead fish, the water in the Lamaha Canal is safe.”

Dear Editor, I was at the headquarters of the United National Congress (UNC) in Couva, Trinidad and Tobago (TT) on election night as vote-counts arrived, making its leader, Mrs Kamla Persad-Bissessar, the new prime minister.

Dear Editor, The fiasco of the Amaila project keeps going down that infamous creek without a paddle with every utterance from this government.

Dear Editor, Our country Guyana is one of great and majestic beauty.

Dear Editor, I believe that the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), as a party and as the PPP/Civic government, is sincere in its desire to forge genuine links and work with the African Guyanese sector of the  society.

Dear Editor, I can empathise with my colleague Mr Rafiq Khan who wrote so emphatically about the abolition of the ceremonial opening of the Criminal Assizes (‘The ceremonial opening of the Criminal Assizes… should be abolished’ SN, June 3).

Nearly 50 days after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig caught fire and sank, it is becoming clear that the scale of the crisis was underestimated from the beginning.

Dear Editor, Having just returned from the People’s Republic of China, where I witnessed a deepening cultural sensitivity, human dignity coupled with unprecedented social and economic progress, I am saddened by the behaviour of sections of our population, worsened by the near silence and inaction by our leaders of state and civil society.

Dear Editor, Permit me to briefly respond to the statements by the Attorney General contained in an article in the Stabroek News captioned ‘Poor work ethic among judges plagues criminal justice system’ (May 30).

Dear Editor, On May 7, a group of Chinese persons came into my store (Fazia Collection Sales Centre, America Street) taking photographs.

Dear Editor, I could not believe I read (SN, June 2) that Minister Irfan Ali pronounced the Lamaha Canal water “safe” while “detailed investigation” is still being conducted.

Dear Editor, Congratulations on Rory Westmaas’ article on architecture (second part) published in the Guyana Review Vol 17 Issue, May 5, 2010.

Dear Editor, I applaud Minister Anthony’s move to address the problem of the two constitutions of the Guyana Cricket Board.

Dear Editor, Passengers travelling the Bartica-Parika route by speedboat are fed up with the high freight cost  they have to pay for personal luggage and boxes and cartons; the price is soaring.

Dear Editor, I refer to a post that was made on June 2 on the website http://liveinguyana.blogspot.com/

Dear Editor, The Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) rotten service of poor electricity delivery is once again coming to the fore and the picture looks very bleak again for Berbicians.

Dear Editor, When an incident that appears tragic turns out to have a happy ending, it is something to rejoice over since these happy endings are indeed rare.