Opinion

Dear Editor, As expected the PPP/C and its leader Bharrat Jagdeo have decided to intensify their hostile campaign of lies and misrepresentation of facts directed in part against GECOM’s Chairman, Retired Justice James Patterson, and those Commissioners in GECOM not under the control of the PPP/C.

Dear Editor,  The main reason that the Giftland Group keeps its distance from the Private Sector Commission (PSC), cocktail circles and other such organizations, is due to the heavy politicization of these agencies in following narrow political objectives and not for the broader good of its members.

Dear Editor, The Indian Action Committee (IAC), having followed the recent developments at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), calls for an immediate investigation primarily through a Commission of Inquiry (COI).

Dear Editor, Every year, led by the UN International Labour Organization (ILO), on 28 April there are International observances of Occupational Safety and Health Day; and 12th June as World Day against Child Labour.

Unemployment and poor infrastructure are two of the recurring themes in our Sunday feature, the World Beyond Georgetown.

Dear Editor, Please permit me a few lines in your newspaper to ask the Guyana Telephone Telegraph (GTT) to do more.

Dear Editor, At the very first RDC Statutory meeting in January this year, the entire RDC Boardroom listened in shock to a narrative that an old decrepit bulldozer parked precariously outside of the RDC Compound actually belonged to the Region and was newly purchased for a whopping $15 million.

Dear Editor, I applaud the recent Stabroek News editorial titled ‘Decriminalisation of homosexuality’ published on June 17th, 2018.

Dear Editor, I refer to Chairman of GECOM, Justice (Ret’d) James Patterson’s letter in Stabroek News, June 19, 2018.

Dear Editor, It is heart-wrenching to hear and see how children are separated from their parents on the southern border of America.

Dear Editor, Not only the drainage infrastructure  in  Chateau Margot on the East Coast of Demerara is very poor and ignored by the Regional Democratic Council at Triumph village on the East Coast of Demerara, or even the Neighbourhood Democratic Council which is at  Better Hope, East Coast Demerara, but also the damaged unsuitable roads and streets.

Dear Editor, The local media has recently been inundated with controversial debate/discussion on the pros and cons of the selection processes for the position of Deputy Chief Election Officer.

Dear Editor, Please refer to the Stabroek News editorial of June 19, 2018, `Town Clerk’s food safety licence lament’ for us at City Hall, the management or administration of the citizenry’s affairs is never a cloistered virtue; we do not disdain helpful critical comments.

Dear Editor, One can only see as twisted logic and unharnessed greed, the argument being advanced by the Town Clerk of Georgetown against sections of the Food Safety Bill which he considers a peril to the Council’s revenue base as he claims that the Council will be losing approximately six million a year from no longer being able to license “eating houses” and “street food vendors.”

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter written by Mr. Vincent Alexander captioned `No basis for Jagdeo to conclude GECOM Chairman has been biased’ that was published in SN on June 14, 2018. 

The 2018 World Cup kicked off last Thursday with the usual pomp and ceremony, and the fans of the game are filled with hope that their country will be lifting the World Cup trophy come Sunday, 15th July.

Dear Editor, The headline blazoned on the first page of the Kaieteur News edition of Friday June 15, 2018 proclaimed thusly: “GECOM hiring policy concerns not about race, but fairness.”