Opinion

Dear Editor, If there continues to be any doubt that Government cannot run commercial businesses and that the socialist formula of nationalization is disastrous, one need only look at Guyana’s experience.

Dear Editor, Prime Minister and First Vice President Moses Nagamootoo writing in the December 3, Guyana Chronicle spent a great deal of his column entitled ‘Different strategy in changing times’ on the sugar industry.

Dear Editor, My initial thinking is that the coalition government’s handling, if not bungling of the signing bonus with ExxonMobil results from inexperience if not incompetence, rather than a desire to be corrupt.

Dear Editor, I note a letter from Ms Debra Lewis, PRO of the City Council under the headline – `City ratepayers should have paid increase from July 1’ – in SN of Saturday, December 9. 

Dear Editor, Going beyond the initial novelty of providing entertainment, the internet has evolved into a necessity for news, research, communication, ecommerce and work.

Dear Editor, On Nov 6, 2017, I made a deposit in my account in Republic Bank Guyana as follows: cheque number1169202 from Bank of America to me for just over US$1000.00; cheque number 116 from my account in Astoria Bank NY for cash just under US$100.00 I am not aware of when the BoA check was cleared, but my US bank cleared mine on November 9th. 

Dear Editor, The antics of the APNU/PNC government and opposition PPP continue.

Dear Editor, In this the season of giving gifts, the invading female Santa, who broke security, protocols and the sanctity of the hallowed Chamber to give the Opposition Leader the gift of a dictionary was indeed selective in her gift-giving.

Dear Editor, I think the government mishandled this matter involving the monies received from ExxonMobil which were deposited at the Bank of Guyana. 

Dear Editor, The current news swirling around the ExxonMobil signing bonus saga reinforces the important role of accountants and auditors in the anti-corruption effort.  

Dear Editor, Not long ago Zimbabwe went to play cricket in Pakistan, in which country international cricket had not been played for perhaps a decade prior to Zimbabwe`s visit.

President Granger must immediately accept responsibility for his government’s deceiving of the public on the signing bonus from ExxonMobil which was transmitted to the administration sometime in 2016.

Dear Editor, We must all express our gratitude and appreciation to my good friend and professional colleague, Mr Christopher Ram, for disclosing that the government was in receipt of a signing bonus of US$20 million from ExxonMobil.

Dear Editor, If there was any doubt in the minds of the people of Guyana about where the country is and where it is headed, look no further than Saturday’s headlines of the self-proclaimed “The Nation’s Newspaper”, the Chronicle.

Dear Editor, Just when one would have thought that the APNU+AFC coalition could not have sunk lower in the eyes of the Guyanese people, they defy expectations and do just that.

Dear Editor, I am a youth volunteer with the Guyana Responsible Parenthood association (GRPA).

Dear Editor, This is for the benefit of the owner or person entitled to the calf that is being kept at the No 51 Police Station compound.

Dear Editor, The residents of Gordon Street, Kitty, were held hostage for over 1 ½ years.

Nothing illustrates the utter disorganization of the government more than the way the recent lay-offs in the sugar industry were handled.