Opinion

Dear Editor, I no longer enjoy visiting the GCC where I am, I think, the member of longest standing (since 1955). 

Dear Editor, The Government of Guyana, through its star, writer, producer and director, Minister Winston Jordan, must be congratulated for the delivery to a dumbstruck audience of Guyanese what can only be dubbed a Monty Python budget. 

Dear Editor, As is the case with all Guyanese desirous of attaining a home in our homeland, I applied for a house-lot in 2007 while a single woman.

Dear Editor, I am following the Budget presentation this week in Parliament and as a resident of Good Hope Phase Three on the East Coast of Demerara, it was disheartening to hear Minister within the Ministry of Communities Valerie Patterson say that the APNU+AFC administration had embarked on a journey towards “the good life,” inclusive of providing accessible and affordable housing in sanitary and safe communities, with the necessities for “wholesome and dignified living for citizens in need”.

Dear Editor, At various gatherings of Muslims, it has been noted that within recent times a number of new restaurants, meat sellers, supermarkets and hotels have been advertising their products for sale, either raw or cooked food, but that only a few are recognised as meeting the Islamic requirements for Muslim consumption. 

Dear Editor, The failure of Guyanese to recognize that we have been caught up in a political and economic crisis which stretches as far back as 1968 when the first in a series of post-independence elections was blatantly rigged, upturning Guyana’s democracy, does not in any way subtract from this truth. 

The Kiwi bird is a real odd ball. It is classified as a member of the Apterygidae family and a member of the ratite group, a set of large flightless birds. 

Dear Editor, Ramesh Dalchand Kalicharran, a legendary Guyanese New Yorker, is no more.

Dear Editor, I was present at the recently held graduation ceremony of the St Rose’s High School where President Granger gave a speech to the graduating class of 2017. 

Dear Editor, I was requested to comment on the Feasibility Study and Design for the new Demerara River Bridge prepared by Lievense CSO.

Dear Editor, Finance Minister Winston Jordan in his 2018 Budget presentation assured the Agriculture sector that “the Government is committed to improving the livelihoods of rice farmers.”

Dear Editor, We villagers of Belvedere, Corentyne face endangerment to our health at the hands of a self- interested businessman [name supplied].

Dear Editor, After listening to two speeches from the government side, I wanted to do a simple comparison between Mr Dominic Gaskin v Ms Valerie Garrido-Lowe. 

A full year and more after the then Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence had announced that with effect from October 2016 workers employed by the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) the majority Russian-owned bauxite company would be exempt from taxes on overtime and premium hours worked, the management of the company has finally agreed to leave the monies where they belong, (with the workers’ wages) rather than disdainfully brush aside the directive of a Minister of Government and remit the deducted amounts to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA).

Dear Editor, With the conferring of awards being undertaken over time to well-deserving persons in Guyana and also in many countries abroad, both to civilians and to persons in the military and paramilitary to recognize their achievements and contributions to society, I believe it would be remiss of us if there wasn’t the creation of special awards explicitly created for and bestowed upon the hardworking officials of the Georgetown Municipality.

Dear Editor, Now that the noise has died down, perhaps it is time to discuss that most fundamental aspect of Guyana politics that the farcical exercise of appointing a Chairman of the Elections Commission has highlighted.

Dear Editor, There is a moral responsibility to speak out about the painting of state properties in any party colours.

Dear Editor, I refer to the news item titled, `Parking meter fees slashed to $150 per hour’ (KN December 3).