Opinion

Dear Editor, The headline story of SN on September 28, 2017 that ‘Restricted bidding for the new Demerara River bridge raises red flags’ provides the opportunity to revisit the earlier prequalification tender notice by the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) for the “finance, design, build and [maintenance]” of the bridge. 

Dear Editor, From the time that the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) was established to enquire into the Guyana Police Force’s investigation of the alleged plot to assassinate the President, I publicly criticized its establishment on the grounds that it was unnecessary; that it was a waste of taxpayers’ money and that it was established with the ulterior motive of targeting certain identified officers in the upper echelon of the Force.

Dear Editor, There are huge hues and cries over the recent sexual abuse and murder of that lad, Leonard Archibald, and I do agree with the mammoth condemnation of that heinous crime.

Dear Editor, I am the recipient of a house lot in Lust-en-Rust, Parfait Harmonie.

Dear Editor, I flinch at the slippery and collapsible precipice on which the United States and North Korea engage in nuclear sword fencing cum mudwrestling. 

The political philosopher Michael Sandel recently described the Trump administration as the most serious “stress test” the US constitution has yet faced.

Dear Editor, I read with interest a BBC news report which stated that the Saudi King Salman has lifted a ban on women from driving.

Dear Editor, Even though there are individuals employed with the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) who have the statutory authority to make sure that all rules of Chapter 11.01, are complied with by all prison staff, I’m writing to urgently request your help in putting an end to the unhealthy, dehumanizing and degrading conditions of confinement that belong in the Dark Ages.

Dear Editor, At the end of Education Month and Child Protection Week 2017, it is not easy to read of the death of six year old Glenshaun Skeete of Plaisance.

Dear Editor, Kenya is an African country, thousands of miles from Guyana.

Dear Editor, Derogatory articles were published in the Kaieteur News regarding shoddy work by Chinese contractors in Africa.

Dear Editor, I was amazed to read the letter by Anthony Pantlitz in SN of September 26 titled ‘Guyana needs repatriates’ in which he almost deifies a few Guyanese who have returned to Guyana to ostensibly serve the needs of the country as opposed to serving their own desires or needs.

Dear Editor, In this teeming, controversy tossed civilization called Guyana, scarce time and energy have to be diverted from the vital matters of the times to write about –well, garbage. 

The world today is beset by many calamities, both man-made and naturally occurring.

Dear Editor, Having read Mike Persaud’s letter, ‘We need a return to a Westminster model constitution’ (SN, September 28), there are some germane issues that cannot be ignored.

Dear Editor, It was reported by one of the local media houses that the Minister of Finance Winston Jordan stated that members of the Guyana Bankers Association were optimistic about foreign exchange in the country.

Dear Editor, Why, in Guyana, is age the determining factor in the assessment of a person’s ability to properly function?

Dear Editor, I decided to take a passing look at ministers’ contributions in recent times.