Opinion

Dear Editor, I wish to reply to a letter written by Mr Anthony A Haynes published in the Stabroek News on August 4 captioned, ‘There will be minimum maintenance for next two decades when work on Agriculture Road is finished’. 

Dear Editor, The damage done to GTT’s fibre optic cable is reprehensible and the public rejects it.

Dear Editor, This is a special appeal to the management of the National Communications Network Inc (NCN) in Guyana relating to one of their most popular and longest running musical programmes in recent times: the Basil Persaud Special ( the Basil ‘P’ Show).

Dear Editor,   Letter writer Sean Ori wrote succinctly in yesterday’s SN: “It is all about value for money.

Last Saturday, 5th August, at 21:45 GMT, eight men stepped to the line for the 100 metres final at the IAAF World Championships being held in London, England.

Dear Editor, With Carifesta a mere week or so away, and with Barbados and most of the Caribbean enmeshed in social and governmental dysfunction and crisis, the fundamental question that arises is as follows:- Will we use Carifesta to launch a powerful cultural and artistic campaign to regenerate our Barbadian and wider Caribbean nation, or will we squander this priceless opportunity that has come our way?

Dear Editor, I would like to alert the relevant authorities to an extremely serious situation that threatens the safety of pedestrians and motorists on the Lethem roads, and the safety of aircraft and passengers on the runways at the Lethem airport.

Dear Editor, The reported death of 26-year-old remanded murder accused Winston Hinds, who was being held at the Timehri Prison and the circumstances surrounding his shooting, have raised many eyebrows and questions that to my mind, require answers.

Dear Editor, It is all about value for money. Clearly, City Hall erred as they should have put the contracts for garbage clearance out for tendering in the interest of transparency and accountability.

Dear Editor, Guyana’s public transport system is a matter of passionate concern for local people and visitors.

Dear Editor, The victims affected by the recent floods want to know when and if government will address their distressing situation.

Dear Editor, I have paid keen attention to the debates in the National Assembly concerning the amendments to the broadcast law and found it extremely difficult to comprehend the position of the opposition.

Dear Editor, The pulling of services yet again by the garbage contractors, over the failure by City Hall to honour their payment obligations came as no surprise. 

Dear Editor, My NIS number is 8-45712-51   I attained the age of sixty on 16th February 2015 and filed for my old age benefit but was awarded an old age grant on 28th April 2015.

Dear Editor, Like Mr Conway I find the case of the CoI into the alleged plot to assassinate the President quite interesting for what it says about the manner in which police investigations are conducted (interviews or interrogations); how decisions are made; and the protocols and chain of command.

This is the second time in less than a month that we have had reason to editorialise on the protracted impasse between City Hall and two private contractors, Cevons and Puran Brothers over the municipality’s $300 million-odd debt to the two companies and the consequences that continue to derive therefrom.

Dear Editor, August 6, 2017 marked the 72nd anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Dear Editor, I attended numerous sessions of the Commission of Inquiry into the alleged threat to assassinate His Excellency, Brigadier David Granger, President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana presently being  conducted by Paul Slowe, retired Assistant Commissioner of Police.