Opinion

Just before the 2015 general election, then Opposition Leader David Granger made a speech about changing the political culture in the country noting that the coalition had come together because the nation was at breaking point.

Dear Editor, It has been brought to the attention of the Mayor and City Council that a section of the media has been falsely reporting a statement made by the Mayor of Georgetown, Madam Patricia Chase-Green.

Dear Editor, I have no intention of joining the two parliamentarians in the debate that is taking place about the successor company, Power Producer and Distribution, Inc (PPDI) to the Wärtsilä contract, but now that we have been informed that the shareholders of PPDI will be the Govern-ment of Guyana via a state entity I am wondering if it would be asking too much for us, the citizens, to be given some information about the financial plan for this entity, for example:How much will it cost the Treasury in 2017 to get this state company in operation?

Dear Editor, While I admit that I am not well versed in the origin and present day significance of masquerade, I have seen and interacted with the masqueraders on the streets of George-town over the years.

Dear Editor, Fareed Zakaria reminded us of a quote from Alfred Montapert, which states, “Do not confuse motion and progress. 

Dear Editor, It is an interesting development in a construct in which citizens have historically paid income tax, which accumulates in the government’s treasury, and then is prudently disbursed to fund various services not only to those taxpayers, but to non-taxpayers as well.

Dear Editor, Mr Gordon Forte’s letter to Stabroek News of February 22, captioned ‘REO has no legal power over works contract’, misleads on a number of issues.

Dear Editor, News that the Guyana Defence Force “is poised to receive two new planes, courtesy of the Chinese Embassy” is to be welcomed.

Dear Editor,   I have known Mr Ifa Kamau Cush for many years beginning from when he first surfaced in Guyanese public consciousness in the mid-ʼ90s after he returned home and led a grass-roots movement in the African community that was responsible for restoring the 1763 monument. 

Dear Editor, In 2012 I applied for a landline phone service and met a GTT official who assured me that the phone service would be made available.

Dear Editor,   Even a cursory look at ongoing developments makes it clear that no lessons are learned from prior mistakes, prior times, and prior regimes. 

Dear Editor,   The Mayor has indicated that she will move forward with this parking meter project, which will see the profits leaving the shores of Guyana.

Dear Editor, There is a feeling among people not living, working or visiting Georgetown that the high costs associated with the parking meters will not affect them.

This week in our regular Sunday feature the World Beyond Georgetown, we carried a story on Golden Fleece, a village on the Essequibo Coast, which is one with a difference.

Dear Editor, The PPP has gotten away with a lot in Guyana, because of our collective instinct to think in binary terms ‒ us versus them.

Dear Editor, The fact that public education in Guyana is in deep crisis is no secret.

Dear Editor, May I compliment you on the quality of your editorials of the last week or so.

Dear Editor, There is a promise from one of the designers in your ‘What the people say column’ of Monday 20th, to have a “hot band” which features “Goddesses” from around the world.