Opinion

The local sports news over the last few weeks has been dominated by reviews of the various disciplines of sport for the year of 2016, and the announcements of dates for the holding of AGMs of the controlling bodies of the respective sports. 

Dear Editor, Relating to your news item on the sentencing of former New York State Senator John Sampson (SN, Jan 10), it is most regrettable and unfortunate that the Senator has found himself in violation of the law.

Dear Editor, The Norconsult Report on the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) has very good advice on technical and financial matters that could easily be overlooked with just a cursory review of the report.

Dear Editor, Festival City was established in 1972 under the late President Forbes Burnham, as a village where visiting guests and artists for Carifesta ’72 were accommodated in the 250 houses specially constructed in North Ruimveldt.

Dear Editor, In a strongly worded and offensive press release issued on January 19, the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) revealed their contempt for us small miners, calling us puppets and acolytes while accusing us of being sellouts and itinerants.

Dear Editor, I refer to the caption contained at page 1 and the article at pages 3 and 5 of the Guyana Chronicle of January 19 under the headings, ‘Singh strikes’ and ‘Singh strikes twice’, and request that you publish this correspondence so the public would not be misled on the Bharrat Jagdeo, Babu John alleged racial statement case in the Court of Appeal.

Dear Editor, It is eminently requisite that the democratic contours of the aspirations of the 1980 Constitution (Art 8) and the language of the pertinent Art, ie 161(2), comprised of the concepts, precepts and its precise words must be given their purposive meaning.

Dear Editor, This letter is being penned in frustration.   I am an octogerian, resident from birth at 138 Crown Street, Queenstown, Georgetown. 

Dear Editor, I am not against parking meters but I am completely aghast at how this particular project in Guyana has been implemented.

Dear Editor, The African Business Roundtable congratulates the Government of Guyana on its hiring of a consultant to evaluate whether Guyana should have a refinery or not, and whether it should be a private-public partnership or another financial structure.

Dear Editor, A few days ago I learnt with shock from a friend that long time WPA activist Mobutu Kamara (also known as Drummer), farmer, poet and political activist, passed away last December.

Dear Editor, Just like almost everything else in this Land of Many Waters, infrastructure like roads especially, is constructed and well laid out, then comes one of the utility companies and digs up the road to facilitate the laying of water mains, or of Gtt or GPL cables.

Dear Editor, The Leader of the Alliance for Change AFC, Mr Khemraj Ramjattan, continues to maintain that the AFC constitution is silent about a third term and therefore it’s his democratic right for a third term to be bestowed upon him at the National Conference.

Dear Editor, In the Kaieteur News of Friday, January 13, a story under the caption ‘REO blamed for flooding in Region Two’ detailed the reason why he was blamed and from whom the comments emanated. 

Dear Editor, I have been following the controversy about third term leadership in the Alliance for Change (AFC) of which I have been a member since its formation.

Dear Editor, I am amazed to hear so many persons are saying that the leadership of the AFC should be rotated.

Aggrieved workers in Guyana faced with industrial relations disputes over conditions of service are rarely afforded the opportunity to secure the focused and structured attention of the media.

Dear Editor, There is a workshop opposite the secondary school in Sixth Street Cummings Lodge where numerous derelict vehicles are parked on the state reserves, which is an eyesore.