Opinion

Dear Editor, Rather than debate the legality of the Red House lease, I wish to focus on a most simple yet profound issue related to yet another Granger Administration blunder.

Dear Editor, On December 28, the Ministry of the Presidency issued a statement asserting that it “proposes to utilize a mix of energy options, starting with less risky options such as solar and wind, as outlined in Budget 2017”.

Dear Editor, Many become sentimental and emotional at this time of the year and make resolutions and promises intended for the upcoming year.

Dear Editor, How do the politicians in APNU+AFC defend the indefensible?

Dear Editor, I believe the handling of the CJRC’s lease revocation demonstrates poor judgement on the part of President Granger and his administration.

Dear Editor, This is about the third letter in which Sasenarine Singh has hurled completely baseless comments about the character of Tacuma Ogunseye.

In November 2015, Minister of Finance Winston Jordan told a Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association annual dinner and awards that Guyana and Norway had agreed to do a final review of the contentious Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP).

Dear Editor, After two decades nine lawyers including three women have been elevated to senior counsel and it is the first time in the history of the country and the Caribbean that a sitting judge has been elevated to the Inner Bar.

Dear Editor, A lot has been written and said about the Red House saga.

Dear Editor, In the wake of the recent controversy over the eviction of the Cheddi Jagan Research Centre  (CJRC) from the heritage property that is Red House, I am professionally and personally obligated to provide some clarity on the issues.

Dear Editor, The vicious attack on the Cheddi Jagan Research Institute housed at Red House has brought the PNC-led APNU+AFC regime to a new low.

Dear Editor, Can the Government of Guyana and the Ministry of Social Cohesion please explain how the present, imminent and future closure of sugar estates which are severely affecting the livelihoods and financial survival of working families of all ethnicities and their dependents but predominately those of East Indian descent, are helping to forge social cohesion.

Dear Editor, Those who have read PPP/C Member of Parliament Anil Nandlall’s letter ‘Consultations for this government are no more than a publicity gimmick’ (SN, December 24, 2016) which speaks to issues of governance, including referencing Article 13 and 38A in the Guyana Constitution, can definitively conclude that the PPP/C when in government knew what was right.

Dear Editor, I read with great interest the unfortunate Red House saga which I considered very embarrassing.

Dear Editor, Let me take this opportunity to first extend Happy New Year’s greetings to you and your entire staff and by extension the entire country we all love, Guyana.

We now stand on the first rung of the 2017 ladder. 

Dear Editor, Last week, the Leader of the Opposition submitted to the President, a list of six persons from which the President is entitled to choose one, in accordance with article 161 (2) of the Constitution, to fill the vacant position of Chairman of the Elections Commission.

Dear Editor, 2016 was a consequential year for Constituency 14: South Ruimveldt/ Industrial Estate.

Dear Editor, Ordinary Guyanese folk, especially those who have been involved in the country’s community service sector in some formal way over the decades, should support and embrace the concept of the El Dorado Awards founded by Caribbean Voice.