Opinion

Dear Editor, In his 2013 budget proposals, Dr Ashni Singh, former Minister of Finance, announced Mortgage Interest Relief for first-time home owners with mortgage loans of up to $30 million.

Dear Editor, It is a challenge for any new government in a disorganised society to reshape, fashion and implement programmes and policies to guide agencies and ministries.

Dear Editor, In light of the recent 2017 Budget announcement by Finance Minister Winston Jordan, of the 14% Value Added Tax which will be imposed on water and electricity (two basic human needs), the Bartica Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) urges the government to rethink the decision and review the 2017 Budget with haste.

Dear Editor, In a country like ours that is racially divided, the need for social cohesion is essential for long-lasting stability and growth.

Dear Editor, I can no longer constrain myself as this morning (Dec 9) was the limit.

Dear Editor, There is never a dull moment when it comes to politics in Guyana, the most recent of which was the drama in parliament over the issue of whether or not the rented government bond had any tablets stored in it.

Dear Editor, I leap in agreement with Lincoln Lewis in his letter ‘A pension must reflect a reasonable percentage of income not the full income’ (SN, November 23).

Dear Editor, Joseph ‘Reds’ Perreira is a man to be admired.

With the new revelations about the D’Urban Park project for the independence jubilee celebrations two things stand out starkly.

Dear Editor, I am confident that the joy experienced at the concert and reception hosted by the Delegation of the European Union to mark the ratification of the Paris Climate Change Agreement at the Marriott Hotel, was shared by all who were present.

Dear Editor, Banks DIH Limited has just disclosed that the 2005 Memorandum of Understanding for a mutual share investment agreement between itself and Banks Holdings Limited of Barbados has now been substantially reversed.

Dear Editor, Could the Cabinet pay some attention to approved national forest policy before making an ad hoc decision which is contrary to policy?

Dear Editor, I am having a problem with numbers; I never did. 

Dear Editor, Today, 11th December 2016 will mark 40 years since 42 striking bauxite workers were tear-gassed in a cell at the Linden Police Station. 

If Dr George Norton and the government were hoping that the drug bond scandal would quietly dissipate in the ether, then on Thursday they were rudely disabused of that notion. 

Dear Editor, The Mayor and City Council has observed that News Room, Demerara Waves and the Guyana Chronicle reported that on December 7, 2016 the media were blocked from covering the $3.7B  budget presentation at City Hall.

Dear Editor, The terribly tragic death of Mark McCoy, 14, killed as he was crossing the road near Diamond shows exactly how dangerous our roads are today. 

Dear Editor, The crime rate in Region 2, Pomeroon/Supenaam, is always far lower than in most other administrative regions, but recently in one of the station districts, namely, Aurora Police Station that runs from Supenaam to Pomona and includes the Supenaam Creek there has been a significant increase in crime.