Opinion

Dear Editor, As a feedback to the editorial `Speechless in Syria’ of October 1, 2016 I would like to share with you the Russian vision of the recent developments in Syria in the last interview by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to the BBC.

Dear Editor, Blackouts continue to paralyse the entire Essequibo Coast, affecting production in the various sectors, especially the rice millers who are buying farmers’ paddy and milling it for local and overseas markets; their entire operation has to close down when blackouts strike suddenly.

Dear Editor, I want to highlight a long and probably the most prolonged issue to date that has plagued the people of Kwakwani, Ituni and Linden.

Dear Editor, There is not much in the columns and letters written over the past months by Senior Counsel Ralph Ramkarran and others on facts and conclusions that does not invite a contradictory response, which has now become necessary for the public record.

Dear Editor, I do not recall another issue that was pursued with greater vigour by APNU and the AFC while in opposition, more particularly the AFC, than the establishment of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC).

Dear Editor, Reports are that the unemployment rate is 12.5%, as based on the 2012 census figures. 

Dear Editor, National Tree Day has slowly become an observance conducted in many countries.

Dear Editor, The APNU+AFC Council-lors of Region 3 (Essequibo Islands/West Demerara) disrupted the Statutory Meeting of the Regional Democratic Council which was held on Wednesday September 28, 2016 by singing “We shall not be removed” and by tapping the desk loudly and dancing, “Faerber must go, Jaikarran will stay”.

Dear Editor, There are few things one can say with certainty about cricket: One is that in playing that game, especially in batting, without confidence you are doomed to failure.

Dear Editor, Congratulations on the lovely picture highlighted on the front page of yesterday’s Sunday Stabroek which showcases the beauty and bounty of Guyana.

Dear Editor, In this 50th year ‒ Golden Jubilee ‒ of the Independence of our ‘Dear Land of Guyana’, the intention is to make a tangible contribution with the submission of a proposal, which, if implemented, will contribute tremendously towards regional and national development, but most importantly it will greatly advance the move towards that social cohesion which we crave.

During an interview with HGPTV Channel 67’s Nightly News in February this year, recently convicted drug trafficker Barry Dataram alleged that the Custom Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) was corrupt and he implicated a high-ranking CANU official in the drug trade, while claiming that the official would take as much as $10 million to allow cocaine to leave the country.

Dear Editor, Anna Correia in her SN letter of September 30 writes: “The late Kennedy might be a hero in his country but for this Guyanese woman he was an instigator of dictatorial oppression and ethnic cleavages [in Guyana]”.

Dear Editor, The Regional Democratic Council in Region 9 is dissatisfied with the recent awarding of a contract for the construction of a bridge over the Tabatinga creek, which links Lethem and Tabatinga.

Dear Editor, “We Black people…”  These words were uttered by someone whom countless Guyanese would be shocked that these words came from his mouth.

Dear Editor, Your issues of Sept 28 and Sept 30 carried GuySuCo advertisements inviting bids for infrastructural works for the transportation of cane to Uitvlugt, and  construction of a tractor and trailer park, roadway and reinforced concrete flat bridges at Uitvlugt Estate.

Dear Editor, As the Guyanese quarrying sector continues to face a significant downturn, there has been a sizable dent in capital equipment sales on all fronts in Guyana in 2016. 

Dear Editor, Minister Ronald Bulkan’s letter to Georgetown Mayor Ms Chase-Green, as it relates to the moving of vendors at the Bourda Market along Robb Street, is the required level of ministerial guidance needed in instances where time-honoured principles, rights, and the rule of law are threatened.

A letter in our edition yesterday from a representative of the diaspora ‒ or at least a segment of it – relayed Guyanese expatriate concerns that the government had reneged on undertakings made to them prior to the election.