Opinion

Dear Editor, The residents of Cotton Field, Essequibo Coast made several telephone calls to me while I was in Georgetown complaining that a contractor was doing shoddy work on the street leading from the public road to the Anna Regina Multilateral School.

Dear Editor, The Caribbean Voice (TCV) has long advocated a package of measures and interventions in Guyana to help people to improve personal wellbeing.

Coming after years of serious questions about Baishanlin’s conduct here, the decision last week by the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) to repossess the Chinese company’s forestry concessions will be seen as a positive development in ensuring the accountability of foreign investors and the judicious development of the country’s resources.

Politikles

Dear Editor, A number of things are out in the public domain in relation to the Board of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA).

Dear Editor, Over the past week, much disappointment has been expressed about the Town Clerk’s treatment of vendors and NCN affairs involving the removal of Ms Natasha Smith from anchoring the evening news and the suspension of Ms Jocelle Archibald-Hawke without salary in social and traditional media.

Dear Editor, Data on migration is not readily available, and, to compound the issue, the 2012 Census offers a misleading insight. 

Dear Editor, Your front page picture of Saturday Sept 3, taken by Keno George, brought tears to my eyes.

President David Granger has proved resistant to reshuffling his cabinet, which is sometimes used as a euphemism for dropping a minister or two.

Dear Editor, It is only through the deaths of two boys that there are hints of the problem of the under-age consumption of alcohol in Guyana.

Dear Editor, I am sure everyone has noticed, as I have, that the police have taken over the control of traffic at major junctions, where traffic lights have been installed, and indeed I have to compliment them on the way they perform this task.

Dear Editor, David Granger is an honourable and honest man. I know.

Dear Editor, An intolerance of criticism, an obsession with silence and the sanctioning of those who voice  criticism are the undoubted proclivities of the authoritarian.

Dear Editor, I read with great interest the horrible and inhumane treatment meted out on a pregnant Guyanese woman by immigration authorities at the Grantley Adams Airport in Barbados recently (KN, September 8).

Dear Editor, All law-abiding citizens should applaud Commissioner of Police (CoP)(ag), Mr David Ramnarine’s call on ranks to stop harassing the public or face the consequences. 

Dear Editor, Regarding the recent saga surrounding Nalini Budhram and the Northshore Medical College, I know that in other worlds, medical schools have to be accredited before they can conduct programmes aimed at training potential doctors.

Dear Editor, It is imperative that I extend my gratitude to the nurses of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Linden Hospital Complex, Dr Couchman, staff of the Lolita Health Centre, members of the SDA church and persons who were praying for the recovery of my wife.

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