Opinion

Dear Editor, I laud the work (writings and grass roots activism) of Messrs Annan Boodram and Nowrang Persaud and others who seek to address issues pertaining to alcohol abuse (as penned in recent letters in SN).

Sunday’s comprehensive defeat suffered by the West Indies cricket team in the first of four Test matches against a clearly superior Indian outfit provided a poignant reminder that the road back from ignominy to international cricketing respectability in Test cricket will be long and difficult, and that it may well take a generation or more ‒ if indeed those days do return even that quickly.

Dear Editor, On July 13, the media reported Minister Jordan as saying that Central Government’s revenues increased by 5.9% or by $3B as of April 2016 compared to April 2015.

Dear Editor, The residents of the Essequibo Coast continue to experience flooding from heavy rainfall. 

Dear Editor, The potholes in the Leguan roads get bigger every day.

Dear Editor, It is now becoming epidemic and frustrating to see the high volume of expired goods that are being circulated and sold to consumers at the Port Mourant Market.

Dear Editor, The result slips for the Grade 6 Assessment have July 22 as the date for parents to register children in secondary school.

Dear Editor, Antonio and Joshua George, victims of the fire which engulfed the Drop-In Centre were laid to rest recently.

Dear Editor, Two recent reports in the news caught my attention. 

Dear Editor, If the Caribbean Players League (CPL) is the biggest party in sport, then the Test matches played in the West Indies must be the worst.

Dear Editor, Many vacancy advertisements in the local media seem to ignore some basic criteria of cost effective advertising, such as the need to catch the attention of potential candidates and to attract a sufficient number of applicants to facilitate a competitive selection process.

Dear Editor, I refer to the statement from Minister of Education, Dr Rupert Roopnaraine that 93% of all persons leaving Guyana have obtained tertiary education.

It’s now been over six months since the meetings of the Region Five council have been disrupted by APNU+AFC councillors over a perceived slight to President Granger by the Chairman of the Region, Vickchand Ramphal who happens to represent the opposition PPP/C.

Politikles

Dear Editor, The Working Peoples Alliance Overseas Associates (WPAOA) learned with deep sadness of the passing of the Rt Rev Randolph O George, Bishop of Guyana and Suriname (Rtd).

Dear Editor, Last Thursday, July 21, the Region Five Regional Democratic Council (RDC) was once again prevented from conducting its statutory meeting.

Dear Editor, I note the letter from Mr EB John – ‘GRA employees are not public servants’ – in SN of Saturday, July 23.

The Mayor & City Council seems to lurch from one embarrassment to the next.