Opinion

Dear Editor, Ongoing media coverage regarding all forms of compensation (salaries, benefits, stipends, perks, etc) payable to the top echelons of government and national, public and civil service organizations suggests that it might be useful to have some public ventilation on the underlying bases and justifications for the apparent dissonances, discrepancies and differentials within the body politic.

Dear Editor, Given the many complaints of exploitation by security guards employed in both the private and public sector, it is my view that the government should rethink its position in awarding contracts to private security services.

Dear Editor, I learnt with great sadness of the passing of Engineer Walter Willis.

Dear Editor, I wish to extend my sympathy to the parents and other relatives of the two children who perished in the fire whilst in the custody of the Child Care and Protection Agency of the Ministry of Social Security.

Dear Editor, Walter Willis was not just an engineer – he was a Nation builder.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter from Ali Majeed (‘Sase Singh’s information is inaccurate’ SN, July 12).

Dear Editor, On Sunday, July 3 and Sunday July 10, your readership was treated to two beautiful articles under the column, ‘Ian On Sunday’.

Politikles

Dear Editor, Over the years a number of contractors have been constructing substandard roads that only last for a few weeks or months, and in some cases a few years.

There can now be little doubt that following the referendum called by Prime Minister David Cameron, a series of unexpected political ructions have come to dominate the British political scene.

Dear Editor, The death of an individual is an occasion that would usually bring sorrow to the hearts of loved ones and acquaintances, even when it is expected.

Dear Editor, Despite serious concerns ventilated by the Guyana Rice Exporters and Millers Association (GREMA) and numerous large rice exporters, the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) through its General Manager, Mr Nizam Hassan was adamant that the contract signed on March 1 this year with two Jamaican companies will not limit the export of rice to Jamaica and that the contractual arrangement will be “a plus for Guyana’s rice industry” resulting in an increase in price per tonne of rice.

Dear Editor, The Chairman and Executives of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) wish to address statements attributed to the PSC in the Stabroek News article titled ‘Fees will only be charged for containers outside business premises – Chase-Green’, published on Monday, July 11, 2016.

Dear Editor, I have seen a letter above the name of Sase Singh in Kaieteur News (July 10) titled ‘Ogunseye is mixing up his facts’ and in the Stabroek News (July 11) under the heading ‘The WPA was not needed to secure a majority for Jagan in 1992’.

Dear Editor, The other day I read with interest and admiration that Anthony Downes won a record 6th National Tennis title.

Dear Editor, I ask the indulgence of your newspaper to offer my congratulations to the roadworks team for the excellent job done in resurfacing the UG access road between the East Coast Public road and the Embankment (Railway) road.

Dear Editor, I read with great interest the letter in your letters column by Romain Pitt stressing the need for the West Indies to field their best team again.

Dear Editor, Mr Ralph Ramkarran’s letter that was published in the online edition of Stabroek News (SN) on Saturday July 9, captioned ‘It was the mistakes of the WPA that were fatal to the building of a progressive alliance’, was in response to one penned by me, which appeared in SN on July 7, under the caption ‘After meeting State Department officials Jagan had no more interest in a PCD agreement to contest the elections’.