Opinion

Dear Editor, It is an accepted fact that the general behaviour of a society is heavily influenced by the words and deeds of leaders in government and society as a whole.

Dear Editor, It seems to many of us beleaguered taxpayers that the old adage that crime pays is true, when I read what it costs the Guyana government to keep a prisoner in the Camp Street facilities.

A generation ago, President George H W Bush famously dismissed “the vision thing” when asked to consider the larger aims of his presidency.

Politikles

Dear Editor, The issue of the admission of LLB graduates of the University of Guyana to the Hugh Wooding Law School has once again raised its head in the public domain.

Dear Editor, I greatly appreciated Alfred Bhulai’s letter (SN, June 9) detailing his concerns over and his personal experiences of the lawless use of our roads by bikers.

Dear Editor, To say that Guyana is losing its soul would be to suggest that it had one.

Dear Editor, New Amsterdam Hospital is drastically going downhill: dogs and cats have become visitors since the stench is inviting; patients have to fork out monies to buy basic medications; some patients who cannot afford to buy will have to await the arrival of drugs; x-ray films have now become a luxury and the operating theatre also seems to be joining the show once in a while.

Dear Editor, There is no doubt in my mind, fortified by wide, relevant and substantial experience, that “meritocracy is the way to go” as GHK Lall writes (‘Meritocracy is the way’ SN, June 8) if we are to achieve unduly unbiased, effective recruitment and promotion of staff without playing the tit-for-tat or revolving political/racial games which many of the commentators and critics of my earlier letter against “social engineering” of this nodal human resource management function seem to be advocating.

Politikles

Dear Editor, Guyana and Belize have a lot in common. Belize is the only English-speaking country in Central  America while the Co-operative Republic is the only English-speaking state in South America. 

The funeral takes place today of the former, three-time world heavyweight champion, Muhammad Ali, the self-proclaimed and for many, ‘The Greatest of all Time’, in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky.

Dear Editor, Your Sunday issue reported two more bikers dead: one was unlicensed, the other’s bike was unregistered.

Dear Editor, It is sad to see people who applied for a low-income house lot being pushed around not just for years, but for decades.

Dear Editor Is anyone watching? Today, as I traversed the Embankment Road between LBI and Georgetown I was appalled to note that this major road is replete with potholes (craters). 

Dear Editor, WI cricket fans and journalists do not have to surrender to bullying by the WICB.

Dear Editor, There is a growing garbage dumping problem which is getting worse daily.

Dear Editor, The visitor who remarked in the letter to the press that, to an extent, the character of people is reflected in their conduct in traffic, for what it is worth, can take comfort in the empathy many residents share with that observation.

Dear Editor, It would be useful if the Minister of Housing for the sake of public convenience made application forms for house lots in Region Two available at all the Neighbourhood Democratic Council offices in the district.

Dear Editor, I penned this letter almost two months ago but delayed submitting it, for no specific reason.