Opinion

Dear Editor, I have great respect for Region Two Regional Chairman Devanand Ramdatt, since we are friends and we worked together at the Guyana Rice Development Board.

Dear Editor, Local government elections are to be held on March 18, 2016.

Dear Editor, “Notably at the meeting, concerns were also raised about the cost on the taxpayers in Guyana for the Secret Service escort to the event.”

Dear Editor. As Brian Arthur, a famous economist once said, “What differentiates a great leader from a good one is their ability to understand the new rules of the game as it is being played.”

Dear Editor, As the coalition finalizes the 2016 Budget, I hope that the following partial wish list of mine coincides with the priorities identified.

Dear Editor, Propaganda press is not new in Guyana, the Caribbean, or the world over, but it could be very damaging.

Dear Editor, This society must at all times call for an explanation of concepts that will impact our well-being from those who expound them.

Dear Editor, Oxfam, in its most recent survey, found that one per cent of the world’s population owns more wealth than the remaining ninety-nine per cent !

Less than a year after receiving news of the country’s first significant oil find it must surely be a sobering thing for Guyana to watch neighbouring oil-rich Venezuela experience a condition that now bears a conspicuous resemblance to an economic freefall as the price of crude oil, which brings in more than 90 per cent of the Bolivarian republic’s earnings, continues to tumble.

Politikles

Dear Editor, We are residents of Kaikan Village and we wish to bring to your attention the fact that we are indignant about the article written in Stabroek News dated Wednesday, January 6 , 2016, captioned ‘Gov’t team visits Kaikan… in backdrop of border tensions with Venezuela.’

Dear Editor, I visited the Passport Office at Georgetown a few days ago which was not a very pleasant experience.

Dear Editor, We are all deeply saddened by the scourge of suicide that has reached pandemic proportions in our country.

Dear Editor, The rainy season is almost with us and many taxpayers in the LBI/Better Hope community are perturbed about the poor drainage system they have.

Dear Editor, For those of us who are daily road users, we can testify to how chaotic the morning traffic is with everyone trying to go about their activities in a timely manner.

Dear Editor, It has been drawn to my attention by concerned residents and staff of the Suddie Hospital that machines were unaccounted for and that malpractices were going on there.

Dear Editor, Shortly after Guyana became a republic in February 1970, Prime Minister Forbes Burnham as he then was removed British awards such as knighthoods (Sir), OBE, CBE, MBE, etc, and replaced them with local awards such as OE (Order of Excellence), OR (Order of Roraima), CCH (Cacique Crown of Honour) etc.

Dear Editor, Because some of the supporters of the new government do not share the optimism and enthusiasm of other supporters, they’re being criticised for being pessimistic about the country’s progress so far.

Wednesday will mark three weeks since the ghastly Carifesta Avenue accident which claimed three lives and was later revealed to have been as a result of an intelligence-gathering operation under the aegis of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU).