Opinion

Dear Editor, President Granger is on a pardon roll. In seven months, he has pardoned two sets of criminals.

Dear Editor, During the holiday season I decided to visit the northern and southern sides of the Essequibo   rice growing region after the rice farmers told me that they weren’t getting water from the main conservancy canal to sow their crops.

Dear Editor, As a former President of Guyana and Minister of Finance under the PPP government and present leader of the parliamentary opposition, I am sure Mr Bharrat Jagdeo has a deep understanding of the problems facing Guyana owing to the rise in sea level.

Dear Editor, I have found a USA resident’s card belonging to one Mr Ramkissoon Ramsarup.

Dear Editor, So many of us are powerless that every now and again we should ask the powerful to consider occasionally the passage in an ancient book that reads: “For the whole law is fulfilled in one statement, namely, ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’”

There exists a category of public sector employee, condescendingly titled sweeper/cleaner.

Dear Editor, The Indian Supreme Court is saving cricket from the politicians in India who have corrupted the game, according to the public at large and sports fans I spoke with there.

Dear Editor, Earlier this year there were reports about the abuse of public funds allocated as medical aid for cosmetic purposes rather than bona fide medical emergencies, etc.

Dear Editor, For more than decade the African Cultural & Development Association (ACDA) has celebrated Kwanzaa in Guyana with joyful exuberance.

Dear Editor,   Notes on day one of the West Indies Australia Test There are several practices in WI cricket I find difficult to understand, none more so than the one in the twenty-first century of almost invariably sending the opposition in to bat.

Dear Editor, Having celebrated Christmas in several countries around the globe, I decided to experience the joyous end of year festival in India in the state of Goa.

On December 23, Guyana and the Inter-American Development Bank signed a grant agreement for surveys in several areas including unemployment.

Politikles

Dear Editor, Many question the wisdom of holding this new administration accountable, not taking into consideration that when the previous administration came to power in 1992, many said “give them a chance.”

Dear Editor, The story about Mr Aubrey Squires and Mr Milton Massiah in the Christmas Day edition told of the bureaucratic challenges faced by them in accessing their benefits (‘At least we does eat,’ SN).

Dear Editor, The Caribbean Voice (TCV) notes the disclosure by Caitlin Vieira, “that the helpline has 100% success rate thus far in the sense that all callers have been helped with their issues/situations, and have received weekly follow-up calls.

Dear Editor, Russian Defence Mini-stry spokesperson Igor Konashenkov slammed an Amnesty International report for containing false information “without providing the slightest evidence.”

For those idly ruminating on what they would wish the country for the New Year, opinions probably diverge wildly.