Opinion

Dear Editor, Gecom Commissioner Vincent Alexander in a reply to my recent letter pointing out that the withdrawal of the application to the courts to have the application filed, on CEO Lowenfield’s behalf, to strike out the Ganga Persaud Elections Petition, would have been a better course of action by Gecom so as to allow for a full hearing and determination in the courts, suggests a “rethink” of my “conflict of interest” in the matter as a Gecom Commissioner.

Dear Editor, The Minister of Communities has noted with pleasure the interest that many Guyanese have shown in the role of local government, in the context of the upcoming local government (LGE) elections on March 18, 2016.

Dear Editor, I am a resident of the Laing Avenue Area.

Dear Editor, We learnt from several current press reports that the government is considering the legalizing and decriminalizing of the use and sale of marijuana for medicinal and personal purposes in Guyana.

Dear Editor, It has been quite some time now since I made an observation with respect to our national songs.

Dear Editor, Environmental science reveals that the manufacture and use of synthetic organic compounds such as insecticides, pesticides and plasticizers are commonplace worldwide.

Politics is meant to be an art of contrasts. In an ideal world, candidates who advance extraordinary claims or adopt extreme positions should either be compelled to provide arguments and evidence that justify their stances, or exit the race gracefully.

Dear Editor West Indies, on tour in Australia for a three Test series, is without its most prolific run scorer Shivnarine Chanderpaul who has been left out of the team because of underperformance.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) wishes to assure the general public, more particularly the individual who penned a letter of concern in the December 3 edition of Stabroek News that fervent efforts are still being made to disburse refunds (‘Why is the GRA not paying refunds’).

Dear Editor, I took time off to read Commissioner Benn’s attempted response to my letter about the concocted, conflictual and hypocritical behaviour of Commissioners Benn, Shadick and Gunraj in their attempt to determine how Gecom should respond to Ganga Persaud’s Petition.

Dear Editor, While supporters of the ruling Unity Labour Party (ULP) are celebrating Wednesday’s victory in St Vincent and the Grenadines, New Democratic Party (NDP) diehards are advocating that their leader Arnhim Eustace resign because he failed on four occasions to win an election.

Dear Editor, The bridge shown in the photo is located on the Industry access road between the Railway Embankment and the main East Coast highway.

Dear Editor, Our famous Guyanese singer Dave Martins recorded a song in which he asked “Where are your heroes, Caribbean, show them to me.”

Dear Editor, With respect to the appointment of Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards to act as Chief Justice there seems to be a continuation of the clouded role and responsibilities of both the President and the Leader of the Opposition.

Dear Editor, The Minister of Communities Mr Ronald Bulkan has announced March 18, 2016 as the date for the much anticipated and long overdue local government elections.

Dear Editor, I am a Guyanese and I love my Guyana, our Guyana, a place where we all can be One People, One Nation with the same Destiny, but I believe that our Guyana is riddled with untruths and distortions, and right is sometimes called wrong, and wrong judged as right.

Rugby fans – admittedly a minority in Guyana – will be familiar with the Maori haka, made famous by New Zealand’s legendary All Blacks rugby team.

Dear Editor, The Anna Catherina Islamic Complex (ACIC) and The Guyana United Sadr Islamic Anjuman (GUSIA) have joined the call for the establishment of schools-based counselling and have expressed their full support to the call coming from the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) for government to accept the proposal to utilize teachers within the public school system as school counsellors.