Opinion

Dear Editor, His name was Aylan Kurdi, and he was the three-year-old Syrian who drowned fleeing Syria, bringing the refugee crisis into focus when he was found dead on a beach.

Dear Editor, Mr. Gordon Forte (‘Recognising irony’ SN, Nov. 22, 2015) misses the point and purpose of local government elections (LGE).

Dear Editor, Kindly permit me to respond to allegations and accusations levelled against me and my Ministry by Member of Parliament (MP), the Honourable Harry Gill, about their supposed incompetence while I am on official duties overseas.

Dear Editor, The suggestion by President Granger for the renaming of the Ogle Airport as the Eugene Correia International Airport has had some unintended consequences: accusations by nine of the ten aircraft operators at Ogle of unfair practices by the Correia group in its control of Ogle Airport Inc (OAI); comparisons drawn between OAI and the Berbice Bridge Company Inc; calls for placing the Airport under the Public Utilities Commission; an exchange between two correspondents to the letter columns in the media, Mr.

Dear Editor, Information flowing from a government to its people is not a luxury and privilege enjoyed by those people.

Dear Editor, I am writing this letter to enlighten the Guyanese public that a story has more than one side.

Dear Editor, We would like to raise objection to the statement made by the Finance Minister at the GMSA annual dinner as reported in Kaieteur News’ November 21 edition in a story captioned ‘No Guyanese products adorn Caribbean shelves -save for El Dorado rum…’ Our company, Twins Manufacturing Chemists, has been producing quality locally made products since 1970 for the local and export markets.

Dear Editor, As I travel across the length and breadth of Region Two, I can see massive progress and improvement since the coalition assumed office, thanks to the wisdom and prudent management by the new Regional Chairman Devanand Ramdatt, and Regional Executive Officer (REO) Rupert Hopkinson.

Dear Editor, In a letter titled, ‘Who is the Indian intellectual’?

Dear Editor, I was pleased that the GPL responded with three phone calls and the actual reading of my meter on Monday, the very day that my letter titled, ‘Lack of access is hogwash’ (SN, November 16) appeared.

Dear Editor, I think all of Guyana must celebrate that our country finally has a date for local government elections.

Dear Editor, Yet another suicide at Kaieteur Falls. A very sad situation in Guyana with all these suicides being committed by young people.

No matter how long they have been in opposition, it takes a while for new governments to find a rhythm in how they govern and to develop frameworks on their agenda, policy matters and controversial issues like the affairs of the logging company Baishanlin.

Dear Editor, At the risk of sounding repetitious, in my capacity of Certified Midwife, ex-head of an Obstetrical Post-Partum Unit, and also a Nursing examiner for State Registered Nurses awaiting licensure, I am somewhat awestruck at the excuse that a newborn ‒ Baby Balgobin ‒ rolled off the cot and fell to the ground.

Dear Editor,   About 8 kilometres from Highbury, East Bank Berbice, where the first batch of indentured servants landed on May 5, 1838 can be found the village of Lonsdale.

Dear Editor,   I loved John Willems’s touching tribute to his father-in-law, Eugene Correia (‘Eugene Correia was very knowledgeable about the interior’, SN, November 21), which made my Saturday morning.

Dear Editor, Your correspondent M Maxwell (‘A massive salary increase…’ SN, Nov 20) is yet another reader who can’t recognise irony when he sees it, as in the Nov 18 letter of Pastor Jeffrey that he referred to.

In the early hours of last Sunday morning, former Crime Chief Leslie James was the victim of a home invasion when he was confronted by armed bandits.