Opinion

Dear Editor, By all accounts Dr. Keshav ‘Bud’ Mangal, the longest serving Commissioner of the Guyana Elections Commission who died on the 2nd October, was a passionate advocate for electoral justice.

Dear Editor, Official government advocates are making a bad situation worse; their words and postures neither help nor comfort.

Dear Editor,           I have a question for the National Commemorative Commission tasked with planning and executing the national events in honour of our 50th Independence Anniversary and that is do we really, really and absolutely need year-long celebrations to mark this occasion?

Dear Editor, Public service is about delivering for the people by way of making appropriate sacrifices.

Politikles

The second reported case of physical assault of students by teachers in the Rupununi area, Region 9, for this year involves a headmaster, who, according to reports, was frustrated and allegedly lashed out.

Cartoons

Dear Editor, Mr Sohan’s letter in the October 12 edition of SN `GuySuCo missed the opportunity for its economic growth and profitability years ago’ is noted.

Dear Editor, I could not believe my eyes when I read in the October 3rd edition of the Official Gazette that the Mayor of Georgetown Hamilton Green has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA).

Dear Editor, I see the GRA wants access to the citizenry’s data from private commercial banks.

Dear Editor,   The word change has come to represent the national watchword, password, and slogan.

Dear Editor,   I write this letter out of sheer exasperation hoping that the powers-that-be at Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) read it and do something urgently and quickly to alleviate an existing water problem affecting us the residents of Schoonord, Parfaite Harmonie.

Dear Editor,   Rice harvesting for the 2015 Spring Crop is about to be completed in Region Two.

Dear Editor,   I read a bizarre story on the BBC of a four year old girl who was recently raped in India.

Dear Editor,   It has been an age old custom in Guyana that Police Officers were the first point of contact for persons living with mental issues.

Politikles

Politics, in particular presidential politics, in our Brazilian neighbour continues to take an interesting turn as economic growth has substantially diminished since the period of President Lula da Silva’s tenure.

Dear Editor,   Recently, Mr. Ralph Ramkarran, in one of his weekly ruminations at Conversation Tree dot com, stated that one of the reasons “why the US got upset with the PPP was because the Party did not support a resolution on Syria”.

Dear Editor, It is good that President Granger and Minister Roopnaraine interacted with the schoolchildren at the rally and made several promises to them.

Dear Editor, We elected leaders to represent us. Nearly half of us voted for the PPP, implicitly accepting their paramountcy of money values.