Opinion

Quite understandably, the region has been transfixed by the forced resignation of Guatemalan President Otto Perez last week amid a maelstrom of corruption allegations that stripped his Cabinet of ministers and left him facing the prospect of charges of stealing customs revenues.

Dear Editor, It was less than 2 years since I had visited the Essequibo Coast.

Dear Editor, Many years ago the late Forbes Burnham, when faced with an economic crisis told the nation that it needed to sacrifice wheaten flour for electricity.

Little has been heard about culture in the narrow sense since the new government took office.

Dear Editor, At page 12 of their manifesto, the APNU+AFC committed to “… building inclusive, responsive and accountable governance … restrict or regulate Government intervention in political, economic and moral matters affecting the citizenry”.

Dear Editor, Social cohesion is the slowly cresting watchword nowadays. If it is not a euphemism for Truth and Reconciliation, then it had better be.

Dear Editor, Criminals are always coming up with ingenious ways to scam people of their money, and over the years, the ATM machines have attracted their attention with different methods.

Dear Editor, I have been asked about two paragraphs in the Freddie Kissoon’s column in Kaieteur News of Friday, August 28,entitled ‘The passing of the droit du seigneur’, in which he interprets wrongly the reported purchases of vehicles by/for the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM).

Dear Editor, The Round table organised by the Ministry of Social Cohesion in collaboration with the UNDP on advancing the process of national reconciliation is laudable and a step in the right direction.

Dear Editor, It seems ironic that at a time when there is much celebration at the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company, in light of its recent rebranding efforts, that I have been plagued for about two weeks now with no landline telephone service. 

The death of Alan Kurdi, the little Syrian boy whose corpse was photographed on a Turkish beach earlier this week, brings to mind Edmund Burke’s troubling observation that evil comes into the world when good men do nothing.

Dear Editor, I invest in shares in the UK stock market.

Dear Editor, May I first say that the establishment of a Commercial Court in Guyana was a step in the right direction.

Dear Editor, According to time-honoured principle every group has the right to identify its participants and this should be respected.

Dear Editor, Many supporters of the governing coalition have been calling on the government to move more quickly against alleged instances of corruption in the previous government.

Dear Editor, Where is the business argument for a US$26 million mall located in the suburbs of Georgetown?

Dear Editor, 1) The PPP/C has always viewed and used the budget as an economic tool for managing available resources to meet the needs of our people in communities across our country.

Dear Editor, A number of residents of Soesdyke on the East Bank of Demerara have been illegally consuming electricity.