Opinion

Dear Editor, We appreciate the reported commitment of government to continue the school uniform voucher programme and its promise to consider increasing the amount.

Dear Editor, Since the May ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on the Rudisa Environmental Tax matter, much has been said about what should or should not be the position of the Government of Guyana on the ruling.

Dear Editor, I have been horrified after learning of the spate of fatal and other crimes committed by the youths in the recent past.

Dear Editor, There is a reason why Peter Ramsaroop’s political career is defined by what I view as ‘grasshopper’ errors.

Dear Editor, The Shawn Hinds matter has really opened the door to an interesting aspect of the Guyanese society.

Dear Editor, Last Saturday night (July 19), I visited the Congress Place to be part of the birthday celebrations for the President, David Granger.

Dear Editor, Mayor Green wrote: “Last week, in a 24 hour period, “we had 8.26 inches of rainfall”, then goes on to suggest that we increase our pumping capacity.

Dear Editor, A former Prime Minister has given some good advice to the newly elected Granger-Nagamootoo administration.

By moving to put in place a Code of Conduct for ministers (which we hope would apply equally to other senior functionaries in the political administration) President David Granger is demonstrating an awareness of the endless difficulties which the previous administration faced with the delinquent excesses of some of its own ministers, many of which have long been public knowledge and need hardly be mentioned here.

Dear Editor, I read with interest the many experts who have shared their ideas on flood relief strategies for Georgetown and the East Coast Demerara.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Times front page headline and photograph dated July 25, 2015 which screamed, “Law students AG clash over “uncertain’ Hugh Wooding agreement”, with the accompanying photograph captioned, “A law student making a point during Friday’s forum with Attorney General Basil Williams at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre, Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown” is erroneous.

Dear Editor, On Wednesday, July 22, around 1.30pm I received a cell phone call from Amerindian voters of Mainstay/Whyaka saying that they were being disenfranchised from casting their votes for a new village council and Toshao, according to the Amerindian Act 2006.The

Dear Editor, Just about every clear-thinking Guyanese strongly suspected that there was a death squad prowling around unchecked.

Dear Editor,   The build-up of water in Georgetown during the rainy season is a natural feature of the city, along with other coastal areas which lie below or just about at sea level.

Dear Editor,   I wish to say thank you to Mrs Marilyn Collins, former Director of the Food and Drug Department, for the very informative articles she has written these past few weeks in the ‘Stabroek Business’ supplement of Stabroek News.

Given the extreme and fast moving criminal violence between February 2002, when five dangerous prisoners made a bloody breakout from the Camp Street jail and August 2008, when the notorious Rondell Rawlins was killed, there are many gaps in the public’s understanding and knowledge of how the events developed, the masterminds and the players in the internecine warfare.

Politikles

Dear Editor, I’m very concerned about loud music in mini-buses especially on Route 44, regardless as to whether it is to or from BV, Victoria, Mahaica or Rosignol.

Dear Editor, On page 16 of the Stabroek News of July 22 there is a photograph of the Attorney General in a meeting with the Ambassador of China to Guyana.