Opinion

Dear Editor,   I refer to the letter from Mr Joe Persaud titled, ‘Why only Dutch engineers?’

Dear Editor,   I am not a political person since I am not affiliated to any political party and never had any such ambitions.

Dear Editor,   The Guyana Police Force is responding to an article published in the Kaieteur News of Thursday, July 23, under the caption ‘Remigrant loses vehicle to carjackers, calls for justice.’

It is perhaps a moot point as to whether it was the best of wisdom for President David Granger to have attended the Mercosur summit in Brazil last week.

Dear Editor, I write in reference to a letter in the July 18 edition of the Stabroek News, titled, ‘Instead of a cash payment to parents, give breakfast to schoolchildren.”

Dear Editor, Recent TV clips showed a very enthusiastic ‘Fire Chief’ commenting vociferously on the conflagration which engulfed business properties at the south-eastern corner of Robb and Camp streets, and which did not leave the Republic Bank building opposite unscathed.

Dear Editor,   On Sunday July 19, a few residents of East La Penitence were invited to a community meeting at East La Penitence primary school.

Dear Editor,   This afternoon I received a phone call from farmers saying that there is a serious infestation of paddy bugs in their rice crop which is in the anthesis or blooming stage.

Dear Editor, In reply to the letter sent to you by the NIS trying to explain the delays in issuing a document in a timely manner (‘There is a procedure for requests made to NIS,’ SN, July 20):As stated in my first letter, I did submit my request in writing.

Dear Editor,   The Stabroek News of March 11, 2015, published a letter captioned ‘Case study done on East Canje road speed limit’ by Messrs Dennis Pompey, Chairman; Earl Lambert, Secretary; and Colvern Venture, Treasurer of the Guyana National Road Safety Council (GNRSC), and was in response to letters written by me enquiring about the rationale used for fixing the speed limit on the East Canje road at 50 Kph.

Dear Editor, In a letter titled ‘Almost all solar home systems projects were subject to a process of open international bidding,’ in the Stabroek News on July 20, former Prime Minister Samuel Hinds stated “The Amaila Falls project as it was developed by the PPP/C administration remains the most attractive electricity generation project for Guyana.

Dear Editor,   The time has come for Guyanese both local and in the diaspora to invest in tax-exempt bonds for infrastructure.

Dear Editor, I worked dedicatedly at Albion/Port Mourant sugar estate for 37 years, but am unable to receive my rightful NIS old age pension because the Scheme calculated my pension on the basis of 953 contributions rather than 1,731 contributions.

Dear Editor,   Businesses and citizens alike should be prepared for a significant downturn in our economy over the next 12 months which has already started.

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Dear Editor,   I read with great surprise and felt baffled, that a man of the calibre of Mr GHK Lall should recommend hiring Dutch consultants to address the flooding in Georgetown for the following reasons: 1) The government needs to hire a director and support staff to prepare a business plan and Terms of Reference for a hydrology/water resources consultancy firm to do a feasibility study.

The coalition government through the Ministry of Education has announced that it will discontinue, indefinitely, the ‘Because We Care’ $10,000 cash grant that was instituted last year October by the former administration.

Politikles

Dear Editor,   Mr Maxwell Edwards has thrown into the works of the Chief Justice’s ruling on term limits two additional legal spanners (SN, July 21).

Dear Editor, I perused your editorial under the caption, ‘Police response’ in the Sunday Stabroek , July 19.