Opinion

Dear Editor, I wish to offer a few comments on the current discussion on Freedom of Information legislation (FOI) in Guyana based on my past involvement in the preparation for, and implementation and administering of FOI legislation as a public servant in Canada.

Dear Editor, The Trustees of the Caribbean Regional Empowerment Fund met in Georgetown on May 30-31, 2008.

Dear Editor, I refer to the Sunday Stabroek editorial of June 8, 2008, where it injected as its running theme the notion that the Office of the President is oblivious to enlightenment.

Dear Editor, I really don’t want to get bogged down in a protracted debate about who won the popular votes in the just concluded American Democratic presidential nominating contest.

Dear Editor, It is no secret that I have written extensively in favour of Mr Roger Khan, despite the accusations levelled against him.

Dear Editor, Let us not underestimate Hillary Clinton’s tenacity; let us not dismiss her as having ‘called time’ on her bid for the presidency of the United States.

Dear Editor, Recently I read in the ‘Pepperpot’ section of Guyana Chronicle a report of the 2008 Safari into the Pakaraimas.

Dear Editor, It is absolutely dreadful for Guyana that our graduates migrate to other lands to serve and earn a living.

Departing from convention, police officers took the opportunity of their annual conference to congratulate the Traffic Officer and members of the traffic department on the “significant reduction” in road fatalities up to the end of April 2008, in comparison to the similar period in 2007.

Dear Editor, Mr Vishnu Bisram’s letter, ‘The New York Times says Clinton did win the popular vote,’ (SN, 8.6.08), deserves a comprehensive response.

Dear Editor, It is with deep sorrow that I have learnt of the passing of Professor Frederick Case.

Dear Editor, At last Thursday’s launch of the new Guyana Times broadsheet, your newspaper reported that President Bharrat Jagdeo essentially described Guyanese businessman, Mr Yesu Persaud as ‘ignorant’ of the tax laws for simply suggesting that consideration should be given to extending tax concessions given to QAII (owners of the new paper) to other local businesses, and then proceeded to explain what aspects of the government’s agreement with QAII qualified for tax concessions.

Dear Editor, Freddie Kissoon in typical fashion conveniently avoids the apposite questions at hand, as evident in his KN column (3.6.08), ‘Soon is forever.’

Dear Editor, It is with great shock that I read in your newspaper of Tuesday, June 4, 2008 that Mr Robert Corbin’s life had been threatened.

Dear Editor, I came across an article, ‘China in Africa’ in the June issue of the Fast Company Magazine at fastcompany.com.

Dear Editor, Can someone please help me find my niece, somewhere in Guyana.

Dear Editor, Is it as Shakespeare put “Nature take what course thou wilt” as young teachers, male and female, make uncontrolled sexual advances toward juvenile students?

When Mr Toby Mendel of the Article 19 group told members of Parliament at a seminar last month that it was an embarrassment for a country that presented itself as a democracy not to have a Freedom of Information (FOI) law he wasn’t saying anything that the MPs were unaware of.

Dear Editor, Traffic officers have a job to curb speeding along our roads.

Dear Editor, Thank you on behalf of my family for the obituary on my father, Neville James Bissember, published in your edition of June 1 last; we did appreciate this very much.