Opinion

Obama’s teflon candidacy

At the end of another long week of negative American politics, Oscar Wilde’s epigram that “a man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies” has rarely seemed wiser.

What are President Jagdeo’s ideals?

Dear Editor,  In a GINA release entitled ‘Everything will not be alright if we don’t struggle for it,’ (Guyana Chronicle, 3.3.08) President Jagdeo, while addressing a large audience at Babu John, Port Mourant on March 2, 2008, was reported to have posed a very important question during his presentation: “What is our ideal today?

It was the Mahatma Gandhi organization which first gave recognition to May 5

Dear Editor, We have seen that a certain religious organization held a separate celebration for Arrival Day at the national stadium this year, and that its leader was reported on page 29 of Kaieteur News (27.4.08) as saying that they have been celebrating the arrival of Indians for more than three decades and they will not allow this occasion to slip into the hands of those who would exploit it for their own ends.

Deals

The surprise sale of Buddy’s International Hotel and questions about other deals such as those for the Sanata Complex and the Kingston hotel demand careful examination by the people, by Parliament and any other institution that has responsibility in this area.

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