Opinion

Dear Editor, When the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GPL took over I sent a reaffirming letter complimenting and recognizing his efforts.

Dear Editor, There exist grievances between the University of Guyana (UG) and the trade unions (UGSSA and UGWU) who represent workers at this institution.

Dear Editor, I was amazed to see in a recent TV programme the use of the word “conflictologist” to describe a professional attached to the University of Nairobi.

Dear Editor, Although I support calls for relevant public officials to submit declaration of assets to the Integrity Commission by June 30, every year, in accordance with the 1997 Integrity Commission Act and the 2017 Code of Conduct Amendment, I think the matter appears to be devolving into a political, perhaps personal, tug-o-war among certain individuals in the public arena.

Dear Editor, In March I wrote to point out that the traffic lights controlling the junction of the Rupert Craig Highway and Sheriff Street were not working. 

Dear Editor, One cannot help feeling that we are getting a raw deal with part of the Government and the GTT and GPL companies, it is not that these people are unaware of the sufferings of the populace.

Dear Editor, The construction of the General Post Office was, in the colonial days, a very visionary project – with the same space as of today, to cater, however, with considerably less human traffic than in these days.

Last Friday Seymour MacDonald Nurse made his final appearance at the famous Kensington Oval in Barbados.

Dear Editor, It is admirable that Minister of Communities, Mr. Ronald Bulkan, has chosen to publicly explain (Sunday Stabroek, 19th May, 2019) the reasons for him not having submitted his declaration of assets to the Integrity Commission in response to my letter of 17th May, 2019.

Dear Editor, Credit Bureaus are critical elements of a country’s financial infrastructure.

Dear Editor, It is interesting to note the occurrence of the 8th International Road Federation Caribbean Regional Conference held last week in Guyana.

Dear Editor, I caused a letter to appear in the Stabroek News and Kaieteur News on Wednesday 15th May, 2019 under the caption `This increase should have been applicable to all National Insurance Scheme pensioners’. 

Dear Editor, It is a departure from the norms and tenets of transparency, accountability and good governance for any public officer, including government ministers, to accept monies from private individuals by way of direct transfers to their bank accounts for goods or services rendered.

Dear Editor, From my standpoint, the major issues raised by Professor Kean Gibson (KG) in her letter `What can constrain President from cracking down on corruption or incompetence in his Cabinet?”

If you have been carefully following the rollout over the years of the repetitive official undertakings to better position the country’s “tourism product” to contribute more meaningfully to the country’s economy and as well the promises to deploy the beauty of the country, our hinterland particularly, to attract favourable international attention, you are probably likely to agree that those promises have more or less fallen flat on their faces.

Dear Editor, It is now fifty years since I qualified as a chartered secretary and never during that time have I ever heard of a round-robin meeting whether by a divided or unanimous vote overruling an in-person meeting of the same body.

Dear Editor, I read that things have escalated jarringly.  I sense the ground being prepared for electronic conflict. 

Dear Editor, I cannot believe Minister Bulkan’s letter published yesterday in your newspaper, in which, if I understand Mr.

Dear Editor,  Over the years I’ve repeatedly penned my concerns regarding farmers lacing their produce, mainly fruits and vegetables, with chemicals and putting it on the market without giving the produce time for the chemicals to work themselves out.