Dear Editor, On the first day of 2014, I read all of the messages from the political parties, but what stood out for me was the message from Brigadier (retired) David Granger, leader of the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and Opposition Leader. Granger’s message was focused on 2014 being the “year for workers” and he spoke of the challenges workers faced in 2013 and his wish that in 2014 “we all work together towards providing a good life for all Guyanese”. As I reflected on Granger’s words and…
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GCB woes are like those of many
Dear Editor, As was the case with the Guyana team, so it is with the West Indian one; many are the complaints. I see that members of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) are quite unhappy with the non-selection of even a single Guyanese on the West Indies Twenty20 team against Ireland. This was expected and I have a few comments in this regard. I go back to the selection of the Guyana NAGICO Super50 tournament. One of the appointed selectors objected to a late comer turning up for the team…
Read MoreThe AML Bill: The PNC will lose much
Dear Editor: I say People’s National Congress (PNC) in the headline intentionally because it is they that will suffer in the next general elections and not the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), as I believe that APNU will be abandoned, as it should have been long ago. Reasons for this I have expressed to the several leaders in the PNC who meet periodically. APNU comprises certain non entities as political parties, even non-essentials. I think the party, the PNC, was extremely charitable to give those others free seats. None…
Read MoreThe visionary value of Gandhi, King and Mandela
Dear Editor, The great Mahatma Gandhi and his self-styled disciples, Reverend, Dr Martin Luther King and our beloved ‘Madeba’ Nelson Mandela, all of whose ‘visions’ served to transform their respective societies, and eventually the world, were unique ‘visionaries’ and transformational leaders par excellence! There is no doubt about their self-less, almost ‘God-like’ image and contribution to humanity which live on forever in the minds of people all over the world. It is in that context that I was outraged when I became aware of a local advertisement by a company…
Read MoreCongratulations to the president for his efforts at CELAC Summit
Dear Editor, The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) would like to take this opportunity to congratulate President Donald Ramotar, who led Guyana’s delegation to the recently-concluded Second Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), in Havana, Cuba. President Ramotar, who was one of the many heads of state from the 33 member countries to be present, represented Guyana with distinction and has once again ensured that this country continues to have a voice on the international scene and contributes meaningfully to the resolving of global issues. CELAC…
Read MoreThe Speaker must ensure that Guyana’s Parliament upholds the Constitution of the country
Dear Editor, Permit me to state the following in relation to the acting Chief Justice (CJ) Ian Chang’s ruling on the country’s budgetary cuts by the parliamentary opposition. January 29 was indeed a historic day for Guyana and the Guyanese people when Chang made the ruling that the National Assembly has no right to cut the national budget estimates of our country. The Guyanese people certainly welcomed the CJ’s ruling. In fact, all the indigenous toshaos I contacted rejoiced when they heard the news. The people of Guyana and their…
Read MoreWe all have personal responsibility for our own lives
Dear Editor A view posited by late Roman Catholic Saint, Mother Teresa is that we think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. But she goes on to say that the greatest poverty is being unwanted, unloved and uncared for. “We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty,” she had said, and indeed this has some resonance in Guyana and was in fact duly recognised in a recent article in Guyana Times headlined, “Vagrants wish for a better life this Christmas”. The…
Read MoreTendulkar is deserving of the Bharat Ratna
Dear Editor The following words tell a story: “Tendulkar is the first sportsman to win the award and at 40, the youngest.” This is a line I took from the story headlined: “Sachin Tendulkar receives top India honour Bharat Ratna.” Well this is quite a fitting way to celebrate the cricketing life achievement of India’s most loved cricketing son. He has truly lived up to and even surpassed expectations. Tendulkar started his international career, both test and one-day, in the later part of 1989 and finished in the same period…
Read MoreBulkan, Palmer spreading misinformation about Guyana
Dear Editor, Kindly permit me to respond to Part IV of Janette Bulkan and John Palmer’s critical review of the annual reports of the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) submitted to Parliament and carried in another section of the press on January 30. Bulkan and Palmer’s main objective in their so-called reviewing of the GFC’s reports submitted to Parliament is to deliberately find fault and more so, to criticise the reports which currently have no basis. But the GFC is equipped with its own expertise to prepare its reports and does…
Read MoreGuyana has been denied a world-class sports complex
Dear Editor, The political opposition through it main mouthpiece, a local newspaper, have succeeded in denying Guyana’s aspiring sportsmen, women and all Guyanese a world-class sports complex in the heart of Georgetown. This leaves me to wonder, with what face they are now going to talk about youths and sport, youth empowerment, youth violence, drug and alcohol abuse, and other issues affecting youths. I guess it is with their usual straight and expressionless faces! This latest action by the opposition through that newspaper also means that the opposition now have…
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