Year: 2016

Dear Editor, With reference to a Guyana Times June 13, 2016 article where Alim Shah’s store was targeted. Dr Rupert Roopnaraine played an important role in the return to democracy in Guyana. He has earned a great deal of respect from the Guyanese populace because of his struggle against a dictatorship. I was deeply shocked at his Ministry’s targeting of Ryhaan Shah a PPP/PNC critic and an Indian rights activist. Shah’s business establishment has provided affordable clothing materials since the 1940s in Georgetown and Berbice. Most poorer classes of Guyanese,…

Dear Editor, There seems to be fear and insecurity existing in the Georgetown mayor’s office. From recent reports, the new Mayor is trying to muzzle her deputy. One may accept her position when she said that the comments of deputy mayor on the issue of parking meters in the city were reflective of his own views and not those of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC). But luckily he did express those views as they are out of genuine concern for continued impropriety within the council. Someone has to tell…

Dear Editor, The recent announcement by the Georgetown Mayor and City Council of the implementation/installation of parking meters in certain sections of the city has been met with consternation, outrage and dismay by citizens who are already burdened with additional taxes and the constant enforceability of rules and regulations that have significantly weakened their daily income. In his www.conversationtree blog, former Speaker of the National Assembly, Ralph Ramkarran, charged that: “Coming so soon after the elections, the decision to install parking meters was clearly on APNU/AFC’s agenda prior to the…

Dear Editor, In browsing through the dailies, almost every commentary pertaining to the struggle for British Guiana’s Independence has been polarised or influenced by race and party with Afro writers praising PNCites (African figures) and Indo-writers praising PPPites. It is indisputable that Dr Cheddi Jagan was the leading figure in the struggle for Independence, hence the title the Father of the Independence Struggle. Forbes Burnham was also a leading figure in the struggle, but his anti-Jagan, anti-Indian, anti-socialist, and anti-PPP positions resulted in the delay of the colony’s Independence. It…

Dear Editor, Last Saturday night, as guest of Captain Gerry Gouveia, I attended the 50th Independence Anniversary “Golden Jubilee” Dinner in New York City at which President David Granger was the guest of honour and keynote speaker. For me, the highlight of the evening was the President’s address which did not include any mention of the former government’s 23 years in office, which did not include any mention of any partisan politics, did not include any mention of forensic audits but rather highlighted the assets including our flora and fauna,…