Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter by Geralda Dennison published in Stabroek News (29.5.08) captioned, ‘Why have pit bulls which have injured people not been put down?’

Dear Editor, Sunday Stabroek’s May 18, 2008 editorial, ‘Normality?’ provoked many responses.

Dear Editor, I usually pay the yearly water rate charges in advance for my younger sister Shaundra Persaud, who lives at Lot 9 Section ‘B’ and this was done at the Anna Regina Office of Guyana Water Inc since January 24, last (receipt No 20106100).

Dear Editor,We refer to the letter published by Stabroek News on page 7, dated Monday, May 26, 2008.

Dear Editor, I would like to bring to the fore or put into perspective something which seems to have permeated almost every stratum of our society.

Dear Editor, Pit bull terriers have a terrible reputation and are feared for their vicious nature.

Dear Editor,I am deeply offended by the gutter racist attack on Stabroek News Editor-in-Chief David de Caires by Rickford Burke.

Dear Editor, The government should be commended for their effort to help cushion the high cost of living, but the citizens need to play their part too.

Dear Editor,The only thing that seems to dominate Guyanese news is death and despair.

Dear Editor, I am really concerned about the careless dumping of plastic bottles and utensils in this country.

Dear Editor, With reference to Mr Mohamed Khan’s letter in your column of 27.5.08, captioned, ‘No chairs in the Outpatients at Suddie Hospital,’ I strongly support his point about what is crucially lacking in this institution.

Dear Editor, I agree with some portions of the  comments of Parvati Persaud-Edwards in her letter captioned, ‘The word racist should not be so freely used,’ (SN, 28.5.08).

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter from a reader, Mr Vaidram Persaud (‘What is the status of the Leonora Park cricket ground?’

Dear Editor, Significant attention needs to be focused on reshaping the exam-driven culture we have developed in Guyana. 

Dear Editor, I often read the comments of track and field athletes who say they train in foreign nations so they can prepare to compete at a high level, because we do not have the facilities here to accommodate them, or send them to international meets.

Dear Editor, The classification of ‘racist’ seems to have breached definitive boundaries to assume textures and meanings beyond established configurations.

Dear Editor, I am disappointed that President Jagdeo did not find it necessary to inform the Guyanese people about the status of the torture report in his independence speech.

Dear Editor,I refer to distinguished Professor Clive Thomas’s ‘Rising prices and the relief package’ in his column this week in the Sunday Stabroek.

Dear Editor, I disagree with two sentiments: (i) a multiethnic party like the AFC will take Guyana to the promised land; and (ii) power sharing cannot work in Guyana.

Dear Editor,  Criminal justice practice in the UK presents the practitioner with unfettered access to information, one of which is the sight of people’s criminal records.