Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, In the Kaieteur News of February 17, in a report on the calls for the death penalty to be strictly enforced, it is reported that Bishop Juan Edghill stated that the death penalty was “not in conflict with our beliefs, and all of our religious teachings speak of punishment for such crimes”.

Dear Editor, I would like to convey my deepest sympathy to the relatives and friends of the late Dennis Edghill who died resulting from an altercation on the University of Guyana campus, Turkeyen.

Dear Editor, In your editorial of Sunday February 17, on my opinion piece on Dominica and ALBA, you refer to a concept document ‘Constructing ALBA’ which lists 19 areas ‘which the proposals would encompass’.

Dear Editor, Minister Robeson Benn in his closing remarks at a training workshop held at the Grand Coastal Inn on Friday last for inspectors of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority, condemned Air Services Limited (ASL) for not allowing a GCAA inspector on one of ASL’s aircraft (Cessna Caravan) to conduct pilot checks etc.

Dear Editor, Your “Culture Box” editorial and cartoon of February 16, in The Scene were the most inane, shortsighted and offensive journalistic work I’ve read and seen in a long time.

Dear Editor, It is just a year since 350 stakeholders at the public consultation on a log export policy convened by the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) endorsed overwhelmingly the replacement of log exports by local timber processing.

Dear Editor, No. I am neither a friend nor an associate of Kellawan Lall, but I feel for the man.

Dear Editor, I was travelling on a foreign, legally obtained passport, returning by plane from a short stay abroad, which involved clearing the Customs and Immigration, stripping, patting down and ‘take-off-your-shoes’ operation three times going and coming.

Dear Editor, Leaders in Guyana are so arrogant. They feel that after coming to the people and getting their support to be elected, appointed or selected they are no longer accountable to those who are responsible for getting them there.

Dear Editor, I sent this response to the Guyana Chronicle to a letter attacking me.

Dear Editor, I feel that before this country deteriorates into a scenario like Kenya and the UN or the US steps in to mediate, we should deal with the issues affecting us.

Dear Editor, As a concerned citizen I just wanted to share some thoughts I had after reading a press release from the Guyana Peace-Builders Network on the recent murders at Lusignan.

Dear Editor, In their effort to resuscitate and form Community Policing Groups on the lower east coast of Demerara, the government and the police force have held meetings with GPGs from Enmore to Better Hope.

Dear Editor, We the parents at Hampton Court Primary School would like to voice our concern about the way our children are being taught and treated in this school.

Dear Editor, I have a problem with the management at Gafoors (LOC Branch).

Dear Editor, One appreciates the bind in which the government, faced with post-Lusignan calls for talks about the violence, finds itself.

Dear Editor, Those persons who think the authorities must negotiate with gun wielding thieves and child murderers should clarify their understanding of the criminal justice system.

Dear Editor, I opened your newspaper of 14th February 2008 and was somewhat taken aback to see a letter on page 7 penned by young Kamal Ramkarran entitled “Disappointed that a serious newspaper would dabble in gossip”.

Dear Editor, Dr Luncheon’s rejection of the proposal from Rev Malcolm Rodrigues is disappointing and is one the public might have expected from the gunmen.

Dear Editor, A stunning turn of events regarding the massacre of 11 innocent people in Lusignan, has been the call from Father Rodrigues and others for the government to engage in dialogue with the criminals.