Opinion

Dear Editor,   The visit by the Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo to the community of Linden the day before yesterday drew people in the vicinity to listen to what he had to say.

Dear Editor, This country is becoming an increasingly dangerous place.  There are lots of unhinged and unaccounted for folks out there who are more dangerous than people armed with guns. 

Dear Editor, President Granger was reported to have said that “Guyana’s vast landscape can serve as a ‘gift’ to Caribbean islands devastated by recent hurricanes”. 

Dear Editor, Many Guyanese are perturbed by the offer of free land to victims of the recent hurricane in the Caribbean, whereas refugees who have no food, water or shelter are at the mercy of the elements.

 Dear Editor, The main provisions of the Local Government Commission Act 2013, differ substantially from those relating to the Local Government Commission contained in its predecessor, the Municipal & District Councils Act, Cap 28:01.

Dear Editor,   The gruesome murder of two elderly women at their Bourda residence has once again brought to the fore the extent to which some people can go to satisfy their material wants.

Dear Editor,   I am a Guyanese living in Jamaica, and a keen cricket fan, revelling in the glory days of batting giants like Kanhai, Butcher, Solomon amd Fredericks in the ʼ60s, and then later on the likes of Lloyd, Hooper and Chanderpaul.

Two very important statistics in assessing the overall health of a society are the number of maternal deaths – that is, the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of the termination of pregnancy ‒ and the rate of infant mortality, defined as the number of infant deaths for every 1,000 live births.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force is responding to an article in yesterday’s edition of the Stabroek News under the caption ‘Agricola woman still awaiting word on probe of police crossfire shooting’ on page 17.

Dear Editor, First we had the unreasonable defence by those supportive of President Granger’s strange interpretation of Article 161 (2).

Dear Editor, There is a little known phenomenon that has been gaining the attention of concerned Guyanese returning home from trips abroad.

Dear Editor, All the current hullabaloo about insecure women, all of whom in fact are security guards, reminds me of the incident, more vividly than others, of some years ago.

Dear Editor, It is unconscionable to think that Mr Urling, whose tenure resulted in FIFA blocking funds to Guyana’s football programme subsequently, is criticising the GFF Executive and Secretariat. 

Dear Editor, On October 5, 1992, Guyana experienced a desperately needed second chance at a better life after the British left in 1966.

Dear Editor, I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to be at the Pegasus Hotel two weeks ago where the University of Guyana had a panel discussion on the Constitution of our country.

Dear Editor, The recent series between England and the West Indies which ended in favour of the host team was most enjoyable to say the least.

Dear Editor In the Stabroek News of October 4 2017 a letter appeared captioned ‘What is causing the delay in changing the law to allow the cultivation of industrial hemp?’

Dear Editor, A list of a 27-player squad of locally based footballers to pursue training for an international friendly against host Grenada, on October 8, with the possibility of a few overseas based players being included, has been published.

Dear Editor, Why do I feel sad that Hugh Hefner is dead?