Opinion

In the United States, since 1998, there have been 735 recorded deaths of children by vehicular heatstroke – a term used to describe the tragic death caused by a child being left trapped in a hot car.

Dear Editor, I acknowledge receipt of correspondence from Stabroek News dated August 24, 2017 in relation to a letter by Mr Clairmont Lye captioned ‘Lethem Airport fence breached in 18 places’ which was published on the same date.

Dear Editor, Please let me be one of the first to congratulate the West Indies on their astonishing win over England in the Test match at Headingley yesterday. 

Dear Editor, I’m very sleepy and tired and it is not necessarily due to the extreme August heat or the work I opted to undertake.

Dear Editor, The fourth day was, in many respects, a tough one for us.

Dear Editor, How much more can we the residents of West Demerara bear in relation to the sickening condition of the West Bank Public Road?

Trials done by farmers on a small scale, mostly in coastal Guyana have determined that growing onions on a large scale is feasible.

Dear Editor, I was invited for ceremonies marking India’s 71st Independence in New Delhi and what an experience it was, with a lot of similarities to independence celebrations in Guyana and America (among the Guyanese diaspora in the New York area).

Dear Editor, I had written in your newspapers back in July 2017 that the GDF needs to enhance their search and rescue equipment to include modern helicopters (‘Army, police must be better equipped’).

Dear Editor, On August 11, 2017 your paper published my letter questioning the awareness of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) of its oversight role in the operations of regulated companies. 

Dear Editor, Maybe not many read the letter I penned some three years ago, saying that the individuals designated as judges of visual arts competitions continue to have faults.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Public Service has instituted for more than two decades now, an unchanged Classification of Jobs.

Dear Editor, When the CEO of NCN was appointed to the position it was under a cloud of controversy, so much so that a member of the Board at that time resigned.

Dear Editor, In response to the July 9 and subsequent prison escapes, Guyana has not seen any evidence of social recuperation; instead new social anomalies emerge.

Dear Editor, Thousands of Guyanese were among tens of thousands of revellers celebrating the 70th Anniversary of India’s Indepen-dence at the 37th annual India Day parade on Madison Avenue in Manhattan last Sunday.

Last week, the Ministry of Public Infrastruc-ture revealed the plan for the roundabout to be constructed at the circular junction where the Seawall Road (Atlantic Avenue), Rupert Craig Highway, Public Road Kitty, Vlissengen Road, J B Singh Road and Carifesta Avenue intersect.

Dear Editor, I refer to your editorial in yesterday’s newspaper entitled ‘Not bribable?’