Opinion

On Monday last, the body of 14-year-old Akeem Grimmond was found in a drain some 300 feet away from his home; he had been suffocated and a man has since been held in connection with his murder.

Dear Editor, With reference to my letter dated June 8, 2016 about the Olympic Games Rio-2016 (‘The Olympic Games will not be cancelled or postponed’), I write one more time to this prestigious newspaper to lament that the Stabroek News, even after the resounding success of the Olympics in the city of Rio de Janeiro, continues to rely on international news agencies that highlight negative aspects of the event, instead of celebrating the achievements of the first Olympics held in South America.

Dear Editor, I write in relation to a letter published in the Stabroek News on Thursday, August 18, 2016 under the caption the ‘JSC has power to appoint the Deputy Registrar of Deeds’.

Dear Editor, It is the second time I have been stopped by police patrol vehicles in two weeks while heading home aback the Providence Stadium.

Dear Editor, When the East Coast Railway Embankment Road was finished, signs were erected showing the names of the various areas ‒ Plaisance, Better Hope Vryheid’s Lust, Montrose, Felicity, Success, etc ‒ as a guide to people and vehicles as to where they are going and where they have to stop off.

Dear Editor, There appears to be much concern and debate about local manufacturing, however it should be noted that the decline of local manufacturing commenced in the late ʼ80s.

Dear Editor, The hostile email and facebook narrative purportedly by Dr Mellissa Ifill and the Kaieteur article on August 21, 2016 by Freddie Kissoon were directed at whether the President was making an ideological error which bordered on betrayal by commemorating the 1823 insurrection at the current monument at Thomas Lands; in addition, it was suggested, this was impulsive, and not tactical from the perspective of what was important in the entire event.

Dear Editor, The Mayor and City Council has not always been portrayed in a very flattering light.

A call by Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart  to his Democratic Labour Party supporters not to “jump ship”, and advice to voters to rally once again in the party’s support, suggest that he is beginning to feel confident that the difficult days of economic reform for Barbados are coming to an end, and that his party can begin the task of pulling back those alienated by the harsh economic policies which his government, on the advice of the international financial institutions, has felt it necessary to pursue since the last elections of February 2013.

Dear Editor, The recent CXC statistics released by the Ministry of Education indicate beyond the shadow of a doubt that there is a national crisis in our public education system, but there is one problem in particular.

Dear Editor, It is very disgusting, unfair, and unkind for the people on the East Bank and especially in the Eccles area to have to suffer blackouts about 3-4 times per week without any kind of warning or at least some radio announcements.

Dear Editor, The first Test of New Zealand`s current tour of South Africa is suffering the same fate as the fourth Test in Trinidad between India and the West Indies.

Dear Editor, Former President and now Leader of the Opposition, Mr Bharrat Jagdeo found himself in a sea of controversy for remarks he made while addressing a public forum in New York, which was attended mainly by PPP/C Indian supporters.

Dear Editor, I remain forever cagey and invariably reluctant about commending some esteemed, distinguished individuals for fear of being snubbed or slighted. 

Dear Editor, The Rio Olympics has convinced me, that as human beings we can rise to unprecedented heights of achievement, regardless of our background or setbacks.

Dear Editor, I refer to the suicide death of Vinod Balkarran, which took place recently at the Georgetown Hospital.

Dear Editor, The general consensus globally is that suicide prevention is a holistic endeavour and that any missing link in the chain will certainly significantly impede efforts to save lives.

Dear Editor, Who can help me with a spot of family research?

At the conclusion of South Africa’s recent local government poll the ruling African National Congress (ANC) lodged a formal objection in response to its loss in the Nelson Mandela Bay metro, the province that had produced party stalwarts like Nelson Mandela, the icon of the liberation struggle as well as legends like Oliver Tambo, Govan Mbeki and Raymond Mhlaba.