Opinion

Dear Editor, During my visit to Guyana in May 2008, blatant disregard for the traffic laws was common, such as not stopping at pedestrian crossings, overtaking on bridges, and so on. The

One paradox at the heart of the present world food crisis is that the same market forces which threaten to starve millions in the developing world are the ones that have led to chronic overconsumption and an obesity epidemic in the west.

Dear Editor, Over the past three months, every day the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) underground sewerage system in New Market Street (between Main and Carmichael Streets) has been overflowing leaving raw sewage floating in the gutters.

Dear Editor, A Dangerous Dogs Act (DDA) was introduced in 1991 with great haste by the UK Parliament following a number of serious injuries to children. 

Dear Editor, What has never happened in the 15 years and more than I’ve been residing in Cumberland Village happened last Sunday.

Dear Editor, Rather than perpetuate the issue by seeking to obdurately justify the executive’s right to criticize the judiciary, it would have been better if the Office of the President had let its disassociation from the Home Affairs Minister’s criticism of the recent decision by the acting Chief Justice to grant bail to a double homicide accused awaiting trial for eight years, be the end of the matter.

Dear Editor, On May 27, Mr Rickey Singh made a vitriolic attack on me in the Stabroek News, in response to my letter criticizing the editor-in-chief/publisher, Mr David de Caires, and his newspaper for pursuing an anti-black agenda.

Dear Editor, I have seen some comments in response to your editorial of May 18 captioned ‘Normality?’

Dear Editor, Mr Vishnu Bisram in his usual sit-on-the-fence style in a letter captioned ‘Polls show Republicans have a good chance of holding on to the White House’ (SN, 1.6.08) states, “according to an average of the latest polls, about 60% of Americans prefer the Democrats to control the House and the Senate…” Without naming who conducted the polls, Bisram gives the impression as though his ‘polling’ entity was part of that process.

Dear Editor, When the sacred inner urge and ability to think deeply and extract from the inexhaustible  treasures of divine wisdom are reflected in the utterances and posturings of parliamentarians in the National Assembly, then and only then, should their images and speeches be transmitted.

Dear Editor, I was there at the National Park forty-two years ago when the British Union flag was taken down and our own Golden Arrowhead was hoisted by our own Major Robert Roberts.

Last month’s rural rape-murders have again highlighted how low the level of human security is, particularly for women and girl children, in certain areas of this country.

Dear Editor, I wish to thank and congratulate the USAID Guyana Democratic Consolidation and Conflict Resolution (GDCCR) for the training I received in basic mediation.

Dear Editor, I write to commend the Guyana Bar Association on its rebuke of the President and the Minister of Home Affairs regarding their responses to Justice Chang’s grant of bail to a murder accused whom the state had incarcerated for eight years, without trial. 

Dear Editor, I was pleased to read that the Berbice River ferry service will be resumed before year-end.(SN,

Dear Editor, I have read the arguments on the question of these so-called vicious dogs, the pit bulls.

Dear Editor, It is unfortunate that at this juncture of our history as a Caribbean region, a sister country would callously disrespect the citizens of another sister country.

In the aftermath of the questions raised about the deal for the Sanata Complex the Privatisation Unit (PU) and the Guyana Office for Investment (Go-Invest) have made admirable efforts to explain the reasoning behind the decision.

Dear Editor,  While I can understand the reasons why the governing PPP/C would want to keep hold of the radio monopoly in Guyana it is imperative that President Jagdeo free the radio spectrum.