Opinion

Dear Editor, I refer to a section of the article ‘Media slammed over ‘poor’ parliament coverage’ written by Ms Miranda La Rose which appeared in the edition of May 29.

Dear Editor, I wish to refer to President Jagdeo’s statement that he prefers to settle in court, the issue of the suspension for four months of Channel 6 TV station’s operating licence, rather than respond to a request for a further meeting on the matter, emanating from the owner of Channel 6 TV, CN Sharma.

Dear Editor, There are many places that you can go in the Rupununi and will see signs advertising that the region is free of the Foot and Mouth Disease.

Dear Editor, My part-time volunteer work is rescuing animals, mainly dogs, off the streets of Georgetown.

Dear Editor, You are absolutely right in the editorial ‘McCain’s inexhaustible luck’ (SN, May 29) that the never-ending campaign for the nomination in the Democratic Party in the US is benefiting John McCain, the nominee of the Republican Party.

It is perhaps a measure of how polarized the society has become that much of the language which is being bandied about in the political arena and by commentators is so immoderate.

Dear Editor, The Takutu Bridge is now in semi operation and all other access routes to Guyana have since been closed. This

Dear Editor, I was in Trinidad at the time of the writing of this letter and on my way to the airport I heard on 94.1 FM of the refusal of entry visas to some Guyanese. This

Dear Editor, The KN report ‘GPL contemplates tariff hike –Chairman Winston Brassington’ (29.5.08) is definitely not good news for Guyanese.

Dear Editor, On Friday, May 23, 2008, my wife asked me to go into our kitchen garden and dig out two sweet potatoes to boil for the children.

Dear Editor, In his Sunday Stabroek column on ‘The progress gap’ (25.5.08), Dr Ian McDonald reminds readers of the world of the difference between what is good for the pocketbook and what is good for the soul of man and the health of the world.

Dear Editor, In response to Trinidad Information Minister Neil Parsanal’s explanation about the denial of entry into his country to our countrymen last Monday, I would like to suggest that we should be very diligent in dealing with Trinis who travel here and immediately return them to Trinidad for the least of immigration infringements.

Dear Editor,Mr Walter Narine stated in his letter (‘Pit bulls are not people-haters’ SN, 30.5.08) that pit bulls are not people haters. 

Dear Editor, Thanks for an excellent editorial on the emerging free press in China (‘China’s earthquake and the free press’ (SN, May 27).

Dear Editor, I refer to the discussion led by Ramprakash entitled ‘Guyanese should be wary of Western vilification of ‘Third World’ leaders’ (SN, 8.5.08).

Dear Editor, In my letter in SN of 10.3.08, captioned ‘Hillary has an ace up her sleeve,’  I cited two inevitable developments vis-à-vis the democratic presidential primary race between Hillary Clinton and Barrack Obama, (1) that Mrs Clinton, in a last-ditch effort to secure the nomination, would try to have the delegates of Michigan and Florida seated, and (2), that the ultimate beneficiary from the political brouhaha in the competition and over the seating of delegates, will be the Republican Party and, of course, its presumptive presidential nominee John McCain.

What legal consumer product can harm everyone exposed to it, kills half of the people who use it as intended, is the single most preventable cause of death in the world today and will kill more than five million people this year?

Dear Editor, It would be prudent if we were to put the passport office, the registry which issues birth certificates and the police department which gives clearances together under one roof.

Dear Editor, Dr Prem Misir’s letter of May 28 in the Stabroek News attempts to take on the incomplete and continuing analysis of Professor Clive Thomas on the rising prices and the relief package announced by the government.