Opinion

Dear Editor,The promotion of drinking in Guyana has now become very prominent.

Dear Editor,I welcome the news of a reduction in the fuel tax that will assist both motorists and commuters.

Dear Editor,I am profoundly relieved at the decision of the political opposition to finally form a united front and stand up against the PPP regime, ‘Opposition to petition Caricom on governance issues,’ (SN, May 23).

As we all await the returns from the reform of the police force and the expected greater feeling of security there is much to be concerned about.

Dear Editor,It is disheartening to learn that American Senator Ted Kennedy has been diagnosed with brain cancer with the prospect of successfully battling it almost to zero.

Dear Editor,I refer to the article, ‘A survey launch would allow monitoring of coastal erosion’ based on an interview with engineer Philip Allsopp with comments by engineer Charles Sohan (SN, April 27, 2008) Your readers may find these facts interesting as a clarification to Mr Sohan’s comments.

Dear Editor, It is with much frustration that I am writing on behalf of my daughter who has been employed within the Ministry of Agriculture for the past eleven years.

Dear Editor, Stabroek News is an excellent paper and should be congratulated for stead-fastly campaigning for human rights and decency in the body politic of Guyana.

Dear Editor,After taking up residence in Alberttown in October 2005, I immediately applied for a transfer of tenancy with the Guyana Power & Light because there was no light in the building as it had recently been repaired and rewired.

On Thursday the Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee was unusually the recipient of a rebuke – by implication – from the Office of the President.

Dear Editor,I wish to applaud the move made by the joint parliamentary opposition to work together to ensure that the plight of the Guyanese people is highlighted and addressed at the regional level.

A library with an internet ready computer is to be set up at the Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara Community Centre for sugar workers.

Dear Editor, I am an addict who has been in recovery for a number of years having benefited from the treatment programme run by the Salvation Army.

Dear Editor, I wish to comment on a report about the conditions in Stevedore and Postel Housing Scheme based on a letter sent to your newspaper by the Guyana Water Inc (‘GWI cannot access Stevedore alleyway to clean transmission chamber because city council has not cleared it,’ 21.5.08).

Dear Editor, Within recent times the Stabroek News has justly won, in the region and beyond, a reputation for informed, balanced and objective editorials on a variety of subjects, such as the American primary elections, literary developments, and the local political and economic situation.

Dear Editor, There is a prevailing consensus among certain Guyanese that the Editor-in-Chief of the Stabroek News, Guyana’s independent daily, has sold his soul to the devil to regain PPP government advertising in his newspaper.

Social issues were brought to the fore this past week when at the World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, who assumed the presidency of the WHA on Monday, in his speech, called on the World Health Organisation, (WHO) to tackle domestic violence and sexual abuse, particularly of young children.

Dear Editor, Let us not get it twisted; Robert Mugabe is no thuggish dictator or political slouch.