Opinion

Dear Editor, President Bharrat Jagdeo, in his brief remarks at the swearing in ceremony of newly appointed Ministers, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Pauline Sukhai of the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs had this to say, “…their appointments were due to hard work…”.

Dear Editor, As a background to this letter, let me reiterate that I was among the many that supported the strategic move by the PPP/C administration to put in place new leadership in the army.

Dear Editor, I disagree with your editorial of April 14 (The Channel Six Suspension”) which stated the “threat against President Jagdeo… was criminal, reprehensible and inexcusable”, a view which is even shared by Mr Sharma’s legal friends.

Dear Editor,    At first glance I thought that the front page photograph of the April 16, 2008 Stabroek News issue depicting a motorcycle and its driver being hauled by a horse-cart was not newsworthy.

So, a new Foreign Minister has been named to take over from Rudy Insanally.

Dear Editor, The Chief of Staff levelled some serious allegations against the critics of the helicopter strategy being implemented under his command.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter by A. Van Rossum captioned “This slogan is an insult to women” (08.04.15).

Dear Editor, In perusing your well informed editorial of Saturday April 12, 2008 styled “The blindness of absolute power”, you highlighted individuals and events who/which utilize the “give back” phenomena which seek to raise millions of dollars to help in the fight against poverty, HIV and other areas of concern across the world.

Dear Editor, I want to refer to Eric Phillips’s letter of April 12, 2008 in Kaieteur News and Walter Samuels of April 15, 2008, in Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, It is a very good deed that the UK has done by donating the radar guns to the Guyana Police Force to aid in the fight against traffic lawlessness on this country’s roadways.

Dear Editor, They were the two “scoring shots” of the century.

Dear Editor,  Having no affiliation with any political party, I was shocked at the decision of the head of state  in suspending the licence of CNS Channel 6. 

Dear Editor, A number of letters have been written recently on marginalization.

Dear Editor, If, in the hypothetical Republic of Tuberville in the United Socialist States of Savage the People’s Party, having newly won the first-ever free general elections with a majority massive enough to assure victory at any future elections, yet appoints all its senior workers only on term contracts, ought one to regard as reasonable the action of some of them who refuse employment, giving as their main reason not the lack of security of their personal employment but of seeming hesitancy and fear in the mind of the state for its own security of tenure; action which, in their considered opinion, does not augur well for their families’ futures?

Dear Editor, I am happy that since a few of the pirates were caught some two weeks ago in neighbouring Suriname, the onslaughts on hard working, dedicated fishermen have ceased.

A few days ago, on the fifth Global Day for Darfur British prime minister Gordon Brown said “the eyes of the world are rightly focused on the millions of men, women and children in the region who continue to start each day with the fear of violence, abduction, rape or death.”

Dear Editor, The Olympic torch passing through Europe and America was hampered by protesters demanding China ends its occupation of Tibet.

Dear Editor,  Congrats to the WI in wrapping up the one-day series against the Sri Lankans with a match to spare.