Opinion

Had Mr Bharrat Jagdeo not been president, and had the security situation not been so severe, his utterances on the recent cataclysmic criminal events might have been ignored.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter of K.A. Juman-Yassin, Attorney-at-Law captioned “Police cannot arrest or detain a person merely to obtain information, there must be a reasonable suspicion” (08.03.11) and wish to commend him on his edifying comments, to wit ” Our police are by-and-large not respected as they should be and one of the reasons is because of the manner in which the public and even criminals are treated.

Dear Editor, Indeed I am shocked about the pending increase of the NIS pension age to 65 years.

Dear Editor, Thanks to all those who agreed to meet and talk about the violence in Guyana, no matter the way they looked at it.

Dear Editor, About a year ago Guyanese Professor Mr Devonish visited my community to do a study on the Arawak language and its use.

Dear Editor, It is with great distaste that I read that another innocent life has been lost.

Dear Editor, Freddie Kissoon in his letter captioned “Dr. Jagan was under strain from corruption” (08.03.09) describes as “downright pathetic” my reply to Mrs.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter captioned “Hammie apologises” (GC 080.103.12) by Mr Hamilton Green where he apologised to a Mr Suseran.

Dear Editor, I am a Guyanese living abroad and would like to register my outrage against the recent developments in Guyana.

Dear Editor, In every country there are communities with a thing or things that are indelibly etched within and have become part of the psyche of those communities serving and distinguishing each in a particular way.

As we reported in yesterday’s Sunday Stabroek, the PPP/C government’s ads boycott of Stabroek News is now approaching 16 months and shows no sign of ending.

At their annual meeting last weekend in the Bahamas, Heads of Government of Caricom indicated their increasing sensitivity to the rising levels of crime in virtually all member-states.

Dear Editor, It was reported in the Jamaica Observer of 6 March, 2008 that Jamaican Minister of Education Andrew Holness announced to a gathering of young people that Jamaica must create a new culture with respect to disciplining children and that it cannot be one that includes the resort to violence: “We have done that for many years, and do you know what that passes to the students?

Dear Editor, Stabroek News’s editorial of March 10, 2008 captioned “The ads boycott 16 months on,” calling on the PNCR to ensure equity in advertisement distribution from Region 4 RDC, that it controls, may be directing its appeal in the wrong direction.

Dear Editor, Some more items have been zero- rated for VAT in this year’s Budget but just one week later, the same items’ prices have skyrocketed.

Dear Editor, After many glitches, Guyana has a new National Archives after years of our national treasures languishing in Main Street.

Dear Editor, From time to time we see the most preposterous and laughable letters appearing in the letter columns of the three dailies.

Dear Editor, I read the letter captioned “Local government reform could introduce power sharing” (08.03.11) by His Worship, the Mayor of Georgetown with amusement.

Dear Editor, I read in a newspaper recently that NIS is giving pensioners a five percent increase.

Dear Editor, In his letter, “Hillary Clinton has an ace up her sleeve,” (08.03.10), Mr Robin Williams cited Senator Clinton’s seemingly smart decision to keep her name on ballots in Florida and Michigan, in the event that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) reverses itself on an earlier ruling and allows delegates from the two states to be both counted and seated at the party’s August convention in Denver, Colorado.