Opinion

Dear Editor, The local newspapers’ headlines on Thursday 28th February highlighted the success of the much touted “Stakeholders Meeting”.

Dear Editor I probably was one of the first persons to write ( emailed) the Minister of Amerindian Affairs on the idea of a hostel/dormitory for people (Amerindian/Non Amerindian) of the hinterland who are attending technical colleges/teachers’ college/University of Guyana a few years ago.

Dear Editor, Mr. Vishnu Bisram’s reply in his letter captioned “I did not intend to cast aspersions on Dr Jagan” (08.03.07) to Janet Jagan’s accusation against him of gossip was downright pathetic.

Dear Editor, When all the rhetoric, confetti and euphoria (much akin to a circus) of the US Democratic nomination contest is over, the post mortem will reveal whether the US passed the “democracy” test.

Dear Editor, Mr Clive Fredericks’ letter captioned “The original intention of the Hinterland Scholarship Programme was that students live with families in Georgetown”, (08.03.07) is not an opinion shared by all hinterland scholarship awardees, both present and past.

Dear Editor, A few days ago, I stated that we should continue to pen our pain in response to Lusignan and Bartica.

Dear Editor, Perhaps Mr. Paul Kokoski (“Secular humanism loses its capacity to rise to the truth of being” March 3, 2008) doesn’t know it, but in many previous letters to the press I have already refuted the so-called ‘genius’ of that “non-democratic cabal of doddering old ecclesiastical celibates.”

Dear Editor, Michigan and Florida, seeking to share in the influential advantages traditionally enjoyed by early primary States such as New Hampshire and Iowa, moved up the dates of their primaries to January 15 and 29 respectively.

Dear Editor, I must make a correction regarding a letter by Mr Hamilton Green titled “I support atonement Mass for Good Friday”(08.05.07).

Dear Editor, These politicians have no stated vision or objective, no viable plan or direction.

Dear Editor, I read recently about the awarding of guard contracts for government sites to Strategic Action Security Service and R.K.

Dear Editor, The 2008 budget is out. What is government’s plan for the creation of new jobs annually for youths who complete high school and graduates of UG.

Dear Editor, Senator Obama is, in my view, part of a black tragedy in the twenty-first century.

Dear Editor, If the Stabroek News is genuinely desirous of resolving the standoff between itself and the government, it should stop wasting time by trying to publicize the already over-ventilated issue and be man enough to withdraw its original absurd assertion that the government is guilty of suppressing press freedom.

Dear Editor, I am asking the central government, regional government and the village council, since none seems to know who is responsible, when will the roads in Eccles BB section be repaired?

Dear Editor, I refer to M Abraham’s letter captioned “Many hinterland students were unhappy with their guardians” (08-03-09).

Dear Editor, The recent decision of Caribbean leaders to help Guyana in the fight against crime is all nonsense.

Dear Editor, Today’s newspapers carried concerns about the likelihood of Local Government Elections not taking place this year – that according to the Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon there is difficulty relating to the National Registration Centre.

Dear Editor, It is distressing to me that despite accessibility to the Internet, the issues of global warming and climate change have evoked so little serious response from Guyanese to date.

Dear Editor, There has recently, because of our troubled times, been an increase of persons arrested by the police and/or members of the Guyana Defence Force.