Opinion

Dear Editor, The news that a young man age nineteen was charged with the massacre of 11 innocent Guyanese in Lusignan on January 26, 2008 drew my interest.

The administration’s agreement to establish a special select committee on the Disciplined Forces Commission Report in the National Assembly must have been an embarrassing admission of its sloth and weakness.

Dear Editor, I have read some comments about the subvention for Critchlow Labour College (CLC), which has been withheld by operatives of the Government of Guyana (GOG), apparently in an effort to punish the TUC for its failure to have trade union unity in the face of machinations from other actors in the industrial relations arena.

Dear Editor, I want back my Bartica with seven avenues and nine streets and roads that lead to Caribiese, Byderabo and the “Line”.

Dear Editor, When I turned on my computer, accessed the independent dailies and read that the mindless violence that had plagued our nation over the past five years had wended its way to Bartica, my hopes for my country just withered and died.

Dear Editor, My heart goes out to all those Guyanese who have died so tragically in the horrors of Lusignan and Bartica.

Dear Editor, The Canadian Government has budgeted to admit 215,475 new immigrants in the Skilled Workers category for the year 2008.

Dear Editor, GT&T has changed its calling rates in Turkeyen claiming it’s not in Georgetown when for the past few years I have been using the service under the ‘Georgetown’ rate.

Dear Editor, The last advertisement from Universal Bookstore that it is closing down is a tragic indicator of the decline in reading in the Guyanese public.

Dear Editor, After the disintegration of Yugoslavia, only Montenegro remained united with Serbia.

Dear Editor, Transnational data on private security governance through the introduction of fair regulatory frameworks clearly shows that the lack of reliable facts and figures has been and remains typical of the private security industry.

Dear Editor, Should a serving member of the Guyana Police Force die, from which day should the force’s flag at stations be flown at half-mast?

Dear Editor, I have a great suggestion for the Canadian, American, and British governments to help with the political problems in Guyana.

President Jagdeo’s declaration on Tuesday at Bartica that the same gang of men was responsible for the Lusignan massacre on January 26 and the February 17 slaughter in the township raises a troubling dilemma which neatly crystallizes the law and order crisis facing the country.

Dear Editor, I returned to the country today and wish to express my horror and embarrassment that in Trinidad, the Newsday newspaper dated February 19, 2008 carried the headlines showing the bodies of the twelve persons gunned down in the mining town of Bartica.

Dear Editor, An aircraft crash is better described as an accident which occurs when an aircraft in flight hits the ground, in an unscheduled or undesired manner resulting in damage to the aircraft or injury or death to the occupants.

Dear Editor, In the past month the letter columns have been filled with anguish.

Dear Editor, I agree that stringent security measures need to be put in place, such as an emergency response.

Dear Editor, For those of us who woke up on Friday to what promised to be a most beautiful day as the sun beckoned us to get out of bed there was an omen of hope as we celebrated our 38th anniversary as a Republic.

Dear Editor, Owing to the fact that most Guyanese have a short memory span, and would rather remain in denial and refuse to view the larger picture; we have failed to connect the events of the last few years; unfortunately the actuation of most those events was not by chance but rather the tell signs of things to come.