Opinion

Dear Editor, It is just a year since 350 stakeholders at the public consultation on a log export policy convened by the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) endorsed overwhelmingly the replacement of log exports by local timber processing.

Dear Editor, No. I am neither a friend nor an associate of Kellawan Lall, but I feel for the man.

Dear Editor, I was travelling on a foreign, legally obtained passport, returning by plane from a short stay abroad, which involved clearing the Customs and Immigration, stripping, patting down and ‘take-off-your-shoes’ operation three times going and coming.

Dear Editor, Leaders in Guyana are so arrogant. They feel that after coming to the people and getting their support to be elected, appointed or selected they are no longer accountable to those who are responsible for getting them there.

Dear Editor, I sent this response to the Guyana Chronicle to a letter attacking me.

Dear Editor, I feel that before this country deteriorates into a scenario like Kenya and the UN or the US steps in to mediate, we should deal with the issues affecting us.

That the word conscription has been uttered by President Jagdeo is the clearest evidence yet of how far the Lusignan massacre has pushed the decision makers of the country.

Dear Editor, As a concerned citizen I just wanted to share some thoughts I had after reading a press release from the Guyana Peace-Builders Network on the recent murders at Lusignan.

Dear Editor, In their effort to resuscitate and form Community Policing Groups on the lower east coast of Demerara, the government and the police force have held meetings with GPGs from Enmore to Better Hope.

Dear Editor, We the parents at Hampton Court Primary School would like to voice our concern about the way our children are being taught and treated in this school.

Dear Editor, I have a problem with the management at Gafoors (LOC Branch).

In an opinion piece in Stabroek News on February 1, Dr Norman Girvan observed that Dominica’s accession to the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas, or ALBA, as it is known, was by no means the first time that a Caricom member state had acted at variance with its regional commitments.

Dear Editor, One appreciates the bind in which the government, faced with post-Lusignan calls for talks about the violence, finds itself.

Dear Editor, Those persons who think the authorities must negotiate with gun wielding thieves and child murderers should clarify their understanding of the criminal justice system.

Dear Editor, I opened your newspaper of 14th February 2008 and was somewhat taken aback to see a letter on page 7 penned by young Kamal Ramkarran entitled “Disappointed that a serious newspaper would dabble in gossip”.

Dear Editor, Dr Luncheon’s rejection of the proposal from Rev Malcolm Rodrigues is disappointing and is one the public might have expected from the gunmen.

Dear Editor, Some Guyanese and even non-Guyanese have compared the Lusignan massacre to that of the Beslan killings carried out in this Russian township by Chechan separatists who have adopted terrorist methods.

Dear Editor, I refer to your editorial dated February 15, 2008 and titled, “Inevitable Risks.”

Dear Editor, From reports coming out of Pakistan, it appears that the party of the late Benazir Bhutto will win tomorrow’s general elections to choose the national assembly.

Dear Editor, A stunning turn of events regarding the massacre of 11 innocent people in Lusignan, has been the call from Father Rodrigues and others for the government to engage in dialogue with the criminals.