Opinion

Dear Editor, If the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) cannot provide internal security at their home base, how can they defend the territorial integrity of this country of ours?

Dear Editor, The removal of Mr Ronald Alli as Chairman of the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) was long overdue.

Dear Editor, These are my New Year’s wishes for my beloved country.

Dear Editor, I wish to respond Ms Lurlene Nestor’s letter captioned ‘Burnham should have been honoured by parliament as well as Jagan’ (SN, 27.12.07).

While the world was shocked by the assassination of Ms Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan, it could hardly have come as a surprise to anyone.

Dear Editor, Having lived in Guyana a number of years ago and now living back in South Africa, I make a point of searching the web site of the Stabroek at least 4 times a week to keep up with the news.

Dear Editor, I refer to your editorial in Stabroek Business, captioned ‘The silence of the lambs?’

Dear Editor, We the students respectfully write to thank you most sincerely for the weekly publications of CXC English A and B in your widely read newspaper.

Dear Editor, Mr Vishnu Bisram in his letter titled ‘Clinton and McCain could win the nominations for their respective parties’ (SN, 29.12.07) believes that Barack Obama stands little chance against Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary and no chance against any of the Republican candidates in the presidential election if he were elected as the Demo-cratic nominee.

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Only the worst cynics in the world do not look forward to the New Year as a time when there will be change for the better.

Dear Editor, The appointment of Mr Ganga Persaud to the Judicial Service Commission in a seemingly stealthy and abrupt manner brings the government into serious disrepute since it was the same Ganga Persaud who was embroiled in the famous law contract scandal (involving a group of New York-based individuals close to the governing party) for which he was given a rap on the knuckles and then transferred to another post.

Dear Editor, For a newspaper that prides itself in calling for a Freedom of Information Act, I am surprised that you omitted the salary and office allowance of the Leader of the Opposition.

Dear Editor, Mr Parris, in his letter captioned ‘The PPP’s fight for freedom of expression’ (SN, 8.12.07) had mentioned that Mr Percy Armstrong was removed by Dr Jagan from his press conferences on more than one occasion.

Dear Editor, I join in condemning the cowardly assassination of the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto.

Dear Editor, What is necessary now for Mr Kellawan Lall’s removal from public office for his wanton behaviour is a massive protest.

Dear Editor, I would like to refer to a kind of speculative journalism by SN regarding the likely reshuffling of cabinet ministers.

Dear Editor, What is necessary now for Mr Kellawan Lall’s removal from public office for his wanton behaviour is a massive protest.

Dear Editor, I recently visited Guyana after 15 years and my trip was a miserable one.

Dear Editor, Your editorial (Dec 13, ‘Iowa’s dark horses’) is an excellent analysis on the current state of the campaign to choose a nominee for each major party in the US presidential election.