Opinion

Dear Editor, In October, I got a call from animal lover Noreen Gaskin telling me of an abandoned dog across from the Russian Embassy.

Dear Editor, I refer to the news article captioned “Former best student boycotts Tain graduation – after Exams Division mix up” (07.12.16).

Dear Editor, I fully endorse R. Khan’s recommendation that “The Mosques in North America should have social programmes to offer families advice” (07.12.16).

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter captioned “That slogan contest-something sounds fishy” (GC 07.12.7) by Delmira James.

Dear Editor, In their comments on illegal drug intervention activity in Guyana a while back, both the President and the Minister of Home Affairs, by words and inference, called for greater law enforcement targeting of bottom house and street drug users and dealers.

Dear Editor, Over the past few days we have been experiencing intense intermittent downpours causing water levels to rise in most regions.

Dear Editor, In recent times we have seen superstars like Alaine, Buju Banton, Collie Buddz, Baby Cham and Brick & Lace.

At a recent press freedom seminar in Jamaica, that country’s Finance Minister, Mr Audley Shaw sketched a startling picture of how serious the corruption problem in the country was.

Dear Editor,Mr. Sean Brignandan’s reasoning on Imperial and metric measures used on a weighing scale is extremely flawed and abysmally uninformed.

Dear Editor, The poor of Guyana are still at sea when it comes to a living wage, human rights and security.

Dear Editor, Christmas season is here with us again and will be celebrated by millions of Christians and countless others of diverse religions, cultural and ideological beliefs throughout the world.

Dear Editor, One group of Guyanese from New York and another from London have just returned from India where they observed Diwali celebrations and visited religious shrines.

Dear Editor, I was very fortunate to secure a copy of the “Explore Guyana 2008 Magazine” though it is not fully available to the general public until January 2008.

Dear Editor, Andaiye Moore in her letter captioned “Our Afro-centric thinkers should demand affirmative action for all disadvantaged Guyanese” (07.12.10) referred to Modibo as an African Philosopher and divisive.

The workings of the University of Guyana are shrouded in mystery as far as outsiders are concerned, and even the periodic flashes of publicity do little to illuminate how the institution is administered.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter by Vishnu Bisram captioned “Father kills daughter in Toronto over refusal to wear hijab” (07.12.13).

Dear Editor, In begrudging the “well-paid” workers of the Guyana Power and Light Inc.,

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter of M. Xiu Quan-Balgobind-Hackett captioned “About 32% of my income goes to combined taxes” (07.12.14) and thank him for pointing out that as people’s incomes rise above the minimum wage threshold of G$28,000 per month their rate of “combined taxes” would increase as well.

Dear Editor, So, that’s what it is. I read a letter captioned “Passengers are very worried about their bags being tampered with, are the airlines doing enough?”

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter captioned “The homophobia in the Caribbean has to change” (07.12.11).