Opinion

Developing a sense of nationhood means developing a historical consciousness. Perceptions of the past inevitably change from one era to the next, but that does not mean that each generation should not attempt to come to its own understanding of the events and movements of earlier periods, or indiscriminately sweep away the cultural remains left behind by predecessors.

Dear Editor, Europe’s demographers expect to be 20 million skilled workers short of a full workforce by 2030 and only 2 workers would be supporting each European retiree.

Dear Editor, I was once a Refugee Protection Officer (1999 – 2005) – who has acted as counsel to refugee hearing panels in more than 400 claims.

Dear Editor, The issue of the withdrawal of ads from Stabroek News was brought back to public notice by the demonstration organised by the newspaper outside the recent Commonwealth Finance Min-isters Conference, when the police saw it fit to deny the protestors the right to bear placards, which by any standard are a form of speech.

Dear Editor, The debate over education policy and the quality of the contribution of the late President Burnham is a useful one and I wish to begin my own analysis by first congratulating those who have participated in the debate so far and the Sunday Stabroek editor for sustaining discussion.

Dear Editor, The recently clarified statement by His Excellency the President Mr Bharrat Jagdeo on the offer of deploying Guyana’s approximately eighty percent standing forests in the fight against global warming, has indeed cleared the air of any ambiguity on this issue.

Dear Editor, In reference to your editorial of Oct 24 captioned “Ashes of the past” you would remember that at the time of the Abrahams family tragedy the plan x 13 was in full operation.

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Five years ago, when the fight to rout Al Qaeda was still concentrated in Afghanistan, a witty UK resident painted these words on the side of his garbage bin, “Bin Laden – unless you emptied it”.

Dear Editor, Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to respond to a letter titled “Cement imports ensure a competitive price”, which was published in your newspaper on Wednesday, October 17, 2007.

Dear Editor, Hi diddle, diddle, the man and his vehicle, the car crashed into the wall.

Dear Editor, The cartoon which appeared in the business section of the Stabroek News edition of Friday October 19, 2007 inst was appropriate, timely and effective, illustrating the true state in which our major cemetery happens to be.

Dear Editor, I observed over the past months that the quality of chicken feed produced by Guyana Stockfeeds Ltd, is poor.

Dear Editor, A serious miscarriage of justice was perpetrated on Ms Dawn Taylor of Lot 157 One Mile Wismar, Linden, when a matter that should have been prosecuted by the Ministry of Labour before Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys at the Wismar Magistrate Court on Tuesday, September 25th, 2007 was dismissed by the Magistrate because the Ministry’s lawyer was not present in court when the matter was called at approximately 9.45am.

Dear Editor, Maybe it is the general public-the drivers and pedestrians alike-and not the traffic signals who should be characterized as nuisances.

Dear Editor, I would like to respond to Mr Norman Faria, Guyana’s Honorary Consul in Barbados, who penned the letter, “Are the authorities in Guyana obligated to provide authentication of these claims?”,

Dear Editor, “The world is changing in the United Nations favour as more people and governments understand that multilateralism is the only path in an interdependent and globalizing world.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter captioned “Banning Buju Banton is not the answer” (07.10.18).

The establishment of President Hugo Ch

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