Opinion

Dear Editor, I am prompted to respond to Mr Rajendra Rampersaud’s article of November 16 (Stabroek Business) titled, “The payment systems in Guyana are still too cash based.”

Dear Editor, Some years ago, while discussing our country’s politics, I was very surprised to learn that my friend, who was no more than 10 years my junior, did not know that Dr Jagan had been elected to Guyana’s legislature in 1947.

Dear Editor, Guyana’s leading political commentator and University of Guyana lecturer Mr Freddie Kissoon has consistently advanced the thesis of the emergence of the practice of elected dictatorship in Guyana.

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Pakistan’s dramatic shift towards democracy may unseat President Pervez Musharraf, but he need not worry about the judgement of history – his manipulation of America’s hectoring post 9/11 foreign policy is a lesson for the ages.

Dear Editor, The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) wishes to thank the general public for the keen interest it has shown in the Afro-Guyanese consultation, currently underway at the ERC’s Secretariat from November 13 to 16, 2007.

Dear Editor, Effective representation is the only solution to Guyana’s problems!

Dear Editor, Two and a half years ago President Bharrat Jagdeo launched his unconstitutional “search committee” to find a candidate for judicial appointment after a failed attempt to reach agreement with the Leader of the Opposition Mr Robert Corbin on the appointment of a Chancellor.

Dear Editor, Mr A Singh’s letter captioned “Remembrance Day is a colonial hangover” (07.11.15) has not only insulted our historical and educational systems but also those of the free world.

Dear Editor, It is heartening to see that there’s something of a ‘controversy’ ( or at least an attempt at an exchange of views ) about Caribbean literature developing in the ‘letters to the Editor’ section of the Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, I laughed as I read the Kaieteur News (13-11-07) article captioned “UNICEF condemns sexual abuse of children”.

Dear Editor, The businessman accused of indecently assaulting the school children has been remanded to prison.

Dear Editor, I am in complete agreement with the sentiments expressed in the letter of Diane Lee captioned, “Police should not question children in the presence of alleged abusers”.

Dear Editor, In its editorial on November 8, Trinidad Newsday wrote: “NACTA Got it Right”.

Dear Editor, Mr Mike Persaud’s retort to my letter on the PNCR leadership captioned “Mr Burke and others fail to understand the need to develop a genuine multiracial democracy” (07.11.13) reminds me of a story I learnt while attending Hindu Primary School .

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Last week’s 17th Ibero-American Summit in Santiago, Chile, attended by the Heads of State and Government of twenty-two countries from Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula, was supposed to have been all about social cohesion.

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Dear Editor, So the Chronicle, along with its pseudonym letter writers are on a shock and awe campaign against Stabroek News and Brigadier Colonel David Granger, in relation to money laundering, narcotics and criminal activities in Guyana.

Dear Editor, Two of the world’s economic powerhouses will shortly ask the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to determine the legality of US agricultural subsidies in a move that can have a lasting impact on the world’s agricultural sector.