Opinion

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It is welcome news that the Ministry of Health recognizes the disease that is alcoholism as a national public health issue and is planning strategies to address it.

Dear Editor, As we now enter the month designated as Tourism Awareness Month, it gives me great pleasure to acknowledge someone who to my mind was an ambassador both locally and internationally in promoting, and showcasing Guyana’s Eco Tourism regionally and globally.

Dear Editor, Coming off “our” recent celebration of Halloween “we” should start preparing ourselves for our next celebration, “Thanksgiving”.

Dear Editor, As expected there has been much hullabaloo about what in substance is very little in the ‘action’ unannounced by the Police Department to curb the much publicised carnage on our roadways.

Dear Editor, On Saturday October 7, 2007, the Police Traffic Department in Region 2 started a traffic campaign which resulted in about 120 vehicles being impounded for various traffic offences, some of them minor.

Dear Editor, I read Ms Sheila Holder’s letter in response to Dennis Wiggins about the need for the Alliance For Change (AFC) to be more of an activist party in between elections if it wants to be seen as serious about changing the political landscape.

Dear Editor, I read with some degree of empathy the concerns of residents regarding their safety when the Joint Services engage bandits in the Buxton/Friendship area.

Dear Editor, On the evening of October 24, 2007, BBC radio had on its weekly programme ‘Health Check’ a discussion among three Professors of Medicine of Universities in the UK and the USA, respectively.

Dear Editor, The author of Tuesday’s (Oct 30) editorial “A Grouse for Mr.

Dear Editor, The New Amsterdam Multilateral Senior Secondary School, in fine style, held its 20th Graduation and Prize-Giving Exercise on Thursday, November 1, 2007, in the school’s multi- purpose hall.

Dear Editor, The political circus now engaging the attention of Guyanese with the PPP Government reportedly coming yet again to the rescue of the Georgetown City Council deserves to be bulldozed into one of the rubbish heaps in the city and carted off to a waste site for degeneration.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by Mr Stanley Humphrey captioned ” Case against employer dismissed when Ministry of Labour’s lawyers failed to turn up in time” (07.10.27).

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Across Latin America and the Caribbean, there are a couple of leaders, like Cuba’s Fidel and Brazil’s Lula, who are instantly recognizable by their first name alone.

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Dear Editor, I read with growing concern about the impasse between Mr Ron Robinson, Producer/Director of Link Show and the manager of the National Cultural Centre.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by Dr David Hinds captioned “Opposition parties in the Caribbean are victims of democratic exclusion” (07.10.31).

Dear Editor, I fully understand Everall Franklin’s call that ” A Natural Resources Audit be conducted despite the expense.

Dear Editor, After reading the news about Mr Elton Shepherd who was killed in such a brutal way; many concerns arose in my mind.