Opinion

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.

Dear Editor, Mr Al Creighton’s response in his letter captioned “The Guyana Prize judges elected not to give Mr Mc Watt two prizes” (07.10.05) to my queries arising from the widely published reports of the short-listed and winning entries of the Guyana Prize for Literature, 2006, confirms the perception of many readers that prizes are ‘shared out’ among friends and not necessarily awarded on the basis of merit.

Dear Editor, I am at my wit’s end as I read your letter columns and find that persons are still treating with VAT as responsible for the increase in the price of some basic consumer goods, especially where there is no VAT.

Dear Editor, Ethno-racial voting patterns in Guyana since 1955 have been taken as a given by most observers of the country’s politics.

Dear Editor, I refer to the editorial captioned “A grouse for Mr Naipaul” (07.10.30).

Dear Editor, If I had a dollar for every time one of Satyadeow Sawh’s ‘killers’ was murdered I would have raked in more than the Government did in VAT revenue.

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The simmering civil unrest that now seems to be part of the prevalent pattern of public protest against perceived mismanagement of public safety and public utilities erupted into an ugly showdown in Ruimveldt in mid-October.

Dear Editor, Your editorial of Wednesday, October 24, captioned “Ashes of the past” was a cheap attack on Mrs Jagan and can only be described as unfair, unjust, unkind and unwarranted.