Opinion

Dear Editor, Of all the ideas put forward for trying to avoid a repeat of the terrible accident on the Linden highway, the one that appeals to me the most is that “the drivers of vehicles that break down on the highway definitely ought to get a message to patrol officers who would then respond and protect the area until assistance is received to remove the vehicle ……..”

Dear Editor, I would have thought that the newspapers would be screaming with releases such as ” Sparta Global Enterprises to add ten news buses to their fleet”, ” Countrywide protest to be held calling for safer and cheaper means of public transport”.

Dear Editor, I express profound condolences to the bereaved families, relatives, and friends and to the entire community of Linden, for the unfathomable loss of life as a result of that dreadful accident of October 10.

Dear Editor, Two recent letter-writers referred to the implementation of a dress code to the Post Office.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter of Mr Creighton captioned “Several members of the university staff have spoken to the media on various issues” (07.10.16) in which he imputes ulterior motives to the Kaieteur News in the paper’s relationship with me because he had a conversation with the editor of KN about sending a letter and I came to know about that fact.

Dear Editor, Mr. Eric Phillips sees what he calls a quiet holocaust in Guyana .

Dear Editor, I write with reference to the recent insufficiency, or substandard quality of water provided to the students of President’s College and the ensuing developments, highlighted in your article dated Monday, October 15, 2007 captioned “Kitchen Manager at PC fired.”

Dear Editor, Unlike in Guyana when only two polling organizations conducted polls for that country’s elections last year, there are five polling organizations conducting polls in Trinidad.

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With the Commonwealth having come to Guyana this week, it is perhaps a good time to reflect on the situation in Zimbabwe, which withdrew from the Commonwealth in December 2003.

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Dear Editor, I have been authorized by Mr. Clive Lloyd to issue this statement on his behalf: ‘I wish to refer to the Stabroek News article captioned “Politics could deny Windies a team director” which appeared in the Tuesday, October 6 issue of your newspaper and which was written by Mr.

Dear Editor, Ms Caroline Anstey, the World Bank Country Director for the Caribbean is quoted as saying “The consequences of Climate Change in the Caribbean nations like Guyana will impose a heavy burden on the economies of the region, in particular on the poor.”

Dear Editor, Deputy Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, was reported to have said, “Barbados has set a target that by 2025, 40% of its energy use will be renewable.

Dear Editor, The recent protest action by students of my alma mater, President’s College, was the culmination of what I consider to be the emergent neglect of the institution by the relevant authorities- a realization I struggle to accept given my splendid years at the college.

Dear Editor, You published my letter not so long ago on the horrific road accidents that are currently plaguing Guyana.

Dear Editor, Several residents of Region No. 2 which stretches from Pomeroon to Supenaam join with me to commend police ranks there for having done an excellent job in apprehending an organized criminal gang in the district.

Dear Editor, It has been reported in the local press (Lead testing of toys still to be done.

Dear Editor, Ms Niacelis Williams’s mention of ”Guyana’s menfolk’ and their unacceptable behaviour towards women’ together with ‘we in the Caribbean bear the legacy of being commodified, negated, dehumanized by the colonizer, but we carry scars that go much deeper: the scars of self-contempt’ needs to be clearly looked at before one can truly understand which menfolk/women she is actually talking about.

Dear Editor, I am a member of the special constabulary and a single parent.