Opinion

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The recently released UN-HABITAT publication – Enhancing Urban Safety and Security: Global Report on Human Settlements 2007 – should remind governments around the world of some inconvenient truths which they already know but would like to ignore.

As part of its continued efforts to have all eligible cricketers in Georgetown partake in the game if they so desire, the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) in collaboration with Steve’s Jewellery World launched its Over-40 cricket competition at the Demerara Cricket Club pavilion on Tuesday.

Dear Editor, Thank you for affording me the opportunity to respond to a letter from Martin Cheong captioned “What criteria are used to determine the size of Amerindian grants?”

Dear Editor, It is with a heavy heart that I write these few lines.

Dear Editor, I feel persuaded to write to say thank you to Mr Deryck Bernard for shedding further light on the facts surrounding the tabling of a Freedom of Information Bill by the PNCR.

Dear Editor, In Miranda La Rose’s article headlined, “PNCR levels 11 misconduct charges against Mc Allister” (SN 07-10-02) it was stated that “The final charge was that at a meeting held at the party’s regional office in Region Three (West Demerara/Essequibo Islands) on August 14 where Corbin along with ‘Officers of that Region’ and party functionaries met to discuss the proposed house-to-house registration, McAllister ‘refused to stand for the recital of the party’s prayer and the National Pledge; remaining seated while others stood; thus displaying disrespect’ for the prayer, pledge, and Corbin.”

Dear Editor, I would like to express my dissatisfaction with the relevant authorities who are responsible for an unauthorized furniture manufacturer that is operating at Lusignan West, East Coast Demerara.

Dear Editor, I just read Mr Corbin’s letter captioned “I have never discussed with President Jagdeo the issue of a third term” (07.10.09).

Dear Editor, Your editorial ‘Youth clubs’ of Thursday Oct. 4 2007, was timely and welcome.

Dear Editor, I thought Ms. Naicelis Williams’ letter captioned “Women are regularly subjected to vulgar remarks and obscene suggestions” (07.10.07)was fairly straightforward and understood it to be about the negative effects men’s sexual comments have on the women in our country.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter by Mr Daniel Fraser, Regional Information Officer of Region 8 captioned “This road has existed for decades” (07.10.10).

Dear Editor, President’s College has been without a stable water supply for two months because of a well failure and nothing was done to rectify this gruelling situation, although the Ministry of Education was fully aware of the dilemma.

Dear Editor, I am in Trinidad to conduct tracking polls relating to the country’s November 5 general elections.

Dear Editor, Reading Oppenheimer’s Latin View column in the Stabroek News of October 5 made me stop to think.

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr Michael Lester Hackett’s letter captioned “Although religion and violence often occur together the former is not the real cause of the latter,” (07.10.09).

Dear Editor, On behalf of all Essequibians I congratulate His Excellency President Bharrat Jagdeo for taking the bold step of going to the UN tribunal on the law of the Sea to resolve the Guyana – Suriname border dispute.

Dear Editor, I recently noticed a promotion for the music festival organized by GT Entertainment which will include Buju Banton as one of several entertainers, though I use this term lightly.

It took British High Commissioner Mr Fraser Wheeler only a year after arriving here to discover that “Guyana has a lot of strategies” for dealing with its intractable security situation.

Dear Editor, After reading the article headlined ” Annai School students had food problem on one day” (SN 6.10.07), I feel it would be remiss of me if I did not comment on the statement by Regional Chairman Lucas that “Kissoon (a contractor) does not have access to a telephone”.