Opinion

Dear Editor, It was shocking to read ‘Ian on Sunday’ in the Stabroek News of 31 December, 2006 in which Dr Ian McDonald espoused the joys of moderate drinking.

Dear Editor, I have read the document on Casino gaming put out by the Roman Catholic Church.

Dear Editor, Mr. Hackett’s letter reports that Taiwan has banned corporal punishment in schools.

Dear Editor, I would like to bring to your attention your front- page observation with photos of out of service public telephones in the Vreed-en-Hoop area (SN 21/11/2006).

Dear Editor, We at City Hall would like to express thanks and appreciation to all those, property-owners, who paid their rates to the City.

Dear Editor, The United Nations voted overwhelmingly for America to lift the trade embargo it had imposed on Cuba since the revolution brought Fidel Castro to power.

Dear Editor, The first paragraph of my friend Mr Suresh Ramkellawan’s letter captioned “I was surprised at the president’s aggressive behaviour” (07.01.01) read “I could not believe I was seeing and hearing right.

Dear Editor, Every now and then one comes across something which proves of invaluable help.

Dear Editor, I am moved to expose the farcical nature of the elections of the Water Users Association for Canals Number One and Two.

Dear Editor, I read with interest in your newspaper the story on the teenager whose baby was stolen and later recovered.

Dear Editor, Pit Bulls are generally feared worldwide. In some countries they are banned for the danger they represent to the average citizen.

Dear Editor, Thursday’s full page paid advertisement in SN (28th December) on the causes of the City’s woes must be seen as the last spin of the mayoral dice – loaded, which way ever you look at it.

Dear Editor, I write as President of the Guyana Association of Private Security Organiza-tions to clarify the concerns of the police expressed in a press release to the media.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Mr. Mohamed Khan’s letter in the Wednesday, December 27, 2006 issue of Kaieteur News, on the topic who will enforce the Rice Factories’ Act.

Dear Editor, I refer to Dennis Wiggins’s letter “Black nationalism did not inspire violence against Indians” (06.11.05).

Dear Editor, I read with interest the seemingly interminable debate on corporal punishment in schools.

Dear Editor, Having read the advertisement in SN d/d 2006/12/28, by the Mayor of Georgetown Mr.

Dear Editor, I could not believe I was seeing and hearing right.