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• Left to the government propaganda machine the public would never have been aware of torture

  By Stabroek staff | Monday, November 16, 2009 | 5 Comments

  
  

  Dear Editor,
  I have always had the highest respect and regard for the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr Frank Anthony and hope he is …

• Government has filed for a High Court injunction over the blocking of the drainage canal opposite the harbour bridge

  By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 15, 2009 | 3 Comments

  
  

  Dear Editor,
  The Ministry of Local Government takes issue with letters written by Mr Mohamed Ally as published in Stabroek News of October 30 (I strongly …

• Dr Chand’s treatment of torture victim leaves a lot to be desired

  By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 15, 2009 | 24 Comments

  
  

  Dear Editor,
  Though I hold no brief for the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA), Dr Mahendra Chand’s letter published in the Stabroek News yesterday leaves me …

• Does ‘El Chapo’ have an equivalent in Guyana?

  By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 15, 2009 | 6 Comments

  
  

  Dear Editor,
  A man named Jaoquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman Loera is all over the news again.  His name has appeared in AP, CNN, and Forbes Magazine.  …

• There is an expanding mud flat outside the Vreed-en-Hoop ferry stelling

  By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 15, 2009 | 15 Comments

  
  

  Dear Editor,
  It is always a pleasure to encounter on the telephone or in person a public official who responds to your enquiries in courteous, informative …

• Early Xmas present to Berbicians from GPL

  By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 15, 2009 | 20 Comments

  
  

  Dear Editor,
  I am not a person who only highlights the negatives and things that go wrong. Though the negatives and ‘bad’ things outweigh the good, …

• Allegations about ‘callous indifference’ to tortured teen completely spurious

  By Stabroek staff | Saturday, November 14, 2009 | 35 Comments

  
  

  Dear Editor,
  I am a Government Medical Officer designated as the Police Surgeon in the Guyana Police Force. My job is to determine the fitness of …

• Did the producers of the local stage version of Baghban seek copyright clearance?

  By Stabroek staff | Saturday, November 14, 2009 | 4 Comments

  
  

  Dear Editor,
  At one time in the modern world, the radio was the most popular and advanced form of communication. Whole communities would gather around a …

• By what authority can President Jagdeo order all taxis to have one colour?

  By Stabroek staff | Saturday, November 14, 2009 | 40 Comments

  
  

  Dear Editor,
  After the last United Nations General Assembly the President of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo, walked out into the brilliant sunshine of New York and marvelled …

• Dust pollution from a rice mill plagues residential area of Mahaica

  By Stabroek staff | Saturday, November 14, 2009 | 4 Comments

  
  

  Dear Editor,
  One decade and two years have passed since residents have been complaining about a rice miller in Mahaica. The season comes and goes year …

• The general rate collected by the city council should not be confused with the property tax

  By Stabroek staff | Saturday, November 14, 2009 | 0 Comments

  
  

  Dear Editor,
  Appearing on the front page of the Saturday edition of Kaieteur News of October 31, 2009 and just below that horrendous photograph of human …

• There needs to be foreign monitoring of preserved rainforest to prevent narco-traffickers taking advantage of a poorly policed hinterland

  By Stabroek staff | Saturday, November 14, 2009 | 1 Comment

  
  

  Dear Editor,
  Norway signed an agreement with Guyana to essentially preserve its rainforest. There was nothing in the press releases that dealt with a troubling concern …

• The Ministry of Education should investigate the Linden Technical Institute to see if the allegations have substance

  By Stabroek staff | Saturday, November 14, 2009 | 3 Comments

  
  

  Dear Editor,
  Five lecturers from the Linden Technical Institute were not rehired at the start of the new school term on September 2. When I first …

• Lawlessness prevails because perpetrators can get away with crime

  By Stabroek staff | Saturday, November 14, 2009 | 8 Comments

  
  

  Dear Editor,
  I found your editorial ‘Lawlessness’ (11.12.09) both sweeping and unnerving, and indicative of “the highly contagious disease anarchy that has set in” and which …

• Scorch marks and bullet holes provide evidence of the May 2008 attack on the Ministry of Culture

  By Stabroek staff | Friday, November 13, 2009 | 16 Comments

  
  

  Dear Editor,
  It cannot be denied that in May 2008 the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport fell victim to a vicious terrorist attack. The two …

• Stopping torture depends ultimately on public monitoring

  By Stabroek staff | Friday, November 13, 2009 | 2 Comments

  
  

  Dear Editor,
  In a recent discourse (‘Torture and Accountability: where does President Obama go from here?’ (LSE Ideas: 3/11/09), Karen Greenberg (of the ‘Torture Papers’ (2005) …

• The government has the responsibility to allow every citizen access to the state’s resources for his/her development and ensuring it does this requires political activism

  By Stabroek staff | Friday, November 13, 2009 | 34 Comments

  
  

  Dear Editor,
  Response is made to F. Skinner’s letter on African empowerment published in Stabroek News on November 10, 2009, titled ‘Social activism is needed now …

• More consumers of government services will have to express their displeasure before reforms will be implemented

  By Stabroek staff | Friday, November 13, 2009 | 6 Comments

  
  

  Dear Editor,
  In your Thursday, November 12, 2009 edition, Ms Vanita Jaipaul, in a letter to the editor, expressed her displeasure at the service she received …

• The All Star Weekend indeed lost its mojo

  By Stabroek staff | Friday, November 13, 2009 | 0 Comments

  
  

  Dear Editor,
  I refer to a newspaper article dated November 10, 2009 captioned ‘Has the All Star Weekend lost its mojo,’ where a number of issues …

• There should be robust and verifiable accounting for the Norwegian funds

  By Stabroek staff | Friday, November 13, 2009 | 4 Comments

  
  

  Dear Editor,
  Given the record of the PPP government on providing a basic element of the modern economy, ie, a reliable electricity supply, and given what …

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