Opinion

On the human level, there is a lot of sympathy for Hugo Chávez in his battle against an unspecified cancer in a Cuban hospital.

Dear Editor, Like David Dabydeen, I have my own writing to do and this issue of the Caribbean Press is proving tedious, particularly in the willingness of certain players to either remain silent in what is a clear cut issue, or to bend over backward to accommodate the most absurdly facile rationalisations. 

Dear Editor, I am unsure of precisely where to begin in addressing Dr David Dabydeen’s letter, but I shall try my level best (‘Minister Anthony paid the printing and shipping costs of his daughter’s book’ SN, January 15).

Dear Editor, The recurring incidences of overtopping along the sea and river defences, the recent reports of scarcity of irrigation water, and the historical approach of discharging excess fresh water into our rivers and the Atlantic Ocean prompted me to write this letter.

Dear Editor, Within recent times there have been encouraging signs, albeit fleeting, that the government is changing their ways in dealing with the governing of our country.

Dear Editor, I admit that I am an enthusiast when it comes to American football.

Dear Editor, As you travel around Guyana and share views with persons of every walk of life, social class, religious persuasion, ethnic affinity and age, you hear expressed concerns about the opposition, and more specifically, the APNU leadership, that they are not doing enough.

Dear Editor, A letter by W P George in the SN under the caption, ‘GPL should not be placing more burden on the hard-pressed consumers’ instantly brought back thoughts of the Linden electricity increase protest and made me wonder aloud: what if we (Linden/Region 10) were tied in to the insidious and oppressive national grid (GPL)?

Dear Editor, The straw men have been dragged out for flogging and every girl in town is projecting her own anxieties and opinions or fantasies onto the exchange we have had about dress and rape.

 Dear Editor, Firstly I wish to extend my gratitude to you, for publishing my letter in your Wednesday, January 9 edition (‘There is no excuse for the violence committed against our women’).

A very serious allegation has been made that, if true, points to a major deficiency in a sector that should be serving/protecting our young and vulnerable.

Dear Editor, A short comment regarding your article about the Chinese forest products developer Bai Shan Lin and their proposed five square kilometre site at Providence East Coast Demerara: For the benefit of the public, all land between Lamaha Street and Mandela Avenue and from High Street to Vlissengen Road measures approximately five square kilometres.

Dear Editor, We have noted, with equal measures of interest and dismay, an ongoing debate in the letter columns and have come to the conclusion that there is a lot of confusion when it comes to human beings and rape.

Dear Editor, I would like to highlight the plight we the residents of Sea-view, Cornelia Ida, West Coast, Demerara have been suffering for about 20 years.

Dear Editor, Even as Mr Abu Bakr in his letter (‘The argument in the discussion on rape has been deformed’ SN, January 14) concedes that Swami Aksharananda “was quite correct in insisting that lawless  clothes are not the cause of rape”, he immediately returns to the idea that places rape within the context of “scanty wear” which causes men to become “desensitized” to “flashes of raw flesh.”

Dear Editor, Ruel Johnson’s letters in Stabroek News on January 5 (‘Is the publication of Ashley Anthony’s work by the Caribbean Press completely kosher?’)

Dear Editor, I have grown up hearing that Georgetown was the garden city, but as I aged I wondered about the truth of that statement.