Opinion

It is certainly not unknown for the nerve centre of official communications in this country to disseminate bizarre statements, but the one which filtered into the inboxes of unsuspecting media houses on Tuesday was exceptional even by Gina’s none too balanced standards.

Dear Editor Apparently there is still some confusion regarding the situation of the Ramroop radio licence and a letter from Harry Gill in yesterday’s KN newspaper confirms my suspicion that there are still some misconceptions, despite my recent letter stating that among equals Ramroop is the first in line.

Dear Editor, In an SN letter of Dec 11, joint venture consultants CEMCO and SRKN’gineering expressed the view that the report on our observations regarding sub-standard work being performed at the Hope Canal Project which was published in SN on December 4 should have been dealt with discreetly among the engineering fraternity and the competent authority (NDIA) since as a result of our indiscretion and unethical discourse as claimed, they have had to address the inaccuracies as were detailed in our missive.

Dear Editor, In my article ‘The PPP and the challenges ahead,’ which was recently published in SN, I regretfully made an omission which I should like to correct.

Dear Editor, Mr Sultan  Mohammed published a letter in the Stabroek News on December 12, apparently taking on Dr Clive Thomas’s analysis of the sugar industry.

Dear Editor, The news was neither a shock nor a surprise, just another in the series of disappointments that we have grown accustomed to.

Dear Editor, It is very sad and distressing to read about the plight of a mother in Enmore, who was turned away after two days of pointless waiting to see the doctor at the Enmore Clinic (SN, December 13).

Dear Editor, I thought those large power squibs were banned. It seems to me that our authorities have a style of flaring up like an old stove whenever, and not sticking diligently to a position – like loud music in vehicles, and a truckload of other traffic violations.

Dear Editor, As we commemorated another death anniversary of our late National Poet Martin Carter on December 13, I was reminded that his poetry should be taught in our schools.

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Dear Editor, The late Pandit Arjun Doobay of the East Coast was remembered last week at a special ceremony in Richmond Hill on the occasion of his 10th death anniversary.

The apparent suicide of a nurse in London, a few days after she had been hoaxed by Australian radio DJs who pretended to be members of the royal family, has highlighted the difficulty of effectively regulating the media in a digital age.

Dear Editor, I write in relation to the article ‘Gov’t says “under threat“ – seeks international support‘ (Stabroek News, December 12).

Dear Editor, Red Thread is very disturbed about the condition of the Princes Street canal which is filled with garbage. 

Dear Editor, The recent statements from Mr Ralph Ramkarran and rebuttals of his position by Freedom House in the Chronicle and SN, show how far from President Cheddi’s political ideals the leaders of the PPP have come; Jagan would have been shocked at the divisions and acrimony infesting the party he so assiduously built from scratch in 1950.The

Dear Editor, In what has to be deemed the biggest political joke of the year in Guyana, the Donald Ramotar regime issued a statement appealing to regional and international bodies for support, saying Guyana is “under threat” as a result of the opposition’s parliamentary control.

In a letter by Clairmont Lye captioned ‘NGOs and decent citizens should add their voices to a call for penal reform’ which appeared in our edition yesterday, the sentence “Over the following years several revolts by prisoners indicated that conditions had improved,” should have read: “Over the following years several revolts by prisoners indicated that conditions had not improved.”

Dear Editor, An ongoing noise nuisance emanating from a hotel and bar affects me and many others in Charity, Region 2, just under the nose of the police station there.

Dear Editor, With reference to your editorial ‘Saving Mr Rohee’ (October 23, 2012), Mr Clement Rohee should not be singled out and castigated for dereliction of duty, incompetence and so on.

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