Opinion

Last Thursday, Reuters issued a report headlined ‘Guyana oil exploration stirs up Venezuela border dispute.’ 

Dear Editor, I would like to respond to the article in last week‘s Sunday Stabroek dated June 3, 2012, on page 19, under the caption ‘Regional Chairman breaks ranks with support for Bartica IMC.’

Dear Editor, I am a teacher at a Corentyne primary school (name given) and it is with much disappointment and pain that I am bringing this letter to your attention.

Dear Editor, It was with genuine relief that one learnt that certain derogatory remarks attributed to a former Minister of Human Services and Social Security to her new constituency of long-serving (and suffering) teachers were misreported.

Dear Editor, There was a story carried on Fox News (June 6) that really caught my attention.

Dear Editor, Any medium, print or otherwise, which exposes malfeasance, particularly that which impacts on the public purse, must be commended and supported.

George Orwell famously described sport as “war minus the shooting,“ since it activated passions that pandered to the baser forms of nationalism, racism and xenophobia.

Dear Editor, Too many wrongs have become entrenched in this country.

Dear Editor, Two mothers and two babies sleeping on one bed measuring 6ft 3″ x 3ft 2″ – isn’t this truly unacceptable?

Dear Editor, I did a check of my internet connection a few nights ago and found some shocking numbers.

Dear Editor, It has been with great concern that I have noticed the increase in the number of attacks on women and men accused of infidelity, more often than not resulting in the death of one or both partners.

Dear Editor, Some people talk all kinds of things simply because it’s so easy for them to do so, and they have a means by which they can.

Some of us might have noted the delicious irony of Guyana-born Colleen Harris, former press secretary to Queen Elizabeth II’s son, Prince Charles, being invited by the BBC World Service, on the occasion of the monarch’s Diamond Jubilee Thanksgiving Service on Tuesday, to provide insights into that most hallowed of British institutions, the Royal Family.

Dear Editor, There is a cattle nuisance at Britannia Village, Seafield/Tempe, West Berbice, Region 5.

Dear Editor, In the past weeks there has been a renaissance in terms of discussions on economic growth involving prominent personalities at the highest levels of office in the region.

Dear Editor, Since May 24, 2012, a letter explaining my predicament in relation to an infestation in vegetable crops was published in this newspaper under the caption ‘Mystery soil disease unidentified by Agriculture ministry destroying plants in Region 2 farm.’

Dear Editor, The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) is encouraged that persons are interested in its choice of leader.

Dear Editor, It was revealed in the local press with a lot of fanfare that the ambassadors/high commissioners of Canada, United States, the EU and UK were on a clean-up campaign in the city.