Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Narcotics detective Jirbahan Dianand is executed and there is a heavy, telltale silence. 

Dear Editor, I observed recently a series of articles in the Guyana Times regarding the purported new constitution of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and quotes from Mr Clive Lloyd regarding same as reported by Mr Rajiv Bisnauth.

Dear Editor, A few years ago, Bishop Juan Edgill, then Chairman  of the Ethnic Relations Commission, held a one-day workshop on solving conflicts in communities.

Dear Editor, I have been following the exchange of letters between two Guyanese – Wesley Kirton and Vishnu Bisram – on the issue of the legality of the Government of Guyana from 1968 to 1992.

Dear Editor, In May 2001, a joint committee, co-chaired by Deryck Bernard and  Gail Teixeira, sat down to begin deliberations on several specific issues identified by the then President of Guyana and the Leader of the Opposition, namely,  (i) putting an end to the state monopoly on radio broadcasts; (ii) proposing a formula to set up non-partisan boards for the Guyana Chronicle, GTV (now NCN) and the National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU); and (iii) outlining provisions for broadcast legislation.  

Dear Editor, Amidst the swirl of anger, disgust, and defensiveness surrounding the presidential benefits package, I share a handful of simple thoughts.

Dear  Editor, I commend the placing of ‘litter policemen’ around the city, especially at the horrendous sites that are truly unbelievable in our once beautiful city.

Dear Editor, The Cabinet’s decision in Guyana to procure pirated textbooks for public schools is an indisputably illegal act.

Dear Editor, Dr Roger Luncehon and Education Minister, Ms Manickchand, have confirmed the widespread assumption that the ‘rule of law’ has broken down and, more precisely, does not exist in Guyana.

Dear Editor, I am not aligned to a political party but I am a nationalist, and I express my opinions on matters which affect the masses.

Dear Editor, This is my final call for immediate action. For a number of years I have being calling for the Charity Police Station to be properly secured.

Dear Editor. I deliberately held off writing on the issues being raised in this letter due to my sense of political responsibility and my desire to be objective and fair in my criticisms of the political and social forces in the society.

Dear Editor, The recent letter by Romel Roopnarine in which he defends the presidential package of Mr Jagdeo, former president of Guyana, is so ridiculous and riddled with holes, that one cannot help but laugh and cry at the same time – laugh at his comparisons with US presidential retirement packages which make no sense at all, and cry because Mr Roopnarine is supposed to be an upcoming ‘leader’ in the PPP and yet can hold an opinion which is so flawed, one wonders what real future this country really has.

Dear Editor, I agree with Dr Joey Jagan that ‘President Barack Obama will win in November’ (SN, Sep 12) but for different reasons than those he offered (although I don’t disagree with his reasons). 

Dear Editor, A few years ago, when I started off in the tenuous business of editorial consultancy, one of my flagship medium term projects was the production of a specific type of textbook intended for secondary schools across the Caribbean. 

Dear Editor, I have had cause in the past to observe that Mr Frederick Kissoon in his numerous public utterances gets away with multiple forms of offence to others, misrepresentations, and false and inaccurate statements. 

Dear Editor, The public is hereby advised that Shaquille Grant of Agricola, East Bank Demerara, who was shot and killed by member of the Guyana Police Force on September 11, 2012, was not a member of the ‘A’ Division Community Policing Group, as was stated in Stabroek News on September 12, 2012.

Dear Editor, I often wonder how Dr Roger Luncheon deals with his conscience when in his quiet moments he recalls all the untruths and half truths that he spews out in defence of a government whose only use for him is to put him out there in the line of fire to try to confuse citizens with empty words while ministers of the government and other government officials shelter in the safety of their offices.

Dear Editor, I refer to Thomas Hobbes’ thesis of a Hobbesian state.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force is responding to articles published in the Kaieteur News, Stabroek News and Guyana Chronicle on Wednesday September 12, 2012, in relation to the arrest of three men and the recovery of stolen articles following an operation mounted during investigations by the police into recent reports of piracy in the Pomeroon area.