Letters to the Editor

Verbal abuse against women has become too prevalent

Dear Editor, Five women have found precious time recently to pen their views and disgust, to varying degrees, on verbal abuse against women: Naicelis Williams ‘Women are regularly subjected to vulgar remarks and obscene suggestions’ (Stab News 07.10.07), Sharmillah (Penny) Narine ‘I don’t mind cat calls from men’ (Stab.

Guyanese overseas have a legitimate right to ask questions about local matters

Dear Editor, A few years ago, when my friend and colleague Walter Jordan, sought to berate us out here to “come back and put our shoulders to the wheel” instead of commenting on issues from here, I responded pointing out that a small group of five of us had then ‘shouldered’ more than 250 collective years in developing and being developed in Guyana, as against less than 50 collective years ‘over here’.

Buju Banton has moved on since Boom Bye Bye

Dear Editor, After hearing the concerns being raised about Buju Banton by SASOD Guyana, I felt compelled to reach out directly to the Guyanese community to bring an alternate perspective and help clear up the negative propaganda being circulated about a very important artist.

Unlit parked trucks on the highway are a major hazard

Dear Editor, Of all the ideas put forward for trying to avoid a repeat of the terrible accident on the Linden highway, the one that appeals to me the most is that “the drivers of vehicles that break down on the highway definitely ought to get a message to patrol officers who would then respond and protect the area until assistance is received to remove the vehicle ……..”

The time has come to boycott the minibuses

Dear Editor, I would have thought that the newspapers would be screaming with releases such as ” Sparta Global Enterprises to add ten news buses to their fleet”, ” Countrywide protest to be held calling for safer and cheaper means of public transport”.

I was told quite openly about Mr Creighton’s letter

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter of Mr Creighton captioned “Several members of the university staff have spoken to the media on various issues” (07.10.16) in which he imputes ulterior motives to the Kaieteur News in the paper’s relationship with me because he had a conversation with the editor of KN about sending a letter and I came to know about that fact.

Sport Letter

Dear Editor, I have been authorized by Mr. Clive Lloyd to issue this statement on his behalf: ‘I wish to refer to the Stabroek News article captioned “Politics could deny Windies a team director” which appeared in the Tuesday, October 6 issue of your newspaper and which was written by Mr.

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