Opinion

Dear Editor, In response to Mr GHK Lall’s letter to the Editor carried in the Stabroek News on Tuesday, June 14 2016, entitled, `Where have all the ministers gone’,  I am happy to inform readers and Mr Lall that I left Georgetown on Sunday June 12th for an official visit to the Russian Federation.

Dear Editor, Dr Patricia Rodney, widow of Walter Rodney continues to fight for justice in the brutal slaying of her husband 36 years ago.

Dear Editor, I wondered from the day it was completed about the Parliament Garden and why it remains closed to the public.

Dear Editor, In my column last Sunday I mentioned in passing that the best advice any doctor or diet book could give is very simple: “Consume Less, Move More” By coincidence the day after this appeared I read the latest issue of the Cambridge University magazine Cam in which Professor Theresa Marteau, Director of the Behaviour and Health Research Unit at the university, reports their latest findings in health research as follows: “Smoking.

Dear Editor, Recently the Regional Health Authority carried out a few ‘Outreach’ programmes at Brothers’ Village, Angoy’s Avenue and Port Mourant. 

Dear Editor, The revision of the Amerindian Act is critical to addressing Amerindian land rights, according to Minister Allicock.

Dear Editor, The recent massacre in Orlando, Florida has brought to the fore the dangers of hate and intolerance against those who are perceived to be different.

Dear Editor. Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham had the vision of free education from nursery to university, for he recognised that economic growth lies in an educated population.  

Politikles

It is most likely that Dr Kenny Anthony and his St Lucia Labour Party (SLP) went into the campaign for St Lucia’s general elections, held last week, with a perception that there was little to offer the electorate.

Dear Editor, One may excuse politicians like Cameron for making decisions that advance what they perceive to be their interest in acquiring or retaining power.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter published in Stabroek News on February 29, 2016, captioned ‘Noise nuisance from car,’ and wish to inform you that the matter was investigated by the Office of Professional Responsibility, and Ramanand Shivraj was charged for the offence of noise nuisance.

Dear Editor, Sometimes the rush of events makes things and people slip below the radar. 

Dear Editor, I refer to your newspaper report captioned ‘Gutted body of boat collision victim found in Moruca shallow grave’, Sunday Stabroek, June 12, 2016.

Dear Editor, I must commend the Stabroek News for highlighting the plight of the persons living in Region 5 who are affected by flood waters.

Dear Editor I have read your moving editorial in the Stabroek News of June 10 and the other reports in the media about the death of a very great individual. 

Dear Editor Muhammad Ali embraced his celebrity, but it seemed to compel him towards, rather than away from, saying things that challenged the social norms of the time. 

Dear Editor, In a recent letter on West Indian cricket I wondered whether the Antiguan Prime Minister’s decision to dissent from the majority Caricom view on the handling of the WICB may have had something to do with the location of the corporation’s head office in Antigua.

Dear Editor, It has become the norm for government officials in this country to deny factual issues when they are raised, in the hope that some people will believe their denials and if not, at least they can live in the belief that all is well under their watch.

Dear Editor, Earlier this month I was walking through an area in Queens, New York, which is inhabited mostly by Guyanese immigrants and their families.