Opinion

Dear Editor, The entertainment body of RED has been revolutionizing entertainment in Guyana.

Dear Editor, I write to commend Pandit Ramdial Balbadar on his relentless efforts in defending the position of Diwali being November 10, 2015 ‒ a position the majority of Hindu organizations and leaders agreed to.

Dear Editor, I’m not a pessimist but a realist. Before the 2015 elections, I enjoyed listening to Sam Cooke’s ‘Change is gonna come.’

Dear Editor, In terms of sensing the vibes, of seeing through and beyond things political in nature, I make bold to say I possess the spiritual vibrations of the mighty Mt Roraima.

On Sunday, the victory of the conservative mayor of Buenos Aires, Mauricio Macri, in Argentina’s presidential run-off election not only ended twelve years of populist rule by the Kirchners – Nestor Kirchner (2003-2007) followed by his widow Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (2007-2015) – but will also have serious implications for the advance of the so-called “pink tide” in Latin America and the geopolitical balance of the region.

Dear Editor, The driver who killed little Jeyden Charles received the light sentence of 58 months.

Dear Editor, I write in support of Clairmont Lye’s recent letter in which he proposed inviting refugees to settle here in Guyana (‘Guyana should accept refugees’ SN, November 15).

Dear Editor, I have just heard of the passing of Ricky Lowe, renowned Guyanese engineer.

Dear Editor, I read with interest an article in the Stabroek News (November 24) that a team from the European Union in Guyana is lobbying the Guyana government to bring to an end to the death penalty.

Dear Editor, There have been a handful of recent media reports of poor police response during the commission of serious crimes.

Dear Editor, The Berbice Campus is a beautiful campus, but there are many ills which have begun to make it unattractive for students.

Dear Editor, It is with horror I read the news about the suicides of several young people in our country.

Dear Editor, I have been following the controversies surrounding the various auspicious dates of Hindu festivals.

Dear Editor, Vishnu Bisram pens in your Nov 24 issue that I have no right to explore the implications of the call by Dr Ramharack for more activism by more Indian intellectuals (‘Bakr speaks only for himself’).

Two days before the world observed International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Melissa Skeete, a young mother of four was brutally stabbed by her partner in his car and then tossed out on a city street.

Dear Editor, I refer to President David Granger dismissing Mr Donald Ramotar’s calls for the army to join the crime fight.

Dear Editor, Electronic voting machines (EVM) are badly needed in Guyana; enough of the old fashioned way of voting with pencils and ink.

Dear Editor, As Professor Opadeyi is about to take his leave as Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana (UG), Professor Nigel Harris, Chancellor of the UG, and Mr Joshua Griffith, President of the UG Students’ Society (UGSS), have publicly expressed their praise of him for his stewardship (‘UG Council approves transformation team’, (Stabroek News, November 16; and ‘Professor Opadeyi improved UG – insists UGSS President’, Kaieteur News, November 23).