Opinion

Dear Editor, I must say that I am very flattered that Mr Abu Bakr was prompted to complain that “..a

Dear Editor,           A healthy and vibrant sporting environment has the potential to breed a successful and proactive society.

Dear Editor, I was recently driving through McDoom, East Bank, delivering supplies of dog food donated by my Guardian Angel from Toronto, Ian Tenneesee.

The week before last former President Bharrat Jagdeo opened a little window onto the nature of the negotiations his government had been pursuing to resolve the boundary controversy with Venezuela.

Dear Editor, Is it the end for West Indies cricket? It could very well be, if W.I.

Dear Editor, I commend the GWI, and its Customer Service Manager, Mrs.

Dear Editor, The rice industry in Guyana plays a vital role in the country which contributes greatly to the GDP.

Dear Editor, The celebration of Diwali as the “victory of good over evil” refers to the light of higher knowledge dispelling all ignorance, the ignorance that masks one’s true nature.

Dear Editor, As far as the issue of corporal punishment goes, I support the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) position on corporal punishment.

Dear Editor, Ever since the hefty salary increases for the ministers of the present government who have spent less than five months in office there has been an outcry of foul amongst the grassroots citizens of this country.

One way to gauge the enormity of China’s one-child-per-family policy — which is now being terminated after more than 35 years — is to consider the aftermath of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.

Dear Editor, I write with a feeling of total disgust at the spiralling crime rate and more so the way bandits have been violently desecrating our women folk, it would appear that when bandits enter a house their intention is not just to rob people of what was hard earned but to violate and disgrace their victims.

Dear Editor, There can be no doubt that sooner or later the courts of Guyana will be called upon to determine the entitlement of former Presidents of Guyana to immunity from civil or criminal process.

Dear Editor, Our children are our most precious assets. They are the future leaders of our country.

Dear Editor, More than three years ago I received a mail from the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) stating that they will improve my experience as a customer and give me the benefit of monitoring my power usage and avoid disconnection by transitioning all post-paid meters to pre-paid meters.

Dear Editor,   Dr Baytoram Ramharack, by any definition an “Indian Intellectual” (interesting book on Balram Singh Rai as pro-Indian militant), has written a letter which you published in your edition of October 28, “bemoaning,” and the word is chosen for its connotations, his perceived absence of Indo-Guyanese intellectuals pushing a racial agenda and doing so to national applause.

Dear Editor,   It is indeed difficult at this juncture of uncertainty across ranks, generations and other divisions, not to share their expressed perplexity about job values, more particularly in what is described as the Guyana Public Sector.

Dear Editor,   I refer to a letter by His Holiness Swami Aksharanandaji   as published in your newspaper and wish to thank him for bringing clarity to the question of the date which is in consonance with a previous letter by Pandit Balbadar for observance of Deepavali in Guyana this year which he has established to be the 10th of Novemberr as appropriate for Maha Lakshmi Puja and of course the traditional lighting of diyas.