Opinion

Last week David Frum, senior editor at the Atlantic Monthly, political columnist, and former White House speechwriter, accused the New York Times of using staged photographs to illustrate a news report from Gaza.

Dear Editor,   The Caribbean Voice, through its social activism program, Arise, has been advocating a number of measures that are low cost or no cost, easy to implement and that could be significant in helping to tackle the suicide epidemic sweeping Guyana.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the letter which appeared in the Stabroek News on Thursday, July 10, 2014 under the caption ‘NIS Increases should be given to all pensioners not just those in receipt of the minimum pension.’

Dear Editor, Among other things, I have been writing about the crazy, nonsensical and misleading road signs in Berbice with the hope that the responsible authorities would take the necessary corrective action.

Dear Editor, Quite a lot is being written and said about the PNCR Congress held over the last weekend.

Dear Editor, I was pleased to see the article captioned ‘Buxton: Holding fast to its roots and boasting striking historical features’ by Alex Wayne, together with the accompanying photographs, in the Guyana Chronicle of July 26, 2014 (http://guyanachronicle.

Dear Editor, Are Guyanese beyond race? Heading, in historical terms, to a ‘post-racial’ dougla paradise?

Dear Editor, Decency has died. It had been dying for a long time but had not before been so comprehensively dispatched to oblivion as at the present time.

Dear Editor, We, at ECHO, speak for the environment; no one else.

Dear Editor, The situation at the Mayor and City Council, has further deteriorated and the duly elected Mayor and Councillors of Georgetown despite what the public rightly expects, are in no position to assist or intervene in any municipal matter affecting the city.

Dear Editor,   In July of 2012 Dr David Dabydeen announced that of the upcoming books to be released for 2013 by the state-funded, ministry-controlled Caribbean Press, one would be a book by the younger daughter of the Minister Dr Frank Anthony.

It should come as no surprise that our bureaucrats cannot execute complicated projects in accordance with the rules, when they do not even know how to apply the appropriate procedures in the case of simple matters.

Dear Editor,   I quietly withdrew from Guyanese politics and from active Guyanese public service more than 30 years ago.

Dear Editor, The Conservancy Adaptation Project (CAP) Report with respect to the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) has been completed and selectively released, but the government has considered its content confidential and despite requests it has failed to make the document public.

Dear Editor, Please permit me to follow up on my earlier letter which you so kindly published in your July 23 edition.

Dear Editor, With regard to the report which appeared in the Kaieteur News edition of July 20, about the windfarm project, I was surprised to read that “The EPA has determined that the Guyana Windfarm Inc…project… is not required to submit an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).”

Dear Editor, I refer to two letters in yesterday’s KN newspaper, one of which was written by Suresh Ganesh captioned ‘Ansa McAl is dodging the issue.’

Dear Editor,   I have been a member of the People’s National Congress Reform for the past twenty-two years and I can say without fear of contradiction that the last two congresses of 2012 and 2014 were the most vulgar and despicable events in the party’s fifty-seven year history.