Opinion

Our July 19, 2013 editorial (Trying to understand ‘convergence’) had attempted to make sense of Trinidad and Tobago Foreign Minister Winston Dookeran’s “New Caribbean Convergence Model,” as set forth in the inaugural issue of the Caribbean Journal of International Relations and Diplomacy, which advocated widening the scope of Caricom, through alliances with the wider Caribbean, in pursuit of production integration and “building competitive industries globally.”

Dear Editor, Walter Rodney is not dead. He has risen. He has a new name and body.

Dear Editor, I must thank Mr Basir for reporting such good news about education at the Essequibo Technical Institute (‘Essequibo Technical Institute is training more than three hundred students,’ SN, Sept 9).

Dear Editor, Kindly allow me a space in your newspaper to bring to the attention of the authorities the plight some of the residents of the Good Hope New Scheme are experiencing.

 Dear Editor, As elsewhere perceptions ought not to be ignored, as human history is replete with the consequences.

Dear Editor, Prompt decisive police work would solve many a seemingly unsolvable crime.

Dear Editor, The rationing of electricity by Mahdia Power and Light (MPL) is causing lots of discomfort and suffering for the residents here.

Dear Editor, The quality of political leadership being delivered to this society from some quarters has to stop and the people are called to take action.

Dear Editor, A friend sent me the the Stabroek News of August 22, 2013 which had an ample report of the Buxton event  of August 20 in which so many large-hearted citizens and organisations said whatever  good they could find to say in my favour.

In the aftermath of the bloody February 23, 2002, prison break this country was caught in the throes of a crime spree that had up to that point been unprecedented.

Dear Editor, In a letter to Stabroek News, Thursday, July 4, captioned ‘The judging of an art competition should be based solely on merit,’Jorge Bowenforbes (aka George Bowen) wrongly attributed to me statements that represented the opinions of the five-member panel of judges involved with the National Art Competition held in December 2012.

Dear Editor, While it is known Linden is somewhat on higher ground than Georgetown and many other places within Guyana, it is still subject to flooding from time to time when it rains heavily.

Dear Editor, We the members of the Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO) would like to respond to a letter authored by Cobeer Persaud and published in the September 6 edition of the Kaieteur News.

Dear Editor, In all my efforts to get a birth certificate, I still have not succeeded, and it now seems that at age 65, a death certificate would be the only document to be issued concerning me in my lifetime.

Dear Editor, It is with great frustration that I pen this letter to draw the attention of the relevant authorities about the urgent need for the replacement of street lamps in my community.

Dear Editor, We wish to highlight a disturbing situation in our neighbourhood (Angoy’s Avenue) that has been continuing for a number of years.

Dear Editor, Up until I read his statement about the opposition running the risk of becoming obsolete, I had a high regard for Mr Ramesh Dookhoo and considered him a friend, but alas it is amazing how people can change for a variety of reasons.