Opinion

Help & Shelter does provide a safe house for abused women and their children

Dear Editor, We write to correct the misapprehension that may have been created by the recommendation in GAWL’s statement condemning the recent spate of domestic violence incidents that “a safe house be established forthwith so that women who make the decision to leave their homes will have alternative accommodation for themselves and their children until the law can take its course.”

Colin Campbell had an acute, sensitive ear for human resources issues

Dear Editor, In reacting to Stabroek News’ thoughtful editorial of Friday, August 16, endorsing the recognition of Colin Campbell’s contribution to Bookers Sugar Estates, I must apologise to Ian McDonald for my delinquency in not thanking him for his fine memorial to Colin, who like his elder brother Jock, notwithstanding colonialism, exemplified not only a fine taste for sugar, but also an acute and sensitive ear for the human resources (then personnel) issues of the day.

Joshua Hubbard

Up to last Friday the Ministry of Education was yet to release the findings of its investigation into the death of Joshua Hubbard.

Pantomime politics

Dear Editor, On the stage on which the politics of Guyana is being performed, one would expect at any moment to see the appearance of Habeeb Khan or Jerry Lewis to participate in the pantomime.

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