Opinion

The United States and its allies, both in the West and the Middle East, have good reason to be concerned over the prolonged crisis in Syria. 

Dear Editor, Football in Guyana has scored a classical goal to secure a win for all stakeholders in this beautiful game with the newly elected president, Christopher Matthias.

Dear Editor, I am a criminologist who came to Guyana for 10 days last month to visit friends in the Corentyne area.

Dear Editor, This is in response Khemraj Ramjattan’s letter justifying the AFC’s withdrawal of its motion to cut the Sports and Arts Fund, published in both leading dailies on Saturday, April 27, 2013. 

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr Gonsalves’ letter in SN dated April 28 re the proposed Demerara Harbour Bridge, and state that in recent e-mail correspondence with him I indicated that I made a calculation mistake in my letter.

Dear Editor, The ignorance which prevails concerning  the rice industry of this country is every now and again made manifest by the Minister of Agriculture  and the General Manager of Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), more especially in terms of the pricing of farmers’ paddy.

Dear Editor, CADVA (The Caribbean American Domestic Violence Awareness Group) is Conducting a survey on the attitudes of Caribbeans towards the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community.

Dear Editor,    Not so long ago, I wrote a letter to Guyana’s media, suggesting that President Ramotar reduces his criticisms of opposition parties’ spokespersons, and instead follow the pattern of America’s President Obama and seek to indulge in reach-out exercises to leaders and members of the two major opposition parties.

It is evident from the outcome of the 2013 budget jousting that nothing has changed at many levels of engagement between the government and the opposition since the consideration of the 2012 edition and indeed since the ground-breaking election of November 28, 2011.

Dear Editor, As a former member of the University of Guyana Students’ Society, I would like to address the “borrowing” of the society’s monies by its President, which was highlighted in a report done by an online news agency on April 24.

Dear Editor, Please allow me to use your letter columns to comment on the continued abuse of the state owned National Communications Network (NCN) by the Government of Guyana.

Dear Editor, I have taken the time to peruse your editions from Friday, April 19, to Monday, April 22, 2013, in effort to read what I believe would have been expected coverage of two press releases sent by the Government Information Agency (GINA).

Dear Editor, As an Amerindian living in Lethem for many years, I am appalled at the ruthlessness and eyepass demonstrated to the residents who are indigenous to this area in relation to housing. 

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter in the Stabroek News of April 24, captioned ‘If a new Demerara Bridge cost US$300M to build and 5300 cars use it in a day $31,000 would have to be charged for each vehicle to break even’ written by Malcolm Alli.

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Dear Editor, Simona Broomes and the Guyana Women Miners Association (GWMA) should be commended for their sustained and successful efforts to address the issue of trafficking in persons in Guyana.

A mere matter of weeks after the family of the late President Forbes Burnham had been informed that he was to be given the Order of the Companions of O R Tambo by South Africa, persistent reports began to circulate that the award had been withdrawn. 

Dear Editor, It is hard to believe that GPL’s Chairman Brassington and CEO Bharat Dindyal do not understand the difference between the income statement and electricity rates and capital expenditure and cash flows.