Opinion
Should it not be the state’s responsibility to repatriate the body of a patient from Brazil when the state sent them there for treatment?
Dear Editor, I sometimes wonder if anyone cares about people who are less fortunate than us.
Traditional publishers pay authors for their work
Dear Editor, The use of the Caribbean Press imprint for the publication of the book of Minister Frank Anthony’s daughter – a paid publication – raises many issues and Mr Ruel Johnson is quite correct to bring this matter to the public’s notice.
GPL shows no respect for consumers in the Upper Corentyne
Dear Editor, I am amazed at the disrespect, and uncaring attitude of GPL towards the residents of Berbice, especially the Upper Corentyne.
Theatre
New Essequibo ferry boats are punctual and clean
Dear Editor, I recently travelled with one of the two new ferries that currently ply the waters of the Parika to Good Hope route.
Shared government will create gridlock
Dear Editor, Writing in the SN of January15 under the title ‘Ramkarran did not acknowledge African feelings of disenfranchisement’ Dr David Hinds suggests: “I make bold to say that just as the PPP’s behaviour in office has been heavily influenced by the perception and reality of its treatment at the hands of the PNC in office, that the PNC’s behaviour in office was also largely grounded in similar fears, perceived and real, arising from the PPP’s 1957-64 tenure.
Berbice teachers paid late
Dear Editor, For the second consecutive month, teachers in Berbice will be paid late.
The truth about torture
In 2006, the year before he died, Arthur Schlesinger Jr was asked what he thought of President Bush’s policy on torture.
Real bargain
Lin Logging company
Newly appointed teachers have been paid
Dear Editor, Reference is made to your letter dated January 7, 2013, seeking a comment in relation to a letter to the editor published in Stabroek News on January 3 and captioned ‘Newly appointed teachers not paid after five months.’
‘What you want the nation to be you should first put in your schools’
Dear Editor, I am certain that many Guyanese are familiar with the saying: ‘Train up a child in the way he should grow, so that when he grows old, he shall not depart from it.’
John Bart is well deserving of praise
Dear Editor, It is always a pity when a good Guyanese dies.
Jury still out
Dear Editor, The jury will still be out when it comes to deciding whether capital punishment should be taken off our statute books.
The turning of the sod and burial of the coins at the Parade Ground in 2000 represented a pledge made to the spirit of the ancestors
Dear Editor, In life it is always in our interest to have a game plan for the purpose of giving structure to our thoughts.
Democracy in Venezuela
On the human level, there is a lot of sympathy for Hugo Chávez in his battle against an unspecified cancer in a Cuban hospital.
What is the function of the Caribbean Press Board in selecting works?
Dear Editor, Like David Dabydeen, I have my own writing to do and this issue of the Caribbean Press is proving tedious, particularly in the willingness of certain players to either remain silent in what is a clear cut issue, or to bend over backward to accommodate the most absurdly facile rationalisations.
Chinese law
No policy document governing the functioning of the Caribbean Press has been released
Dear Editor, I am unsure of precisely where to begin in addressing Dr David Dabydeen’s letter, but I shall try my level best (‘Minister Anthony paid the printing and shipping costs of his daughter’s book’ SN, January 15).
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