Opinion

Dear Editor, I thought those large power squibs were banned. It seems to me that our authorities have a style of flaring up like an old stove whenever, and not sticking diligently to a position – like loud music in vehicles, and a truckload of other traffic violations.

Dear Editor, As we commemorated another death anniversary of our late National Poet Martin Carter on December 13, I was reminded that his poetry should be taught in our schools.

Politikles

Dear Editor, The late Pandit Arjun Doobay of the East Coast was remembered last week at a special ceremony in Richmond Hill on the occasion of his 10th death anniversary.

The apparent suicide of a nurse in London, a few days after she had been hoaxed by Australian radio DJs who pretended to be members of the royal family, has highlighted the difficulty of effectively regulating the media in a digital age.

Dear Editor, I write in relation to the article ‘Gov’t says “under threat“ – seeks international support‘ (Stabroek News, December 12).

Dear Editor, Red Thread is very disturbed about the condition of the Princes Street canal which is filled with garbage. 

Dear Editor, The recent statements from Mr Ralph Ramkarran and rebuttals of his position by Freedom House in the Chronicle and SN, show how far from President Cheddi’s political ideals the leaders of the PPP have come; Jagan would have been shocked at the divisions and acrimony infesting the party he so assiduously built from scratch in 1950.The

Dear Editor, In what has to be deemed the biggest political joke of the year in Guyana, the Donald Ramotar regime issued a statement appealing to regional and international bodies for support, saying Guyana is “under threat” as a result of the opposition’s parliamentary control.

In a letter by Clairmont Lye captioned ‘NGOs and decent citizens should add their voices to a call for penal reform’ which appeared in our edition yesterday, the sentence “Over the following years several revolts by prisoners indicated that conditions had improved,” should have read: “Over the following years several revolts by prisoners indicated that conditions had not improved.”

Dear Editor, An ongoing noise nuisance emanating from a hotel and bar affects me and many others in Charity, Region 2, just under the nose of the police station there.

Dear Editor, With reference to your editorial ‘Saving Mr Rohee’ (October 23, 2012), Mr Clement Rohee should not be singled out and castigated for dereliction of duty, incompetence and so on.

Politikles

Addressing a summit of leaders from the Common Market of the South (Mercosur), in Brasilia, on December 7, President Donald Ramotar alluded to our fabled continental destiny in his assertion that while Guyana attaches “significant importance” to its membership of Caricom, his government also believes that “continental integration has become more relevant and necessary for further development.”

Dear Editor, Corruption is evil. It becomes a greater evil when ‘explanations; are proffered by persons who should instead be ferreting out the perpetrators.

Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News article of December 11, 2012 entitled ‘Cobra transferred from Georgetown Prison after 23 months in solitary confinement‘ has got to be wrong.

Dear Editor, Until recently there has been far too much silence about the legality of the Broadcast Authority placed in the laws of Guyana by Act No 21 of 2011.

Dear Editor, I wish to reply to a letter published by your newspaper on December 11, 2012, authored by Mr L C Ram. 

Dear Editor, It is with a great amount of sadness that I pen this missive detailing the ordeal my mother experienced as she attempted to get medical attention at the Enmore Polyclinic.

Dear Editor, Three weeks after arresting robbers who were on their sixth attack on my premises by discharging a few rounds, the police have not apprehended one positively identified bandit or others suspects in other robberies.