Opinion

Dear Editor, I had to choose between going to Church and viewing the W.I.

Setting aside the importance of finding out the truth about the circumstances that attended the killing of the three men at Linden during the July 18 protest in the mining town, the ongoing work of the Commission of Enquiry is important for another equally good reason, which is that it brings us – and more particularly the Guyana Police Force – face to face with the principle of accountability as an important tenet of democracy.

Dear Editor, There was lots of pre–tournament speculation regarding who will emerge victorious in this year’s Twenty/20 world cup and not surprisingly the West Indies received a plethora of nominations globally owing to the calibre of players and their ability to demolish teams expertly in this format as we have seen from tournaments held around the world.

Dear Editor, I should like to refer to the area around Stabroek Market – South to Lombard Street, East to the Avenue of the Republic, and North to GPO building as Confusion Square.

Dear Editor, Delivering the feature address last week (Wednesday, September 26, 2012) at the launch of the Guyana Diaspora Project in New York, President Ramotar explained the deterioration of newly built roads and other infrastructure in Guyana as that which results from local contractors being “swamped” and unable to get materials on time and within their budgetary allocations.

Dear Editor As the National Assembly prepares to deal with the legislation which discriminates against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Guyanese, we will be expecting strong and vocal opposition from religious groups – many of whom are normally silent on other matters of injustice in Guyana.

Dear Editor, I am writing in response to a recent article regarding the development of the Marriott Hotel and its impact to boost tourism, appearing in the Sunday Times on the 23rd of September 2012 (“CJIA expansion, Marriott Hotel will significantly boost tourism”). 

Politikles

Just when one thought it impossible that the police could slip further into the reckless use of firearms and unprofessionalism, law enforcers have been caught up in a shooting outside of a popular city establishment which has left bystander Mr Dameon Belgrave of Pouderoyen dead.

Dear Editor, The press has done a good job in ensuring Guyana remains a democracy.

Dear Editor, (a)     I refer to my letter on the issue of the abolition of corporal punishment in schools under the control and management of the State published in your issue of September 23, 2012 in which I declared that the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child does not affect the rights of parents and guardians to resort to corporal punishment as a disciplinary measure in the home.

Dear Editor, We refer to your article dated Thursday October 4, 2012 with bold headlines stating that “residents slam construction firm over `shabby’ McDougal Street work.”

Dear Editor, It is good to see the Foreign Minister and Director General are undertaking a long overdue Spring clean of Guyana’s Missions abroad.

Dear Editor, A two-page story entitled `Single mother works three jobs to maintain her five children’ published in the Sunday Stabroek of September  30, 2012   celebrates 39-year-old Vanessa Simon.

Dear Editor, Education in this country has no clear cut direction or goals.

Dear Editor, On Wednesday 26th September, I saw a young man ride past me with a knife in his waist in Zeelugt.

By the time today’s edition of Sunday Stabroek lands on the breakfast table, thousands of Venezuelans will be queueing up to cast their votes in what is by far the most important poll in this hemisphere, bar the US election next month. 

Dear Editor, It is with much amazement I witnessed that international copyright laws mean so little to certain elements of the Guyanese society who see pirating textbooks as the only solution to this shameless debacle.