Opinion

Dear Editor, Mr Horace Williams hit the nail on the head with his observations in a letter captioned ‘We should be designing energy-efficient buildings‘ (SN, July 8).

Dear Editor, Of all the preposterous things I’ve heard, few can beat the statement made yesterday in the National Assembly by Minister Robeson Benn, that “The Demerara Harbour Bridge is in its best state” now.

Dear Editor, Once again I am forced to highlight a matter of grave concern hoping to draw attention to the combined opposition, human rights, Red Thread and any other organization that could help address this situation with fairness, and to have measures put in place swiftly so that the management of Buddy‘s Pool Hall and Night Club could carry on their business in a more humane manner and stop this gross display of arrogance and abuse of power, thereby bringing some kind of justice and relief to myself and family.

Dear Editor, Mr Navin Chand has assailed the Sunday, July 22, Stabroek News editorial.

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to Mr Claude Raphael’s letter in the Stabroek News of July 20 in relation to some of his unwarranted and inaccurate statements on the Essequibo Cricket Board.

The much-anticipated 30th Olympiad begins today in London and the British, at least, are eagerly awaiting the revelation of who will be afforded the honour of lighting the Olympic Flame to signal the official commencement of the Games.

Dear Editor, With reference to a letter dated April 18, 2012 published by Kaieteur News under the caption, ‘The Home Affairs Minister has over stepped his bounds,‘ that also mentioned bureaucratic officials, the Chief Justice, Commissioner of Police, Chief of Staff, et al, it was alleged to have been written and signed by me, Alfred Johnson, ex Police NCO 8753.

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Dear Editor, I grew up in La Grange village and have been using the Demerara Harbour bridge from my early childhood.

Dear Editor, The more things change the more they remain the same.

Dear Editor, The problems faced by the population at Linden have not been looked at conclusively by the media nor by the several commentators to date.

Dear Editor, I am a concerned relative of Budram Persaud who has been in prison for the last six years.

Dear Editor, After massive public outrage and condemnation of the barbaric action which took place at Linden, Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee on Sunday, July 22, came out and laid blame squarely at the feet of members of the Guyana Police Force for the deaths and serious injuries.

Dear Editor, Long before the elections, the Budget presentation and the subsequent debate, I as a citizen of the country residing in Region Two made an application for a laptop through the Government of Guyana One Laptop per Family programme.

Dear Editor, Another Friday evening – this time of two sundowners, followed not long after by coffee brewed deliberately to restore my mind from an overwhelming sense of fragmentation: –     The sight of groups of adults, children (unarmed) disarmingly protesting against powerlessness and darkness, and the tragic intervention of ‘pelleted’ weapons aimed to fragment lives.

On Monday when the Demerara Harbour Bridge failed, this newspaper interviewed two vendors trapped on the East Bank Demerara with perishable items which they were taking to the West Demerara and East Bank Essequibo to sell.

Dear Editor,    History and experience have taught us that a responsible government must express a moral obligation to uphold values and lead with honour, dignity and fairness.

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Dear Editor, A few weeks ago, this writer visited Guyana for the first time after some forty-five years absence to rekindle afresh memories of the reasons for my visit in 1967.Then,

Dear Editor, After numerous letters expressing my concern about the Demerara Harbour Bridge, the ferry stelling at Vreed-en-Hoop and the conditions that commuters face travelling with speedboats, all of these problems together manifested themselves on Monday and have caused me to be in a state which I cannot express in words.