Opinion

Dear Editor, Why are we pretending to believe that the Henry Greene case is one of a common or any other manner of ‘rape.’

Dear Editor, Now that the PPP government has indicated to the people of Guyana, through their chosen representative Minister Manickchand, that they will either remove Mr Greene from office or ask him to resign and also appeal the decision of the Honourable Chief Justice, I call on them to act without delay.

Dear Editor, I’m once again taking this opportunity to mention something which is very important to me and I think to many others.While

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter by Nadia Sagar captioned ‘Isn’t it proper for SASOD and its constituents to play a key role in policies and laws that ultimately will have the greatest impact on their lives?‘

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Acting Commissioner of Police Leroy Brumell was sufficiently riled by the fact that two prisoners had escaped from the Leonora Police Station lockups on Sunday, while the two police officers were likely asleep that he publicly denounced it.

Dear Editor, Would someone who cares about justice and the second-class citizen treatment of ordinary everyday strugglers lend some advice here?

Dear Editor, As reported in SN of March 26 and 27, the revetment under construction at the Kumaka waterfront in the North West District has started to tilt and slide into the Aruka River as the ragged alignment in your accompanying photo clearly indicates.

Dear Editor, About six weeks ago a letter of mine appeared in both the Stabroek and Kaieteur News, in which I mentioned how concerned the residents of Region 2 are, because the Ultrasound machine although operable cannot be put into use because a technician is not available.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) fervently believes in the principle that “a people united can never be defeated.”

Dear Editor, I was away from this country for more or less 15 years.

After almost two years after general elections in May 2010, the coalition which formed the government under the name of the Peoples Partnership (PP) seems unable to sustain the kind of stability that would assure supporters and the population as a whole, that they are capable of effectively governing the country.

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Dear Editor, Thank you for sharing the customer’s concerns with us (‘ATM machine “disappeared” money’ SN, April 3).

Dear Editor, There are many troubling aspects of the recent written decision of the Chief Justice on the issues before him involving the Commissioner of Police.

Dear Editor, President Donald Ramotar last week visited two offshore oil rigs, Repsol and CGX to “get a feel” for their oil drilling operations.

Dear Editor, In view of the recent ruling by the Chief Justice Ian Chang to dismiss charges of rape recommended by the DPP against the Commissioner of Police, Mr Henry Greene I, as a woman and child rights activist, would like to point out the following passages in the Sexual Offences Act 2010 which have significant relevance and which seem not to have attracted the consideration of the Chief Justice in his ruling: In part IV of the SOA, Procedures at Court, # 52, Behaviours and reaction of complainant it says “Where on the trial of an accused person for an offence under this Act evidence is given or a question is asked of a witness about the behaviour or reaction of the complainant during or after the alleged offence the judge shall inform the jury that complainants of sexual offences display a wide range of responses, and that the absence of behaviour that they might expect a complainant of a sexual offence to display should not be taken as evidence that the offence charged did not take place.” 

Dear Editor, It would appear that the disability community has been left out of the 2012 budgetary allocations.

Dear Editor, I would like to give a completely opposite take on the views presented by Abu Bakr in his letter, ‘A “landmark“ decision‘ in which he concludes that “the decision by Justice Ian Chang in the Henry Greene case is correct, of “landmark” quality, and “a major contribution to legal history in the Common-wealth.”

Dear Editor, The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago continues to reap benefits as a result of the state’s decision to fund and maintain lighting facilities at several grounds across the country.