Opinion

Sunday’s Cartoon

Dear Editor, I see Mrs Joan Ward-Mars has attempted a response to me in the the KN and SN editions of March 30 in relation to funding for the Linden Legal Aid Centre (LLAC).

Dear Editor, President Ramotar in his election campaign speech told Guyanese that he would consider reducing the Value Added Tax (VAT) which the PPP/C imposed upon the people of Guyana.

Dear Editor, I refer to the correspondence of the acting Chief Labour Officer, Mr Charles Ogle, to the leadership of Operation Rescue UG in which he stated that an employer can terminate an employee’s contract provided that payment is given in lieu of adequate notice.

Dear Editor, The arrest of four men who are accused of being involved in several robberies committed on our fishermen at sea recently in the vicinity of the mouth of the Pomeroon River, and the recovery of some outboard engines by the police, is good news.

The EAB has spoken.  Not, one fears, that this might have much impact on our two main political parties, both of whom are long on mistrust and short on reason. 

Dear Editor, For any society to advance it has to settle a fundamental question – who governs?

Dear Editor, Please permit me to express my disappointment in relation to the turn of events in the case of the Commissioner of Police and the woman who was allegedly raped.

Dear Editor, The Stabroek News editor’s note to my letter published in its March 23, 2012 edition is a most unimpressive defence of its outdated editorial policy.

Dear Editor, In my capacity as a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Guyana (ICAG) I was present at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on March 29, 2012 at the ICAG office.

Dear Editor, On the front page of the Kaieteur News of March 25 is a photograph of some scrapped locomotives which have been scrapped at Matthews Ridge.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Chronicle editorial of March 30 dealt with alleged corruption in the City Engineer’s Department.

Dear Editor, Ms Joan Ward-Mars has misinformed herself as a result of her poor interpretation of Minister Priya Manickchand’s comprehensive explanation of the government’s contribution to legal aid in Guyana, in the face of distorted accounts (‘Funding from UNICEF for legal aid in Region 10 has not been continuous’ SN, March 30).

Dear Editor, 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 Commonwealth.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter by SASOD captioned ‘LGBT community must take centre stage in consultations on sexual orientation, gender identity laws‘ (SN, March 26).

Dear Editor, On very many occasions, I’m caught in serious verbal confrontation with some of my intellectual friends on various subjects.

A fatal shooting of a black teenager in a gated neighbourhood in Sanford, Florida has renewed doubts about the systemic flaws of American criminal justice, especially when it involves black victims.

Dear Editor, I appreciate Mr Alfred Bhulai’s response in the Thursday March 22 of the Stabroek News concerning the signals or lack thereof of 98.1 FM in Berbice (‘Out of range of FM signal’).

Guyana Liquor Consumers Society

Dear Editor, Please permit me the space in your newspaper to reply to Minister Priya Manickchand’s letter in the March 29 edition of your newspaper entitled ‘Funds for legal aid in Linden were provided under the GOG/UNICEF Country Programme.‘