Opinion

November 18 marked the 33rd anniversary of the Jonestown murder-suicide that took the lives of some 909 Americans, members of the People’s Temple of Jim Jones, at their sanctuary near Port Kaituma.

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Dear Editor, In today’s Stabroek News we see FITUG and Ramesh Dookhoo of the Private Sector Commission calling for Election Day to be declared a holiday.

Dear Editor, After lecturing for ten years (1975-1985) at the University of Guyana (UG), I became eligible for a pension in 1995. 

Dear Editor, I saw the caption, ‘Botanical Gardens is now a bird sanctuary,’ in Stabroek News, November 22.

Dear Editor, I suppose that the PPP’s campaign manager, Mr Robert Persaud, must be rather busy since from all reports, the PPP’s campaign for re-election is in tatters and reeling from self-inflicted wounds.

Dear Editor, I am a Catholic priest in Georgetown. First and foremost, I would like to thank Stabroek News for publishing the two news articles (November 20; 22) on Edris Fraser (‘Mentally disabled woman helpless as health, home deteriorate’; ‘Mentally disabled woman hospitalized’).

Dear Editor, There will be a serious outbreak of disease of some sort if no attention is paid to the Bartica garbage dumpsite.

Dear Editor, I wish to inform the general public that the idea of carbon trading was that of the late Dr Cheddi Jagan and not Mr Bharrat Jagdeo.

Dear Editor, Reading the 25th Anniversary edition of Stabroek News I must say that Doreen de Caires should be able to fly a plane herself with all that flying experience.

Dear Editor, The recent poll commissioned by APNU lacks credibility and cannot be taken seriously.

Dear Editor, I once read a statement which said, “Fools lead when good people do nothing.”

Dear Editor, Over the past year, Guyanese have had a spirited debate about the future of our country, and I want to thank you and the publisher of your newspaper for making this possible.

Dear Editor, I must commend the Government of Guyana for its initiative in making the OLPF project possible.

Dear Editor, I refer to Hydar Ally’s letter in SN of November 23 titled: ‘Guyana has come a far way.‘ 

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Getting into central Georgetown in daylight hours can tax the nerves of even someone with a steel will.

Dear Editor, I am led by M Ali’s letter in your issue of Nov 21, under the caption ‘Is the highway between Linden and Lethem feasible?‘

Dear Editor, I thought that I should rely upon the kind indulgence of your letter pages before conduct and results of the imminent national elections should dominate the media.