Opinion

There is no doubt that the commentary which was presented by Mr Anthony Vieira on CNS Channel Six on May 4 this year and which has now been listed as the reason for the suspension of the licence of CNS Channel Six for four months contained scandalous allegations which no responsible broadcaster should permit without ensuring that there was some basis or evidence to sustain it. 

Dear Editor, The Guyana Chronicle on Tuesday, September 27, 2011, under a caption ‘Lies Exposed’ carries a statement in full by PPP Executive Committee member Mr Robert Persaud, “debunk[ing] recent statements issued by PNC’s APNU, et al on Guyana’s development.”

Dear Editor, I had a friend who used to say; “Things happen so things can happen.”

Dear Editor, I take this opportunity to wish all (overworked and underpaid?)

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On September 6 this year, Guyana formally submitted her claim for an extended continental shelf of 150 nautical miles to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, pursuant to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

Dear Editor, I wish to refer to Ms Syeada Manbodh’s letter with regard to a sick donkey in the vicinity of Vryheid’s Lust and Montrose East Coast Demerara (‘How much longer must a sick donkey suffer?’

Dear Editor, I write in general support of Mr M Sookraj whose letter headlined: ‘Why do schools not allow children to write CSEC Maths when parents pay fees?‘

Dear Editor, We live in a place in which women and girls are subject to abuse and violence from men and boys who believe that there is some ‘natural’ or even ‘divine’ right to put down and humiliate women in different ways.

Dear Editor, A government that abrogates its side of the social contract with the people is no longer a government of the people and loses the moral authority to govern. 

Dear Editor, The election carnival is about to begin and everyone running for President and Parliament are already basing their chances on different racial and ethnic configurations in order to cast the fishnet and haul in a majority of ‘hassa,’ and if a few ‘houri‘ or ‘bangamary‘ enter the cast net, then ok, because then they can claim cross-over voting.

Dear Editor, Western civilization has its weaknesses but it certainly has its strengths.

Heroe

Dear Editor, Mr Ordinary Taxpayer will retire this year and will collect $7500 every month.

Earlier this week, a series of remarkable statements by an American trader turned a routine segment of BBC television news into a compelling glimpse of the greed and fear that are commonly said to drive the world’s stock markets.

Dear Editor, I am the Regional Chairman, Regional Democratic Council, Region 10 and my office is situated at Linden Upper Demerara.

Dear Editor, As chairman of Pacesetters Basketball Club I feel compelled to represent our club because of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA). 

Dear Editor, I refer to your news item, ‘Buddy Shivraj charged with failing to produce NIS records‘ (Sept 28).

Dear Editor, I am appealing to the Ministry of Education to give an explanation to the parents of students who were not allowed to write Mathematics at the last CSEC (school name provided).

In a European Champions League football match on Tuesday, Manchester City’s Argentine forward, Carlos Tévez, refused manager Roberto Mancini’s call to come on as a substitute in the second half, with City 2-0 down to Bayern Munich.