Opinion

Dear Editor, I am moved to join others complaining about the continuing downward slide of local radio presentation, especially on 98.1 FM which I listened to from its opening in the late 1990s.

Dear Editor, It is regrettable that Guyanese have drawn the attention of the authorities in St Martin (St Maarten), with their criminal activities being the subject of international media attention.

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This newspaper reported yesterday that some 17 students –all in their early teens—from two city secondary schools had been held by the police and were giving statements after they marched into the Leonora Secondary School armed with knives, to settle a score.

Dear Editor, The anticipated semi-final between Pakistan and India which was played yesterday in Mohali, India, evoked so much emotion and interest that these two countries who fought each other since their independence have put on their sporting gear for the prize of national pride.

Dear Editor, I filed a complaint in 2005 against a lawyer for unprofessionalism which resulted in my case being lost in the court of justice.

Dear Editor, It is 4pm Friday afternoon (March 18) and it is blackout again in the Meadow Brook area.

Dear Editor, Mr Anil Mohabir Nandlall evades my request (‘Not the rule of law’ SN, March 22) for him to state his opinion as to whether Guyana observes Lord Bingham’s eight sub-rules of the rule of law and instead immodestly invites me to examine his legal career: (‘Not a response to letter on mischief caused by prescriptive title’ SN, March 25).

Dear Editor, In my opinion the standard of driving in Guyana has deteriorated over the years, but I was astonished to have a rude encounter with an arrogant man with a DPL number plate – one would have expected better.

Dear Editor, The other day I had reason to pay a visit to a well respected, upper middle-class Guyanese.

Dear Editor, Mr Mike Persaud in a letter in the SN of March 28, titled ‘A legacy in tatters’ seems to believe that he alone has all the answers to Guyana’s political problems.

Dear Editors, Some of the problems are going around and around in cycles in Guyana, despite new administrations or governments. 

It would not be at all surprising if individuals and officials in various parts of the world with whom Caricom countries do business, are asking themselves this question about our region, concerning what they have been led to think is a regional institution, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).

Dear Editor, Some years ago a study was conducted of traffic accidents in Latin America and the Caribbean. 

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Dear Editor, The public is anticipating with great interest the impending determination by the PPP of its presidential candidate.

Dear Editor, I happened to stumble, late as usual, across the news that Caricom and the UWI supposedly  “planned” a conference on ‘Collective Responsibility for the 21st century.’

Dear Editor, I’d like to draw your attention to an open letter sent by members of Guyanese civil society to the Norwegian Minister of the Environment on 24 March 2011 and posted at: Eight problems with Norway’s REDD support to Guyana, http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/03/25/eight-problems-with-norways-redd-support-to-guyana-open-letter-to-erik-solheim/

Dear Editor, As a victim of the sloppy job done by the security service hired by government I can say that we need better security.