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Despot, Jean-Claude Duvalier, flew back into Haiti after living for nearly 25 years in France where he had retreated in 1986 under threat of a revolt by the Haitian people.

Dear Editor, You gotta give it to the PPP. They may be spectacular failures in many things but they are A students in understanding the psyche and mentality of the Guyanese people and knowing how to control and exploit it.

Dear Editor, In a Kaieteur News article which appeared Jan 10 on the government seeking to silence critics of the Hope Canal, President Jagdeo was reported to have stated that design of the Hope Canal Project was done by Mott McDonald, a foreign entity.

Dear Editor, Now that the elections process in Guyana has changed to have some form of  ‘primary’ within the political parties to elect a presidential candidate, have the elections laws changed to accommodate this?

Dear Editor, I volunteered for a prepaid meter in 2009. One was installed in October that year.

Dear Editor, It is with a great sense of disgust and embarrassment that I highlight the condition of the roads in Kwakwani.

Dear Editor, Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara has three new banks.

Dear Editor, I attended two meetings at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport in June-July 2010 on the UN Year for People of African Descent.

Dear Editor, It is appalling to note that even in the ‘International Year for People of African Descent’ the PPP government has decided that it will determine for us Africans who will be our leaders, our role models, which Africans will participate or be invited to functions that the government is holding.

Dear Editor, Your caption ‘Iran seeks mutual agenda to strengthen ties with Guyana’ (SN, January 18).

Dear Editor, I wish to congratulate Ms Joan Baveghems on her recent accession to the office of Member of Parliament.

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Dear Editor, The United Nations is marking 2011 the International Year for People of African Descent.

It will not be surprising if in many parts of the developing world that are feeling the pressures of the economic recession emanating from the Western world economies, political protests and riots over unemployment, high food prices and a consequent inability of citizens to purchase food and everyday commodities, proliferate.

Dear Editor, The public is well aware of the controversy which has erupted with my appointment to the Chairmanship of the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA).

Dear Editor, After reading about the land being offered to remigrants (only a fool would pay US$35,000 for a house lot in Guyana that’s less than ¼ of an acre), I went to the Central Housing & Planning Authority’s website to have a look at the application form.

Dear Editor, There are some events which will always be larger than the agenda of any of the parts making up the whole to which that larger event relates. 

Dear Editor, Strike is a function of modern trade unions, mostly used as a last resort when issues submitted as grievances are not favourably considered by management.