Opinion

There is clearly some move to balance the negative image of the late President Forbes Burnham by recalling his positive achievements.

Dear Editor, A few years ago, when my friend and colleague Walter Jordan, sought to berate us out here to “come back and put our shoulders to the wheel” instead of commenting on issues from here, I responded pointing out that a small group of five of us had then ‘shouldered’ more than 250 collective years in developing and being developed in Guyana, as against less than 50 collective years ‘over here’.

Dear Editor, Five women have found precious time recently to pen their views and disgust, to varying degrees, on verbal abuse against women: Naicelis Williams ‘Women are regularly subjected to vulgar remarks and obscene suggestions’ (Stab News 07.10.07), Sharmillah (Penny) Narine ‘I don’t mind cat calls from men’ (Stab.

Dear Editor, While watching the news on television recently I witnessed Mrs.

Dear Editor, I refer to Dr Suresh Narine’s letter (Virulent criticism in the media is not the way to go, Drs.

Dear Editor, The tree at “Conversation Tree Junction” has all but ceased to exist with just a few old dead or dying logs.

Dear Editor, After hearing the concerns being raised about Buju Banton by SASOD Guyana, I felt compelled to reach out directly to the Guyanese community to bring an alternate perspective and help clear up the negative propaganda being circulated about a very important artist.

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A dialogue in this newspaper’s ‘Letters to the Editor’ column recently, focused on the dynamic in male-female relations.

Dear Editor, In his column of October 18, 2007 Mr. F.

Dear Editor, My last submission to Stabroek News, captioned ‘PNC should develop a strategy to attract disaffected Indian Guyanese,’ (07.10.07) drew the attention of the Alliance For Change Member of Parliament Ms.

Dear Editor, Of all the ideas put forward for trying to avoid a repeat of the terrible accident on the Linden highway, the one that appeals to me the most is that “the drivers of vehicles that break down on the highway definitely ought to get a message to patrol officers who would then respond and protect the area until assistance is received to remove the vehicle ……..”

Dear Editor, I would have thought that the newspapers would be screaming with releases such as ” Sparta Global Enterprises to add ten news buses to their fleet”, ” Countrywide protest to be held calling for safer and cheaper means of public transport”.

Dear Editor, I express profound condolences to the bereaved families, relatives, and friends and to the entire community of Linden, for the unfathomable loss of life as a result of that dreadful accident of October 10.

Dear Editor, Two recent letter-writers referred to the implementation of a dress code to the Post Office.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter of Mr Creighton captioned “Several members of the university staff have spoken to the media on various issues” (07.10.16) in which he imputes ulterior motives to the Kaieteur News in the paper’s relationship with me because he had a conversation with the editor of KN about sending a letter and I came to know about that fact.

Dear Editor, Mr. Eric Phillips sees what he calls a quiet holocaust in Guyana .

Dear Editor, I write with reference to the recent insufficiency, or substandard quality of water provided to the students of President’s College and the ensuing developments, highlighted in your article dated Monday, October 15, 2007 captioned “Kitchen Manager at PC fired.”

Dear Editor, Unlike in Guyana when only two polling organizations conducted polls for that country’s elections last year, there are five polling organizations conducting polls in Trinidad.

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