Opinion

Dear Editor, First, I wish to extend condolences to both the Guyana Defence Force and the relatives of the soldier who lost his life in a recent shoot-out in Buxton.

Dear Editor, Immigrants, Guyanese included, are interested in immigration issues in the current US Presidential campaign.

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A statement by President Bharrat Jagdeo to the effect that the Caribbean are the losers in the recently concluded negotiation of the Economic Partner-ship Agreement (EPA) with Europe has been welcomed by a group of prominent Caribbean personalities, including academics, NGO activists and union leaders.

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Dear Editor, Your Stabroek Business Editorial of January 11, 2008 would have been both timely and informative for persons not familiar with issues relating to the Takutu Bridge.

Dear Editor, To alleviate the Lindeners being excluded from contracts an up to date inventory of all skilled and unskilled manpower should be attached to every contract advertised ,and a condition be included for a specific amount of such personnel to be employed` subject to their availability and agreement to work within mutual agreement.

Dear Editor, I have recently had occasion to make visits to the passport office and the NIS.

Dear Editor, Please poll the Guyanese populace to see what percentage believe Hammie Green’s recent statement on the guns issued to the government that he was a part of.

Dear Editor, People should not be confused with the music/melody of a song and the language in which the lyrics are sung.

Dear Editor, We have moved from the politics of rigged elections to the politics of narcotics and the gun.

Dear Editor, I completely agree with the sentiments of Eric Phillips expressed in his letter, “The Church needs to regain it’s moral compass” (08.01.23).

Dear Editor, Maybe three or four years ago, President Bharrat Jagdeo invited Guyanese to join him in a national conversation on national issues.

Dear Editor, When the PPP/C Government was democratically elected to office in 1992 after 28 years of PNC domination, why didn’t they then initiate an investigation into the weapons issued by the GDF to the Ministry of Mobilization and National Development between 1976 and 1979 when the facts and circumstances were fresh in everyone’s mind and the ink was still wet on the GDF records?

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One of the minor pleasures of this year’s US presidential campaigns has been the frequent stumbling of highly-paid and supposedly knowledgeable pundits.

Dear Editor, Apparently businesses continue in their efforts to flout the tax laws and rip off consumers.

Dear Editor, The public and the private sectors of Guyana do not have scope for innovative and highly qualified individuals so I ended up in rice cultivation.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter by Mr George Cave captioned “Promotions of head teachers, deputies have been made” (08.01.21).

Dear Editor, I refer to your report on the erosion of the embankment near the Rupert Craig highway.