Dear Editor,
Thanks for bringing to my attention the letter of Deodat Loaknauth which appeared in your newspaper of the 18th instant under the caption “My son was killed in a traffic accident nine months ago, I still don’t know what the Police intend to do”.
Russian bauxite giant RUSAL will be considering the feasibility of a hydropower plant in the Upper Mazaruni area and this was one of three items covered in a Letter of Intent (LOI) signed during President Bharrat Jagdeo’s lightning visit to Moscow last week.
Barbados came roaring back from dropping first innings points to inflict a five-wicket defeat on Guyana fifty five minutes after tea on the third day of their fifth round Carib Beer encounter at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, Bourda Ground yesterday.
Dear Editor,
American President George Bush has not learnt anything from the defeat in the mid-term Congressional elections last November or the ongoing defeat in the war in Iraq.
Prospective organisers wishing to host social events during the Cricket World Cup 2007 Super Eight matches here in Guyana are asked to register with the Local Organising Committee (LOC) at its office at 91 Middle Street, Georgetown, no later than February 15.
Dear Editor,
The recent actions by the Government of Guyana in and out of Parliament definitely endorses my long stated contention that essentially we, the Guyanese people, are in the clutches of a communist regime.
Rose Hall Town Pepsi recorded a thrilling two-run victory to edge Young Achievers in the final of the Carpens Plumbing and Spready’s Bakery under-19 cricket tournament at the Albion Community Development Centre ground recently.
Dear Editor,
I risk writing this letter unsure of its publication but cannot continue to silently watch the strategy utilised to influence the PPP government to change its position of withholding advertisements from Stabroek News (Guyana).
Dear Editor,
Now that the revelation has been handed down that we never had a secondary school in Regions One, Seven, Eight and Nine before the JPE (Jagdeo Pradoville Era) and the PRE (Proletarian Revolutionary Era) we are eagerly awaiting the announcement that Mahaica had no multilateral school before these two pristine eras.
Dear Editor,
I wish to laud you for your editorial dated Tuesday February 6, 2007, and captioned “Constantine’s Tale”.
Dear Editor,
I have noticed that the Stabroek News is now carrying a daily statement on its front page, denouncing government for its decision to withdraw advertisements from the paper.
Dear Editor,
I still want to believe that we live in a country where freedom of speech and choice is our fundamental right.
Dear Editor,
While we are all proud and happy to know that we finally have a supposedly state of the art stadium, one was hoping that all other infrastructure would be of a similar standard.
A Special Constable (SC) was yesterday sentenced to five years in prison and fined $30,000 for aiding and abetting the trafficking of three kilogrammes 236.5 grammes of cocaine back in July 2005.
The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) says it is unacceptable that Presid-ent Bharrat Jagdeo has taken a position recently that he is in no hurry to appoint a Commissioner of Police.
Government’s “spurious” attempts at justifying its decision to withdraw its advertisements from Stabroek News cannot disguise its hatred of the newspaper and must be condemned as vicious and vindictive, the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) said yesterday.
An accident on the West Bank Demerara claimed the life of a primary school student who was crossing the public road there yesterday.
The Commonwealth Press Union (CPU) and the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) have slammed the Jagdeo administration over the cut-off of state ads to Stabroek News with the CPU describing it as a direct attack on the freedom of the press which would damage the government’s democratic credentials.
First Lady Varshnie Jagdeo yesterday handed over to Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy an eye surgery microscope and hospital supplies for the Suddie Hospital on the Essequibo Coast.
President Bharrat Jagdeo says it is “sad and pathetic” that Stabroek News (SN) would make the withdrawal of government ads from the newspaper an issue of press freedom.