Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The University of Guyana is named as a defendant in legal proceedings that commenced in Guyana’s High Court requesting damages over $7,000,000 (seven million dollars) for defamation (libel) committed by the defendants on June 25, 2023.

Dear Editor, Some eight days ago I asked in your paper a pertinent question about the deficit financing of the London Oil/Sustainability Conference on 18/19 November.

Dear Editor,  The Editorial was headlined ‘Waiting for the ICJ” (SN December 1). 

Dear Editor, I must confess that as I was fuming about the foolish noise in some quarters over the decision not to recycle Darren Bravo at the expense of young promising players, I erupted into fits of laughter upon reading in the press of the retirement of Shane Dowrich.

Dear Editor, Much eulogizing has been done, all well-meaning, about the dearly departed Justice Prem Persaud.

Dear Editor, My heart is broken! A child, brimming with life and potential, has died as a result of the action of a “school bully”!

Dear Editor, I put a simple, barebones, no-frills idea before the decision makers of the PPP Government. 

Dear Editor, It remains puzzling a fourteen year old secondary school student allegedly from a school.

Dear Editor, I wrote a letter sometime last year concerning my NIS contributions.

Dear Editor, I am pleased to extend my warmest congratulations to President Irfaan Ali on being conferred with the Order of Freedom of Barbados, the highest national award of the country.

Dear Editor,  After information was made public a team from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) would be visiting Guyana, the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) dispatched a letter seeking a meeting.

Dear Editor, It is with great sorrow that I read in the media of the recent demise of Dr.

Dear Editor, On the third of December 2023, Venezuela plans to vote for a referendum that could give the green light for that country to invade and annex the Essequibo County, which is a big chunk of Guyana, to that country.

Dear Editor, Make no mistake about it, Guyana is united at the front, middle and back, to face a common, potential “threating situation,” whether it’s a work-in-progress, at infancy stage or rapid-fire development, due to Venezuela’s military aggression and political pro-activeness, regardless of who say what, when, where, why or how! 

Dear Editor, When hurtful words are used by ordinary citizens they are deplorable, when leaders deteriorate to the ugly and venomous, both word and act are despicable. 

Dear Editor, I pen this letter with a heart heavy and concern for the tragic events that unfolded at Skeldon Market on the Corentyne, Berbice, this past Monday night – a night that cast a shadow of devastation and despair upon our local community.

Dear Editor, According to news reports the Court of Appeal was to deliver its ruling on the second elections petition (number 88), which was thrown out by the High Court, on Monday November, 27.

Dear Editor, It  is suggested that Venezuela’s  President is ramping up  the Venezuela-Guyana border controversy to divert  Venezuelans’ attention from their  internal hardships to win political support at Venezuela’s upcoming elections.

Dear Editor, I write to you today with a heart heavy with frustration and an urgent plea for accountability regarding the alarming fire situation that unfolded at the Skeldon Market on Monday, 27 November 2023.

Dear Editor, As citizens of Guyana we believe we have a right to expect a certain standard of behaviour from those persons who seek and are given positions of leadership; and from whom we must expect conduct befitting role models for our young people.