Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, On Saturday evening of 24th June 2023 a police patrol from La Grange Police Station responded to a report of noise nuisance in Roraima Housing Scheme, WBD.

Dear Editor, The statement by Chinese Premier Li Qiang during the annual World Economic Forum for all nations to “enable each other’s success” is a great reminder of the importance of working together in cooperation, and the benefits of an interconnected global economy.

Dear Editor, When will we learn? Two months ago, with much fanfare, accompanied by his full press team, and a swarm of paid activists clad in red jerseys, the President visited the village of Plaisance on the East Coast.

Dear Editor, I am a former writer of policy and procedures for the largest child care agency in the United States, possibly in the world.

Dear Editor, It is with sorrow, sadness and sympathy we received the news of the passing of Dr.

Dear Editor, The Government of Guyana outsources vital elements of childcare and protection, this emerged amid claims by Attorney-at-law and former government minister, Khemraj Ramjattan that he was denied access to his client  “the Non-Governmental Organizations, ChildLink, and Blossom Inc who usually provide the Forensic Interviewing service to CPA in these matters” (SN 27.06.23) This denial of legal representation to the minor was attributed to ‘standard operating procedure’ by the Guyana Police Force and flatly denied by the Child Care and Protection Agency who said “the complainant in the rape allegation against the Minister of Local Government, Nigel Dharamlall had not been denied legal counsel” without offering explanation or mitigation of Ramjattan’s claim; these seemingly disjointed actions coupled with ‘social media trials’ put truth and justice on perilous fault lines.

Dear Editor, I have attached the lodgment receipt for my submission of the 2021 to 2022 return to the Integrity Commission. 

Dear Editor, In his letter “In both the Charrandass and the Dharamlall cases, President Ali comes across as rather un-presidential” (SN, 27th June 2023) Mike Persaud has not really thought out what he is saying by indicating that Nigel Dharamlall should be fired because of allegations against him.

Dear Editor, In a letter to the Editor in March this year (titled ‘Gov’t has scant interest in utilizing statistics in relation to living standards and quality of life of citizens’), I wrote: “The starkest indication of the government’s avoidance of creating and using statistics on people-centric development is its approach to poverty elimination.

Dear Editor, It seems, from all accounts, some sections of society are not happy that a decision on the way forward in the rape allegation matter has not been arrived at.

Dear Editor, The vexed question is who will be Guyana’s next Commissioner of Police.

Dear Editor, Earl Butz, Secretary of Agriculture in the Reagan Administration (1980 – 1988) was fired – not for committing a crime but for insulting the Pope.

Dear Editor, The alleged rape and sodomy of the 15 year old Indigenous girl by a government minister should be condemned by all, also, the way the process is being handled.

Dear Editor, I keep trying to help Vice President Jagdeo.  The more he tries to tighten his interest rate narratives, the more his slip is showing. 

Dear Editor, Practically every day we are bombarded by news about the Nigel Dharamlall imbroglio.

Dear Editor, The recent allegations leveled against the suspended Minister of Local Government and Regional Development is damning and an embarrassment for the government and our country.

Dear Editor, I perused the British Guyana Mental Hospital Act of 1930, the Guyana Private Hospital Act of 1972, and the revised Ministry of Health Act of 2005 for any information on Guyana’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS).

Dear Editor, Firstly, let me thank the Government for finally paying some attention to D’Andrade Street Newtown.

Dear Editor, “It would be most helpful for me to know what went on with the oil contract between Exxon and Guyana, the substance behind the signing of it. 

Dear Editor, Please afford me some space to express my views on your editorial (SN: June 25, 2023) I looked at Prime Minister Rowley’s statement.