Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The Christmas Day edition of the state-run Guyana Chronicle had as its lead story the PPP General Secretary’s announced intention of running for the presidency in 2011, but after clicking on the “read more” tool, there was nothing more to read.

Dear Editor, I wish to express my gratitude to Region 3 Chairman, Mr Faerber, for his effort to improve our living conditions.

Dear Editor, Ms Lurlene Nestor’s call for People’s National Congress (PNC) Founder-Leader, Forbes Burnham, who was also Guyana’s first Executive President, to be equally honoured by the National Assembly as was late Independence Fighter and Democracy Liberator, Dr Cheddi Jagan shows that the PNC Reform stands a divided party under current leader, Robert Corbin.

Dear Editor, So Donald Ramotar in response to a question in a recent press conference concerning Kellawan Lall, said that the party had very high standards and had disciplined its members in the past, though not for one incident.

Dear Editor, The Essequibo Alliance, which is an NGO in partnership with Educare and Partners of America has successfully completed the first term of their School Attendance Programme (SAP) at the CV Nunes Primary School, Anna Regina, Essequibo Coast.

Dear Editor, I spent the Christmas holidays in Bangkok, Thailand. A Buddhist Thai Christmas is not very different from the non-religious celebration of Hindus and Muslims in Guyana.

Dear Editor, On Christmas Day I was travelling along the junction turn-off from DSL into the four-way lane on the East Bank to visit a friend when I noticed a dead horse by the grass.

Dear Editor, Can GPL provide clear statements on what its financial position is likely to be in 6 months, 1 year, 2 years and 3 years’ time if the price of oil hovers around the US$100 per barrel mark for the next three years.

Dear Editor, PPP General Secretary Donald Ramotar’s comment in response to the shenanigans of one of its own, that the PPP is not a party that would kill people for the first mistake they make, is facetious, sanctimonious, and utterly mind-boggling.

Dear Editor, President Bharrat Jagdeo, the PPP and Opposition Leader Robert Corbin continue to shield the trigger-happy Kellawan Lall.

Dear Editor, Stinking garbage, broken bottles, Styrofoam boxes, paper, plastic and more greeted visitors to the town of New Amsterdam bright and early Christmas morning, as Main Street was transformed from the activities the night before.

Dear Editor, The General Secretary of the PPP, Mr Donald Ramotar, in a press conference in response to questions about the conduct of the Rt Hon Kellawan Lall, said that “discharging a weapon in public was indiscreet on Lall’s part.”

Dear Editor, I would like to compliment President Bharrat Jagdeo and his legislators for the recent legislation passed in parliament allowing the free movement of Caricom nationals to our shores without being hassled.

Dear Editor, A letter under the name ‘Samuel A. Hinds/A Civic and a Citizen’ captioned, ‘Last Friday night in the parliament gave hope for a better future’ (SN, 23.12.07) raises a number of issues.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to PPP General Secretary Donald Ramotar’s statement that “We [the PPP] are not a party that would just kill people for the first mistake that they make,” (SN, 25.12.07) in response to Minister Kellawan Lall’s gun-touting behaviour.

Dear Editor, ‘I am a dog, help me don’t hurt me.’

Dear Editor, On December 25, 2007 (SN), I read letters entitled, ‘The message of Christmas should be carried into the new year’ by an unnamed writer, and ‘Make Christmas for the chidren’ by Leon Jameson Suseran.

Dear Editor, I was fortunate to be in Thailand for the country’s general elections held last Sunday.

Dear Editor, On a grey rainy morning around 5.30 on December 9, 2007, animal lover and GSPCA committee member, Noreen Gaskin, and a friend were walking on the seawall.

Dear Editor, “The party’s on, the feeling’s here, that only comes this time of year, we’re simply having a wonderful Christmas time” are the words of the Sir Paul McCartney carol Wonderful Christmastime.