Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Mr. Clarke’s letter captioned “These international events will test the nation’s character” (07.01.11) is on target when he calls for better standards of behaviour and greater effort from all Guyanese to make the upcoming international events a success and not a black mark on Guyana.

Dear Editor, It was heartening to hear Mr. Robert Corbin’s position on the government’s recent effort to increase ministers’ and parliamentarians’ income (SN 10/1/2007).

Dear Editor, We felt a mixture of joy and emotion for this Hindu icon Shri Prakashji or Guruji as he is commonly called by his ardent followers when he was accepting a proclamation from the Congressmen of the city of New York and best wishes from a number of highly recognized organizations including GOPIO and ICC and well wishers for taking up a mandate he was offered to serve the people of Guyana in the capacity as advisor to the president.

Dear Editor, In her response to my letter, Ms Inge Nathoo of the National Parks Commission states that there is no burning of rubbish next to arrival benab at Kaieteur Falls.

Dear Editor, Vivek Persaud writes in his letter captioned “There is ansolutely no evidence of transfer pricing of timber” (07.01.11) in terms which are eerily reminiscent of the export log industry in Papua New Guinea (PNG) at the time of the judicial inquiry (Supreme Court Judge Tos Barnett’s 1987-9 “Commission of Inquiry into Aspects of the Timber Industry in Papua New Guinea”).

Dear Editor, A lot seems to be going wrong with the implementation of VAT.

Dear Editor, Your page thirteen article (Sunday Stabroek December 31, 2006) captioned: “Region Three community centre repairs complete”, caught my attention.

Dear Editor, I’m interested in finding out what plans GT&T may have with reference to internet services for the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup.

Dear Editor, How else to describe the meanderings and the procrastination involved in the Main street Roman Catholic Church drama.

Dear Editor, The newspapers carried Yusuf Mohamed’s lament on the waning of Community Policing Groups(CPGs) in which he bemoaned the dormancy of officials.

Dear Editor, Congratulations to Bhai Prakash Gossai on his appointment as ethnic and religious advisor to our President Bharrat Jagdeo.

Dear Editor, Ever so often a column or article appears in one of the newspapers extolling the virtues of diversity, and how important its mechanics are to us as a Guyanese society.

Dear Editor, I share Mr Shawn Mangru’s urgent concern that “Dealing with sexual abuse of children should be a priority” (SN Jan.,

Dear Editor, For sometime now I have noticed that the PNCR has a new host for its Nation Watch programme.

Dear Editor, I am responding to the release from the Office of the President by Permanent Secretary Dr Gopaul (SN Jan 11) regarding Pundit Prakash Gossai’s recent appointment.

Dear Editor, There is some confusion in the minds of this doddering old age pensioner in relation to the generous increase of five percent on the Old Age Pension.

Dear Editor, I am writing in response to Mr. Mahadeo Kowlessar’s letter captioned “The GFC and the Guyana Revenue Authority need to tackle the prima facie case of falsification of export records for logs” (06.12.25).

Dear Editor, I saw a young man mercilessly lashing a little donkey with a cutlass on the Better Hope railway embankment last Sunday.

Dear Editor, A new store has been robbed that had no adequate security provisions and the proprietor attributes this action to what he feels is our continued economic problems and this whole Value Added Tax thing and fears that crime will only increase.

Dear Editor, I refer to the article “CCWU says 5% increase makes workers poorer” (SN 8th January, 2007).