Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, We have called on the Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) by letter dated March 16 to postpone its Public Hearing scheduled for March 22 on the 300 MW Gas-Fired Power Plant to be located at Wales, West Demerara.

Dear Editor, The new eID Cards for USD $34 Million, Industry back-channel quote for USD $17 Million is awfully Expensive.

Dear Editor,  A few days ago, a friend asked me to help a lady figure out why her electricity bill is way above average.

Dear Editor, If we ever needed a reason for all the drama that Edison Jefford endured last year when he tried to host his annual Futsal event, look no further than the just launched Kashif and Shanghai ‘One Guyana’ tournament.

Dear Editor, A string of train derailments recently in the USA has created heightened attention to rail safety nationwide.

Dear Editor, I recall that during the 1980s I could visit Barbados regularly.

Dear Editor, Our political founding fathers’ collective vision back in the late 1940s through the 1950s & 1960s were to unite Guyana in their quest for an independent and free Guyana.

Dear Editor,  I write with reference to your lead article of March 18th reporting: “The visiting chairman of the all-powerful US House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, Jason Smith has underlined the need for expanding American participation in the Guyana oil and gas sector and to outcompete China in this arena”.

Dear Editor, I refer to the content of the Sunday Stabroek editorial of March 12, titled “Hate-speech”.

Dear Editor,  I thank Ms Baxter, PRO for her response of March 16 in SN to my recent letter on NIS and contributors/pension issues. 

Dear Editor, Teachers once revered as being at the helm of imparting education, now find themselves at the receiving end of physical altercation. 

Dear Editor,  The writer was so pleased to see how well Keith looked in the photograph contained in his eloquent reflection of a painful, albeit professional life — in SN of Sunday, March 12.

Dear Editor, The PNCR, a predominantly black political party in Guyana, was recently thrust into the spotlight when four of its Indian members spoke out against derogatory and hurtful remarks made about the East Indian community during a public meeting held by the Working People’s Alliance.

Dear Editor, You will recall that Guyanese were all taken by surprise by the revelations of an interview conducted by renowned news agency, VICE News from the United States of America. 

Dear Editor, A magistrate at Linden had publicly summoned a powerful PPP strongman to appear before her and he is yet to enter the courtroom.

Dear Editor, During his Inaugural Address at the Ceremonial Opening of the Twelfth Parliament on 11th February, 2021, amid much fanfare, President Ali announced the establishment of a One Guyana Commission.

Dear Editor Director of Prisons (ag), Nicklon Elliot, reported at the Guyana Prison Services Annual Conference that there has been an increase in the prison population, and about the expansion of the prison infrastructure.

Dear Editor, I must say I am very surprised to come across a news item about The Competition Commission of Guyana that was established under the Competition and Fair Trading Act (CFTA) of 2006.

Dear Editor, As Guyanese, we should be proud of the rapid development that is taking place in the country under the leadership of President Irfaan Ali, Prime Minister Brigadier Mark Phillips, and the cabinet.

Dear Editor, Some recent news headlines have caught my attention:  two thousand dollars bail for verbally abusing a policewoman (INews March 16); duo gets fifteen thousand dollars bail for assault on teacher (KN March 17); Ministry of Home Affairs explains new fire service HQ has to be inspected for defects, hence it was not completed ahead of schedule.