Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I waited for the dust to lighten before venturing my two tiny coppers on a man alternately hailed and scorned. 

Dear Editor, Amidst the furore over the mic snatching incident, shouldn’t protocol and courtesy have dictated that the MC/REO be advised of a small change to the programme by the Chairman, instead of foisting his authority on proceedings? 

Dear Editor, We are now in March, and the Bureau of Statistics (BoS) has not published on its website (https://statisticsguyana.gov.gy/)

Dear Editor Your Letters Column has evolved into a commendable Forum for ordinary persons who become frustrated in their dealings with officialdom, when they seek redress for difficulties which they often face, and for which no official channels appear to exist.

Dear Editor,  Please afford me some space, thank you. When I received (in early February) billing month January’s GPL bill it showed that my previous reading, done in December 13th, was 1183.

Dear Editor, GTT is supposedly providing a service to Guyana and at the same time, receiving profits.

Dear Editor, Region 2 is rapidly being transformed into an economic hub; particularly within the township.

Dear Editor, An item on an online news site (INews February 28), narrates an exactly similar incident, which was reported about two weeks ago, about a stolen motor car in Berbice which was torched.

Dear Editor, Guyana recently observed 53 years of republican status. It coincided with the 100th birth anniversary of former Presi-dent, Forbes Burnham.

Dear Editor, It is good to read of the encouraging developments coming out of the IDPADA-G standoff between the PPP Government and the entity dedicated to serving the interests of Black Guyanese.

Dear Editor, There aren’t many citizens that would be able to conceptualize “The Green Revolution,” a period of technology transfer initiatives that enabled the high productivity of crops through various adapted measures like the increased area under farming, double cropping: planting two crops rather than one annually, adoption of a high-yield variety of seeds, highly increased use of inorganic fertilizers and pesticides, and improved drainage and irrigation among other farming techniques.

Dear Editor, The Georgetown seawall was quiet and the sprawling ocean in all its beauty was tranquil.

Dear Editor, Several media houses have been carrying the news item regarding the illegal mining operation that was found in the New River area.

Dear Editor, In the course of my over fifty years service in the teaching profession, I enjoyed above all  my attachment to Saraswati Vidya Niketan a school of private status of Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara.

Dear Editor, Guyana is on a construction boom but while we hear and read about smart this and that what about green construction?

Dear Editor, After an examination of the National Budget and the way these massive funds are being farmed  out, these words of Omar Khayyam came to mind – “Ah Love!

Dear Editor, The Queens Book Fair and Literary Festival Inc. celebrated Black History Month with an impressive function.

Dear Editor, Has anyone asked the fish or fishermen? MARAD notice number 30 (2023) published on February 24 is for 8 months of geotechnical and geophysical surveying in the vicinity of the Demerara Main Ship Channel near Plantation Best and covering 70 square nautical miles. 

Dear Editor, Thanks to Christopher Ram for his accounting analysis of vacancies in our various levels of schools, as advertised by the Teaching Service Commission – interestingly an annual exercise only, regardless of how perpetual these absences have been.

Dear Editor, I was an eleven-year old boy at the laying of the cornerstone in 1945 for the Lachmansingh Primary School on Canadian Presbyterian Mission land.