Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The recent debacle of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) losing its land on which its new head office would have been built is cause for concern about how state assets are doled out, the lack of transparency, and lack of full disclosure.

Dear Editor, I respond forthwith to a letter Ms. Annette Ferguson published on June 12, 2022 captioned “Recommissioning the two water taxis was a PPP/C attempt to erase the legacy of the Coalition Government.”

Dear Editor, I am requesting the Minister and the Traffic Chief to visit the traffic nuisance now created in Eping Avenue since the Sheriff Road has been completed.

Dear Editor, One media house tells of a glorifying rousing and affectionate welcome…popularity on display… plan and vision among other eloquent terms including a poem, (News Room June 16).

Dear Editor, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali is the President and both protocol and the etiquette of statesmanship compels him to afford dignified reception to any question from any corner on any subject, including those form naysayers.

Dear Editor, I was outraged that GECOM Commissioner Vincent Alexander can attempt to justify the non-production of the APNU/ AFC Statements of Poll (SoPs) for certain parts of Region 4 (SN 2022-July-16).

Dear Editor, On June 16, 1948 five sugar workers were gunned down by colonial police as they strove for better working conditions.

Dear Editor, It is with much angst about the future of Guyana that I call attention to the rapid erosion of democratic rights in the country.

Dear Editor, On April 11th, 2022, I started my new job at the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc.

Dear Editor, I would like to highlight a serious problem in Sixth Street, Cummings Lodge.

Dear Editor, The summarised press release on the World Bank’s funding of a new Education developmental project identifies the following targets to be addressed: –  60,744   Students –   2,128  Teachers’ and Principals –   600 TVET Students –    140  Secondary and Post-Secondary Trainers Subject Areas –  A new curriculum for Grades 7-9 –  Training teachers on the new curriculum –  Teach students with different needs –  Coaching and mentoring teachers –  Instructional leadership and managerial program’ for Principals Accommodation Secondary Schools to be built or rehabilitated: Without question this is a most laudable human resources project.

Dear Editor, It is with increasing frequency that the politicians, in pursuit of their partisan agendas, keep referring to the events following Polling Day, March 2, 2020, in their attempts to score what can only be considered as political points.

Dear Editor, One week ago, a young Lethem father was riding home on a motorcycle with his small son when a flock of sheep ran across the road and caused them both to fall.

Dear Editor, US Congressman, Hakeem Jeffries, uttered at a Guyanese religious conference on June 11, 2022 in a Brooklyn church, “… Not everyone in Guyana is treated consistent with the principles of equal protection under the law,” adding “I will not tolerate racism in Guyana.”

Dear Editor, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill, and a team of four were on an official visit to India from 12-16 June, for the launch ceremony of the ocean-going cargo-cum-passenger ferry vessel being built for Guyana by M/s Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd.

Dear Editor,  I am delighted to announce that Chris Ram- accountant, lawyer and longtime chronicler of oil and gas in Guyana has agreed to be one of the speakers in this Sunday’s ‘Oil Dorado’.

Dear Editor, In light of developments in the sugar industry, this year’s 74th anniversary of the Enmore Martyrs is likely to be overshadowed by a more somber and reflective mood among those who still cling romantically to the days when sugar was king, hoping that that era will somehow return and not dim before their very eyes.

Dear Editor, Each time the rallying call is made about the establishment of the PPC the standard response is it will.be

Dear Editor, I observed in the press recently that the Prime Minister Brig (r’td) Mark Phillips met with the Mayor and a delegation from the Georgetown Municipality, once more to attempt to alleviate the suffering of residents across the city, who are once again plagued by flooding caused in no small measure by the mismanagement of the city’s drainage and other infrastructure.

Dear Editor, When will public servants cease to embarrass their leaders, themselves and professionals who know better, as well as those related to the increasing number of foreign institutions in this country?