Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, In my nearly seventy years of following political, racial and economic discourse in Guyana, I have never seen something as disturbing as I saw this week.

Dear Editor, I read a letter by Vincent Alexander in yesterday’s newspapers where Mr.

Dear Editor, This Sunday, May 5, is Indian Arrival Day, commemorating the day Indians first landed on the territory in 1838.

Dear Editor, In his article last Sunday, titled “Presidential Immunity”, Ralph Ramkarran wrote “In Guyana a President can stand up in Regent Street and shoot a shopper dead and by virtue of article 182(2) he or she would be immune from prosecution even after he or she ceases to be President.

Dear Editor, Mr. Charles Sohan (SN, May 1, 2024) disagreed with the writer (SN April 23, 2024) that an umbrella programme management unit (UPMU) is urgently needed to oversee the various infrastructure projects in Guyana to deter corruption and to enable timely and quality infrastructure works. 

Dear Editor, I wish to explain what happens regarding elections at PPP Congresses.

Dear Editor, I wish to respond in these pages to a recent missive titled “When the carnage was instigated by a PPP Minister and the Phantom group, people sought solace in North America ‘’ by Mr.

Dear Editor, The letter writer has made a compelling call for City Hall to act with regards to vendors and vending (SN May 2), one of many such calls.

Dear Editor, As I listened to addresses by presenters at the May Day Rally I attended at the GTU Compound, the mess workers and citizens are in is clear.

Dear Editor, Unsafe work practices have left many without their daily bread.

Dear Editor, Finally, vendors doing their illegal vending in front of Demico have been removed.

Dear Editor, Recently, I wrote a letter advocating for amending Guyana’s constitution to introduce conscription, as one measure to counter Venezuela’s persistent claims over Essequibo.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Teachers’ Union, the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU), the University of Guyana Senior Staff Association, the University of Guyana Workers Union, the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) and its affiliated Unions, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Unions (GAWU) and other Trade Unions under the Federation of Independent Trade Unions (FITUG) should let the Guyanese people know of their observance of the Labour Laws, in particular the Trades Unions’ Act, the Labour Act, and the Trade Union Recognition Act, referred to hereunder,  This year will mark one hundred and three years since the enactment on 18 June 1921 of the Trade Unions Act: Chapter 98:03 – No.

Dear Editor, I had not long returned from my Bookers Cadetship Programme at the London School of Economics to take up a substantive position as Assistant Personnel Manager, Blairmont Estate, when the exceptional leader of the Booker Group of Companies visited our location.

Dear Editor, The DPP never seems to surprise me. It is so depressing to read her “recommendations”.

Dear Editor, I have always been intrigued by the power of freemasonry in British Guiana/Guyana.

Dear Editor, It seems like since the release of the ‘Tepui Summary of Findings’ by the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) on April 16, 2024, not a day has passed without Stabroek News finding space in its publication to attack the PPC, particularly those it deems to be “government selected  commissioners” [Editorial April 29, 2024].

Dear Editor,  In an April 23 letter which was published in SN, Dr.

Dear Editor, As Linden celebrates its anniversary “Town week” the recent emergence of a viral video depicting the violent treatment of a young, popular businessman by several police officers within the Mackenzie police station compound is not only disturbing but also serves as a stark reminder of the critical issues plaguing law enforcement agencies worldwide.

Dear Editor, Guyana has been independent for nigh on 58 years and, for the first 28 of those it was administered by the Afro-leaning PNC, so what opportunity for the advancement of people of African descent was missed?