Dear Editor,
Please refer to a letter which appeared in your Stabroek News issue of Tuesday, September 3, 2024: “The institutional rates’ policy pushed through the Georgetown city council expressly omits non-governmental organisations.”
Dear Editor,
The decision by the EPA to not do an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the establishment of a waste treatment / processing facility at Coverden is a serious misstep.
Dear Editor,
As a councillor and as a former mayor of Georgetown, I wish to address a matter of significant concern regarding the recent decision by the current council to approve a 25% institutional rate.
Dear Editor,
Reference is made to a letter by Mr. GHK Lall in the Stabroek News edition of September 3, 2024, captioned “that 1.6% CPI stat that flies in the face of every market experience by many Guyanese”.
When American comedian Kevin Hart pre-launched his current world tour “Acting My Age” at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey at the end of June, patrons were warned that there would be no cellphones allowed.
Dear Editor,
Peaceful Guyanese are convinced that the relevant authorities are only lip servicing the noise nuisance issue in this country and that this problem will not die a slow death, nor be eradicated completely, nor even experience a noticeable reduction.
Dear Editor,
True to form, the editorial delivered by Stabroek News (SN Saturday, August 31, 2024) is replete with hyperbole and reproof, reflecting a profound misunderstanding of President Irfaan Ali’s announcement to remove tolls on key bridges.
Dear Editor,
Reference is made to a Stabroek News article captioned “Coverden Residents Pledge to up action against oil waste facility”, on September 1, 2024.
Dear Editor,
Saturday’s afternoon programme at the Theatre Guild featured a lecture by Professor Marjoleine Kars of her book- ‘Blood on the River,’ which in essence was an examination of the most significant revolution in Guyana.
Dear Editor,
Most will agree that cultural promotion, especially within diasporic communities, plays a critical role in maintaining and celebrating one’s cultural identity.
Dear Editor,
Two letters on schools caught my attention. One has to do with Carmel Secondary School (SN September 3); while the other has to do with Leonora Secondary School (SN September 3).
A recent United Nations (UN) report on Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program, has painted a picture which strongly suggests that the old adage of ‘the grass is always greener on the other side’ is actually not what it appears to represent.