Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The Mayor and some City Councillors now all of a sudden have a problem with the Local Government Commission exercising its authority in the affairs of the Georgetown City Council.

Dear Editor, Two letters written by two ‘brothers’ belonging to the same organization were published recently in mainstream media.

Dear Editor, I am writing to address the temporary ban issued on the use of jet skis, jet boats and airboats in the MMA-ADA (Mahaica/ Mahaicony/Abary-Agricultural Development/Authority) Block, implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture.

Dear Editor, There is this two-pronged question that won’t go away: where are we today, and where are we going?

Dear Editor, The candidate for New York Mayor in the Democratic Party endorsed by Guyanese groups in Queens, Eric Adams, has won the party’s nomination to contest the general election in Novem-ber, according to voting counts from the New York City’s Board Elections.

Dear Editor, The shocking death by assassination of a sitting Head of State, President Moise of Haiti, must be seen as a worrying development for our tiny CARICOM nation, and must be condemned in the strongest terms.

Dear Editor, May was not one of the better months for the year in terms of the percentage of positive C-19 cases to the number of tests in Guyana, which stood at 12%.

Dear Editor, After SN published my letter ‘Queries for NIS, Live chat not working’  in yesterday’s edition I noticed that both the query and Live chat are now up and running.

Dear Editor, As I pen this letter, I write with complete dismay about the divisive space in which we find ourselves as a nation.

Dear Editor,  My internet service went down for a second time within a  week on Saturday,  July 3.

Dear Editor, I just ask for a small space in your columns to ask: Does it make any sense for the authorities to give breathalyzer “tests” to persons involved in vehicular accidents, after the case of Gary Best was dismissed?

Dear Editor, It has come as no surprise, the manner in which the Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB) is being managed.

Dear Editor, Please allow me space in your edition to express some thoughts on incidents of public disorder that occurred in Region No.

Dear Editor, I refer to the recent media statement by the Ministry of Health (MOH) titled, “Let us all be responsible and stop politicizing COVID-19.” 

Dear Editor, I want to belatedly respond to the sage Eusi Kwyana’s letter of June 16, 2021, entitled `We have a duty to urgently introduce a system of disaster management superior to the current one’. 

Dear Editor,  I hope that someone from the NIS can address my concerns.

Dear Editor,  According to Wikipedia, Guyana had a labour force of some 325,000 in 2019 with 160,000 (49.2%) people employed and some 40,000 (12.2%) people classed as unemployed (people who are actually looking for work but cannot find work).

Dear Editor, Your nicely written editorial (SN June 25) highlighting the US-Soviet Union cooperation in space exploration reminds me of another example of their collaboration, relevant to these times, hence this letter.

Dear Editor, It is unfortunate that in the Land of Six Peoples an act of bipartisanship went unnoticed and unappreciated. 

Dear Editor, “The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.”