Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, In response to Kissoon’s Furniture Store Co-CEO, Nicholas Roberts `Race of a customer is never taken into consideration at Kissoon’s’ (SN May 15), I would like to make a few clarifications for clarity sake.

Dear Editor, With the COVID-19 emergency measures taking effect for at least the rest of this month, children, and in some cases parents, will remain at home.

Dear Editor, It must have been excruciatingly painful, highly embarrassing, for Dr Riyad Insanally, Guyana’s Ambassador to Washington and Permanent Representative to the OAS, to listen to a former Jamaican Prime Minister’s, Mr Bruce Golding’s, stunning presentation at the recent meeting of the   Permanent Council of the OAS on the fiddling of Guyana’s election  results in favour of the APNU+AFC incumbent.

Dear Editor, As I read the news yesterday, I was taken aback at what I would describe as the forthrightness in the press, that is, of the Organisation of American States (OAS) with reference to the report by the former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Mr.

Dear Editor, On the afternoon of May 13th it came to our attention that Akola Thompson, a customer at our store, left a public review on our Facebook page claiming she was racially profiled at our business on May 9th.

Dear Editor, The twists and turns of Guyana’s elections of March 2nd have been dizzying with furious passions and a series of unending intrigues.

Dear Editor, I have an old aunt who is very interested in politics.

Dear Editor, Various media outfits continue to disseminate statistics related to the existence of COVID-19 in Guyana.

Dear Editor, It has been explained ad nauseam that Gecom is an independent and autonomous body.

Dear Editor, It is with sad disbelief that I read that the first Region 9 Coronavirus victim had illegally entered our country from Brazil and has exposed many of our vulnerable Indigenous Communities to the virus.

Dear Editor, In his highly acclaimed book titled ‘The Speed of Trust’, Steven Covey opens with the following incontestable proposition: “There is one thing that is common to every individual, relationship, team,            family, organisation, nation, economy and civilisation throughout the world – one thing which, if removed, will destroy the most powerful government, the most successful business, the most thriving economy, the most influential leadership, the greatest friendship, the strongest character, the deepest love. 

Dear Editor, As an ex-soldier, I strongly condemn the way in which our young brothers are losing their lives in the army.

Dear Editor, Over the past few days, I have read articles in this newspaper, the Barbados Advocate and other regional periodicals on the pain of transitioning to ‘Online Learning’ and the unresolved challenges of this new reality.

Dear Editor,  Last Saturday, I went to Kissoon’s Furniture Store Industrial Site, Ruimveldt to purchase and uplift some items that I needed.

Dear Editor, The political dysfunction in Guyana is adding enough stress to responding to Covid-19.

Dear Editor, As a 17-year-old Lower Sixth student of Queen’s College, Guyana, I have noted with avid interest and slight disbelief the occurrences of the recent few months, in particular the COVID-19 pandemic and the response of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) in this regard. 

Dear Editor, As we sail serenely along in the daily routines in this lost town and now lost year, some information came to me late Monday evening, which indicated that we may have the potential for more troubles on our hands than we care to know. 

Dear Editor, There are 2,339 ballot boxes to be counted. Approximately 93 boxes (2339/25) must be processed per day to complete the recount in 25 days.

Dear Editor, The de facto coalition never seems to be out of the woods where controversy is concerned.

Dear Editor, Ian McDonald’s Sunday column entitled ‘Something rotten in the State’ can be seen as an attempt to examine and fathom the mind of a scorned ex-soldier.