Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The shortage of drugs and medical supplies is a matter of life and death and not just a political problem as some may want to believe.

Dear Editor, I was advised that the Guyana Bank for Trade & Industry Ltd (GBTI) is due to hold its Annual General Meeting for the year 2016 very soon. 

Dear Editor, I was pleased to read, if belatedly, the Wednesday, February 22, Stabroek News editorial headed ‘Pan-O-Rama.’

Dear Editor, Last week, I wrote about how the independence of the Judiciary is being undermined by the coalition government.

Dear Editor, The introduction of parking meters should be acceptable on the following terms:a) The charge to be $20.00 (twenty dollars) per hour or part thereof b) No one can be exempt; all ministers of the government, government workers, everyone has to pay c) The hours 8 am to 4 pm every working day d) Clamping and tow charges should not amount to more than two days at the minimum wage.

Dear Editor, The decision by Dr Rupert Roopnaraine, Minister of Education, to meet five parents and Swami Aksharananda, educator, as representatives of the group protesting outside of his ministry against VAT on education services on April 5 was commendable.

Dear Editor, Today’s news sparked a mood to write on a very disturbing issue.

Dear Editor, In reading the recently released final draft of the Framework for Guyana Green State Development Strategy (GSDS) by the Department of Environment, Ministry of the Presidency, I saw that a lot of financing is expected to come from the private sector and private investors.

Dear Editor, I am appalled to learn that the tuition fees for University of Guyana students will increase by 35% over the coming three years.

Dear Editor, Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) Mr Errol Hanoman told the National Assembly’s Economic Services Committee (ESC) in January this year that the entity was saddled with a $77 billion debt and defaulting on all of its repayment obligations, while Chairman Clive Thomas said that given the debt it made no business sense to keep it going. 

Dear Editor, The coverage of l’affaire Williams has been extensive, if not fevered on occasion. 

Dear Editor, I have long reasoned that in Guyana, common sense is not largely the modus operandi of the governing parties.

Dear Editor, The PPP and the PPP/C government has always committed to consultation with the masses on issues of development.

Dear Editor, Is the Guyana Learning Channel acquainted with the Guyana Mathematics Curriculum Guides and the Interactive Radio Instruction Programme?

Dear Editor, The horrific, deadly and chilling scenes blaring across televisions and other media from news organizations worldwide on the atrocities perpetrated against a rebel area in Syria transcend all barriers and borders.

Dear Editor, It is in the interest of posterity that our citizenry not lose perspective on the emerging energy realities because of the prospects of an oil boom in Guyana in the next few years.

Dear Editor, The Movement Against Parking Meters (MAPM) notes with concern certain statements made by the Minister of Communities, Mr Ronald Bulkan in an interview with HGPTV Nightly News and carried on the said news broadcast on March 27, 2017.

Dear Editor, I am writing this letter out of deep frustration with regard to the water situation in our community, namely, the Hosororo Stretch and the surrounding area of Kumaka.

Dear Editor, The litany of accusations of corruption that continue to be hurled at the former PPP/C administration and even public servants who were merely doing technical jobs has not ceased, and has assumed new momentum as the coalition government attempts to deflect attention away from the downward spiral into which they have taken the economy.

Dear Editor, Our youth are complaining about the lack of job creation by new APNU+AFC government.