Letters to the Editor

The seizing of retention accounts is not the intention of the government

Dear Editor, Your article of March 25, 2017 captioned ‘BOG prepared to inject foreign currency into market’ includes the following sentences: “He added that a retention account is not a right, ‘it’s a privilege granted at the behest of the Central Bank; we have net earners of foreign exchange also trying to play the market.’ 

Appalled by outburst of Attorney-General

Dear Editor, I am a constitutional post holder having been appointed chairman of the Public Service Commission, member of the Police and Judicial Service Commissions and the Commissioning Board of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).

Inconsistent sentencing in the courts can reflect biases

Dear Editor, Let me at the outset express my thanks to Mr Rajendra Bisessar for turning the spotlight on the recent case in which a 23-year-old woman was sentenced to 2 years and 8 months imprisonment plus a fine of $159,000 after being found guilty of possession of four grams of marijuana.

We need answers from the Ministry of Education

Dear Editor, The fiasco of Pastor Steven Anderson of the Faithful Word Baptist Church being allowed and invited by the Ministry of Education to preach in our public schools, points to a deeper issue in the Guyanese society: that is the underlying assumption and belief held by many that Guyana is a still a Christian state. 

There should be a reconciliation between President and Jordan on divergent approaches to education

Dear Editor, One cannot help being moved by Swami Aksharananda’s incisive letter in the media (SN, March 29) in which he exposed the apparent contradiction between President Granger’s praise for the education provided by private schools and the harsh taxation policy being pursued by the Minister of Finance “as he sought to justify the 14% tax on students” while pronouncing on “the sins of private schools”.

Cricket needs a great deal of shaking up

Dear Editor, While Australia was being beaten by India, Australian broadcasters were saying seriously that Ashwin, the best off-spinner in the game, was learning from Lyon, who may be Australia`s best, but obviously not as good as Ashwin, and that Yadav, who has played more games than Cummings, and looks likely to be soon among the best quicks, was learning from the new, raw kid, Cummings.

‘It is true I am a protagonist for changing the methodology associated with the selection of Gecom commissioners’

Dear Editor, Although I have already begun to truly enjoy my retirement, and although I have, over many years, been preparing for this new phase of my life, not lastly by programming myself not to be embroiled in discussions on issues associated with the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom), it is imperative that, on occasion, some answers must be given to those who assail positions in which I deeply believe.

How can GAWU want to sustain the sugar industry and not sustain Uitvlugt?

Dear Editor, The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) Inc would like to respond to the letter that was published in the Stabroek News on 24 March, 2017 and titled ‘Injustices to sugar workers are being perpetrated anew,’ penned by Mr Seepaul Narine, General Secretary of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU).

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