Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Guyana’s Jubilee anniversary has come and gone, the excitement is over and we are now well into the next 50 years of the nation’s existence.

Dear Editor, I am a 78-year-old rice farmer of Hague Settlement on the West Coast of Demerara.

Dear Editor, If my colleagues and I never took a risk before, then leaving Guyana to participate in a voluntary programme in Romania is certainly a big one.

Dear Editor, The recent move by government to impose VAT on private education has caused many people to give their opinions about the administration and we saw a few persons starting to picket at various locations with the aim of trying to get the government to change its position.

Dear Editor, Radio is unstoppable, a wonderful medium indeed. It can have a soothing and therapeutic effect, depending on the nature and quality of the programme.

Dear Editor, I thank your newspaper for sending Kenesha Fraser to Dartmouth, Essequibo Coast, to produce a January 5, 2014 story on the village.

Dear Editor,   The Guyanese American diaspora (from the greater New York area) held a seminar and cultural variety programme on Sunday afternoon in a tribute to the late former Presidents Cheddi Jagan and Janet Jagan in Richmond Hill, Queens to celebrate his 99th birth anniversary and to memorialize and commemorate the 20th anniversary since his death and 9th anniversary since her death.

Dear Editor, The traditionally reserved Bank of Guyana (the Bank) has found itself increasingly drawn into public statements and appearances over the uncertainty surrounding the foreign exchange market and the deterioration of the exchange rate of the Guyana Dollar.

Dear Editor, Commemorative activities in the country seem, inevitably, to acquire some of the stain and colours of our racial antipathies.

Dear Editor, Without a doubt, the greatest obstacle to an APNU+AFC re-election bid in 2020, is the man who now holds the strategic positions of Leader of the Opposition and General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Dr Bharrat Jagdeo.

Dear Editor, The country’s wounds will heal I believe, only when Guyana acknowledges the truth of what happened from October 9, 1953 (the date when the Constitution was suspended), to the present.

Dear Editor, The 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome in 1957 which resulted in the establishment of the European Economic Community (EEC) is of special significance to Guyana and other former Caribbean colonies of Britain, France and The Netherlands.

Dear Editor, With reference to the ongoing media debate on the sugar industry, in rural outreach discussions (seminars) with international scholars in Trinidad and Guyana, which are part of the commemoration of the centenary of the abolition of indenture, sugar workers in both societies bitterly complain of their mistreatment by state owned sugar companies and the government.

Dear Editor, The Commonwealth Secretariat has this year emphasized peace as a major focus in its observance of World Commonwealth Day.

Dear Editor, Marine Le Pen, National Front candidate in the upcoming French presidential elections, discussed with President Putin in Moscow the prospects of cooperation with Russia in counter-terrorism, culture, energy and trade, and breaking Cold War stereotypes.

Dear Editor, The current discussion on the sugar industry vis-à-vis the bauxite industry being conducted by the PPP/C is deserving of context.

Dear Editor, We are constantly reminded by the central bank through the media that there is no shortage of foreign currency in the country and that the spread between the buying and selling rates should be no more than $3, yet the public is bombarded daily by contrary scenarios when they approach the cambios and banks.

Dear Editor, By now, Article 161(2) of the Constitution of Guyana must be one of the most familiar provisions of that document where the populace is concerned.

Dear Editor, The actions of the Town Clerk, whereby he contrived to have the council defy specific instructions from the Minister of Communities, who has ministerial responsibility for M&CC, in relation to the suspension of the parking meters by-laws is insubordination and is grounds for disciplinary action.

Dear Editor At his recent press conference, Mr Jadgeo claimed that I was the Guyanese representative in South Africa.