Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, In the Stabroek News of March 16, it was reported that representatives of the Chinese company, Hong Kong Golden Telecom Limited (HDGT), were in Guyana and recently put forward a proposal for payment of the outstanding US$5 million for the sale of the 20% shares of GTT owned by government.

Dear Editor, To correct Allan Fenty’s statements made in his SN column of March 17, 2017, under the sub-head ‘Rights, voices beyond the bound-yard’: it is the Indians who subsume their ethnic identity to the African Caribbean culture who exhibit triumphalism, snobbery and superiority at being both accepted and embraced by the dominant status quo; and it is the very poor rural Indian Guyanese who continue to practise their religion and culture, remembered from Mother India, who most need to be protected and defended.

Dear Editor, Transparency and accountability in the public procurement process was perhaps the most fundamental issue on the political platform of the APNU+AFC when they were in the opposition.

Dear Editor, The GRA published the revised list of Zero Rated Supplies (Schedule 1) and Exempt Supplies (Schedule 11) during the month of February, 2017.

Dear Editor, I, like most Guyanese am deeply concerned at what appears to be the laid-back attitude of the APNU+AFC coalition government as our economic woes deepen.

Dear Editor, The Mayor and City Council, earlier this year, cited their intent to reintroduce zoning in the City of Georgetown.

Dear Editor, I refer to two letters written by Mr Mortimer George which were published on February 28 in the Kaieteur News, Stabroek News and Guyana Chronicle,  and then in Kaieteur News on March 1 and the Guyana Chronicle on March 16.

Kit Nascimento’s Public Communications Consultants Limited (PCCL) has concluded its contract with Smart City Solutions Inc.

Dear Editor, We stand in full solidarity with Latoya Nugent, co-founder of the Tambourine Army of Jamaica and executive director of WE-Change, who was arrested by members of the Counter-Terrorism and Organized Crime Division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force on Tuesday, March 14, 2017.

Dear Editor, In a March 11 letter which appeared in the news media, Donald Ramotar, former President of the Republic and a Director of GuySuCo stated, “the problem with GuySuCo was due to bad management”.

Dear Editor, The handling of the Sparendaam Pradoville 2 investigation would best serve the society should it be dealt with from the position of the rule of law (ie universal principles) rather than who is involved (ie personalities).

Dear Editor, I have been following with interest the dismal performance of trainee nurses at their final state examinations.

Dear Editor, For quite some time special breed dogs have been assigned roles as sentries, protectors and defenders of property and owners, and in many instances are even held in greater regard than citizens.

Dear Editor, A Kaieteur News article dated March 7 with the headline ‘Way paved for National Mining Syndicate body to be elected’ refers.

Dear Editor, In the preamble to the Guyana Constitution it says: “We The Guyanese People… forge a system of governance that promotes concerted effort and broad-based participation in national decision making in order to develop a viable economy…” When you are the government, you make the rules.

Dear Editor, On the 16th March, 2017 at around 9.25am I was heading to Georgetown via the Rupert Craig Highway and to my surprise, I saw a truck bearing the SOL logo overtaking cars, travelling at approximately 110 k/ph.

Dear Editor, A Minister within the Ministry of Education erred in a speech in which Phagwah was designated Diwali.

Dear Editor, The happenings at the recent commemoration event at Babu John made me sit up and take notice.

Dear Editor, I am absolutely frustrated and depressed over the heartless and callous treatment meted out to me by Dynamic Airways.

Dear Editor, The government needs to enforce computer security.  Little attention is given to web security on government public-facing websites and more to design and content delivery.