Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The Ministers of Natural Resources are on record as stating that the Mining Syndicate is a mechanism to assist all miners who are having difficulty accessing mining lands.

Dear Editor, Guyanese media have recently made multiple references to an article ‘Graham, McCain want answers on Sessions-Russia report’ published by CNN on March 2, 2017 containing insinuations about Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak.

Dear Editor, I am finding it extremely difficult to read what is in some sections of the press about the Fake statement of poll (SoP).

Dear Editor, I wish to record my annoyance with some television stations which air BBC News as a filler (filling airtime until time to air scheduled programme).

Dear Editor, The executives and members of the Clerical & Commercial Workers’ Union (CCWU) wish to extend their deepest sympathy to the sorrowing relatives and friends of Kenneth Joseph who died on February 23.

Dear Editor, Relatively high production costs for rice and sugar could eventually result in a sharp reduction in the amount of land under cultivation, and loss of generational farming skills.

Dear Editor, I am an ardent cricket fan and a fanatic of Berbice cricket who has been following the intricacies  of the Guyana Cricket Board and the Berbice Cricket Board cricket saga, not to mention the court matter between two representatives of Berbice cricket namely, Mr Godwyn Allicock in his capacity as secretary of the Port Mourant Cricket Club, Mr David Black in his capacity as President of the West Berbice Cricket Association and the Berbice Cricket Board.

Dear Editor, The appointment of two women to act as Chancellor and Chief Justice in Guyana certainly did not come as a surprise to some in the legal fraternity.

Dear Editor, Two headlines in the Guyana Chronicle caught my attention late last week:  ‘Unity achieved through diversity -President says the Republic started shaping a culturally diverse society (Feb 23); and ‘Ethnic division began with colonizers -Alexander says education vital to achieving social cohesion’ (Feb 24).

Dear Editor, A little over two weeks after my appointment as Minister of Public Health I alerted President David Arthur Granger and several of my colleague ministers, about the outbreak of yellow fever in neighbouring Brazil and the need for contingency measures to be strengthened in Guyana to prevent or curtail its spread here.

Dear Editor, I’ll admit, from the perspective of a Guyanese citizen that the parking meter contract and its enforcement can be quite disheartening. 

Dear Editor, Saraswati Vidya Niketan wishes to congratulate Dr Kumar Mahabir of Trinidad for his pioneering efforts to expose the ethnic and ideological biases in CSEC and CAPE syllabuses in Literature and History. 

Dear Editor, Messrs Eric Phillips in a letter dated February 28, and on the newspaper’s Blog, and Tacuma Ogunseye in a letter dated March 1, 2017, both employed in the State Asset Recovery Unit, threw caution, logic, facts and decency to the wind in defence of their boss, Professor Clive Thomas.

Dear Editor, My children are all adults, the youngest has just gotten her master’s degree.

Dear Editor, On March 1st, 2017, President Granger announced that the Value Added Tax (V.A.T)

Dear Editor, I noticed that Dr Surujbally, in his parting shot, has joined a few minds who feel that the constitution seems to prefer a judge to be selected as the chairman of Gecom.

Dear Editor, I refer to the Kaieteur News article, dated March 2, ‘Dharmic Sabha’s Grand Phagwah Mela and Bazaar set for March 4,’ where it was erroneously stated that “Holika Dahan or the Burning of Holika will be observed by mandirs countrywide on Sunday March 12th on Purnima or full moon night ….

Dear Editor, I recently received my invoice from Guyana Power and Light Inc for a period beginning in the middle of January and ending in the middle of February.

Dear Editor, Coming quickly on the heels of breaking news that China’s Ambassador to Guyana, Cui Jianchun, wants to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in the area of developing “a strong engineering corps at the GDF, so they can make a bigger contribution to infrastructure development in this country”, I would like to offer a perspective.

Dear Editor, The Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority has issued a notice entitled ‘VAT and computers, computer printers’ via its Facebook page (see https://www.facebook.com/guyanarevenue/posts/1292746520817578).