Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, It is very sad that a United Nations Initiative, the International Year for People of African Descent, has led to a kind of bullying in Guyana.

Dear Editor, Member of the PPP’s Central Com-mittee and Executive Committee, Presi-dent Jagdeo, at a press conference said: “But more importantly, there is a danger we have always been worried that people could promise other things to get them to vote for them and this is the danger of secret balloting…” This view is an insult to the large majority of the Central Committee (CC) of the PPP in terms of what would influence the way in which they would vote in order to choose the presidential candidate for the PPP/C.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter which appeared in the Guyana Chronicle dated January 15 and captioned ‘Greenidge should have adhered to decorum.’

Dear Editor, After not having visited Bartica in six years, I was fascinated by the smoothly asphalted streets and avenues through which speedy traffic whisked away along diverse routes.

Dear Editor, I am humbled by Suresh Singh’s citation of me, among a few other NY-based Guyanese, as someone who is deserving of the Indian Pravasi Award in letter captioned ‘There are others who are deserving of the Pravasi Award’ (SN, Jan 15) in response to Ashok Ramsaran’s recognition from the Government of India (GOI).

Dear Editor, I had written to you concerning being pushed around by NIS.

Dear Editor, We the Regatta power boat members and racers of the Guyana Power Boat Racing Association (GPBRA) are trying our best to uplift this great sport.

Dear Editor, I have read a few of the articles and letters in the media concerning the garbage dump in  Le Repentir Cemetery and noted the general alarm and concern the views expressed.

Dear Editor, Why should citizens wait until after we cast our votes for the government to fulfil their side of the bargain?

Dear Editor, Election year 2011 is finally here; the silly season as it is referred to so humorously but aptly, will afford some of us who are less informed, the anticipation of the hope and fear that the letter columns of your newspaper bring to the reading public.

Dear Editor, In response to statements made in the Kaieteur News, Saturday, January 15, 2011 and the Stabroek News, Monday, January 17 by Mr Chetram Singh, President of the Guyana Cricket Board, the Registrar of Friendly Societies is duty bound to conduct or cause to be audited any society registered under the Friendly Societies Act Chapter 36:04 under the Laws of Guyana.

Dear Editor, There has been much debate about the expiry date of the GT&T monopoly licence.

Dear Editor, Since the issue of secret ballot is attracting some attention in Guyana, I thought I should draw your readers’ attention to recent experience in Ireland.

Dear Editor, The political parties and the presidential aspirants issuing from their midst seem to be now seriously gearing up for the coming general elections.

Dear Editor, By accident or design this world has changed since Mr Barack Obama acceded to the presidency of the United States of America. 

Dear Editor, I refer to your opinion expressed in ‘Sports Scope’ in the Stabroek News of January17.

Dear Editor, Amid the continued emergence of influential personalities from the little islands of the Eastern Caribbean that are entrenched within the hierarchy of West Indies cricket, the latest appointment of Richie Richardson as West Indies new Team Manager is indeed refreshing and has provided a ray of hope, just like the rise of the early morning sun.

Dear Editor, I wish to refer to a letter under the caption ‘Only one introductory LCDS meeting was held in Santa Rosa’ in your issue of  January11.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter by R Karim entitled ‘No country should accept Israel’s actions’ (SN, Jan 18).

Dear Editor, You gotta give it to the PPP. They may be spectacular failures in many things but they are A students in understanding the psyche and mentality of the Guyanese people and knowing how to control and exploit it.