Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The GAWU/GuySuCo saga is yet one more battle in the ‘war’ between President Jagdeo and Freedom House.

Dear Editor, On December 21, 2010, I read a most insightful editorial in SN about the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and although I do not agree with some of the issues raised I do support the view expressed that the ministry is being marginalized.

Dear Editor, I, Sheik Mohamed Mustapha Muslim, of Mahaicony would like to inform the general public that I was not the author of the letter captioned ‘Some rum shops in Mahaicony sell liquor to persons under age’ which was published in the SN on December 15, 2010 under the name of one Mohamed Mustapha, Imam.

Dear Editor When I was young (so long ago!) I started reading Perry Mason mysteries and enjoyed them thoroughly.

Dear Editor, I believe that the agreement between the Buxton community and the Government of Guyana to rebuild the historic Tipperary Hall is a symbolic new cooperation, progressive and positive whether politically or culturally.

Dear Editor, Informed sources have indicated that an appointment may  have been made to the chairmanship of the Guyana Livestock Development Authority, which is supposed to be established via the enactment of the Guyana Livestock Development Authority Act 2010.

Dear Editor, The Jagdeo regime is wont to prattle about a new political culture in Guyana.

Dear Editor, In an SN letter of December 23, Mr Omadatt Chandan, Corporate Secretary of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) reported that although excavation work has stopped on the 10.3 km long Hope Canal Project, mobilization and other activities such as ancillary drainage relief works for the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) which he termed ‘project works’ are being carried out in the vicinity of the canal (‘While work was temporarily halted in some sections of the Hope Canal project, there was mobilization for works to be carried out in other sections’).

Dear Editor, If you were wondering whether or not our leadership is on a retrogressive path, look no further.    

Dear Editor, This is the second Christmas the right to representation has been denied bauxite workers employed at the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) and 57 of them have been stripped of the right to work and provide economic sustenance for themselves and families. 

Dear Editor, The government will earn itself a mixed report card for 2010, and I guess for the remainder of the time in office.

Dear Editor, I am greatly heartened by the nomination of Mr Bertie Xavier to serve on the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues by the Government of Guyana, and his election to that body.

Dear Editor, The Government of Guyana by its actions is committed to the recognition and development of the indigenous peoples of our country.

Dear Editor, Some persons would by now be familiar with the following often repeated quote: “There are men and women of the Caribbean who are so blinded by their own brilliance that they do not see the darkness through which they lead others.”

Dear Editor, “One thing I cannot do, unless I am prepared to resign from the PPP, is to add condemnation to my appeals.”

Dear Editor, Season’s greetings to all Guyanese. The caption of the Demerara Waves online article ‘Kissoon Benschop arrested for blocking landfill site; Government intervenes in chaotic landfill’ and comments by Public Works Minister Robeson Benn surely give the impression that the problem at the Le Repentir Disposal Site was caused by the Georgetown municipality.

Dear Editor, Godfrey Chin’s article  on the Metropole cinema in the December 12 edition of Sunday Stabroek, was a welcome addition to his Nostalgia series.

Dear Editor, Tomorrow on Boxing Day, December 26, Dame Olga Lopes-Seale will be 93 years of age, and her ‘nephews’ and ‘nieces’ in Guyana all send her birthday greetings.

Dear Editor, In your edition of December 22, 2010, Cde Donald Ramotar, commenting on the portion of my advertisement published in SN on December 21, in which I expressed the expectation for a secret ballot if there is a contested election for the presidential candidate of the PPP, said that he did not know whether there would be a secret ballot for the election because there was none before and that the meeting would have to decide.

Dear Editor, Sometimes, in days gone by, in this the season of goodwill, the mood would be joyous and thoughts inspired by the prospects of camaraderie, good cheer and the spirits of Christmas.