Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The idea to shift the Mash parade from its traditional route is not a sensible one when all that is involved is taken into consideration. 

Dear Editor, I am a frequent viewer of Catholic Media Guyana’s Facebook page because of the many informative posts of activities around the Diocese and bits of knowledge shared on the Catholic faith.

Dear Editor, The Bartica Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) views with concern the strained relationship between the government and the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners’Association (GGDMA) over the proposed new tax measures and the threat by miners to close operations if negotiations fail.

Dear Editor, The private sector as represented by the Private Sector Commission, the Guyana Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Guyana Manufacturers and Services Association needs to decide whether its wants to be an opposition party or an appendage of the PPP/C or a development partner.

Dear Editor, Is Georgetown living in (Alice in) Wonderland? The parking meter imbroglio raises two simple questions:a) Should the madness that is central GT traffic continue or be regulated as in almost every other city in the world?

Dear Editor, Henry Jeffrey’s piece ‘About the PPP’ in his ‘Future notes’ of Wednesday, February 1, makes interesting reading.

Dear Editor, Some of my concerns regarding the parking meter contract are: Can the overseas based SCS or the city council raise the rates when he/she so desires?

Dear Editor, We read in the Stabroek News that “Fresh from its recent discovery of oil at the Payara well site, US firm ExxonMobil is preparing to begin drilling at a new site in the Stabroek Block offshore of Demerara.”

Dear Editor, The Guyana Prize for Literature 2016 Awards brochure which was published in the Guyana Chronicle on January 8 has many flaws that need correction and clarification.

Dear Editor, A sad, horrible and traumatic chapter in our country’s tattered history of public safety and security has been brought to an end by the Court.

Dear Editor, The Berbice Bar Association condemns in the strongest possible terms the unwarranted and unjustifiable attack by the Attorney General and the Guyana Chronicle on the Chancellor and the judiciary.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Chronicle of February 2, reported that Minister of Finance Winston Jordan informed the Cabinet about the “disequilibrium in the foreign exchange market” and offered as a policy response, more regulations and guidelines to ensure that “exporters repatriate their export earnings to the banking system”. 

Dear Editor, I have never been a fan of City Hall, but it has to stay the course on this parking meter affair. 

Dear Editor, It was reported in the news media on February 2nd, that Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman had arranged for Jeff Simons, country manager for ExxonMobil development of its oil & gas sectors to address Ministers, Heads of Departments and others regarding production preparation and the methodology which will be deployed to produce oil by Year 2020 from the recently discovered Liza field off Guyana’s northern coast.

Dear Editor, A source of much controversy are the parking meters.

Dear Editor, Loris Nathoo’s letter was as refreshing as it was thought provoking (‘Smart City Solutions should amend their pricing structure’ SN, Feb 4).

Dear Editor, For the past 6 months and as recently as last month I made several complaints to the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) clerk here at Anna Regina, Essequibo Coast, that my internet is very slow and that the telephone is not working.

Dear Editor, Indian Diaspora Council International (USA) and partners in Guyana and Trinidad will host a global convention in Trinidad from March 17 to 20 at various sites on that island to commemorate the centenary of the end of girmitya (indentured) labour from India.

Dear Editor, Hydar Ally, in a letter in SN dated January 25, captioned ‘No confusion about PPP’s ideological orientation’  tried to convince readers that the PPP post-Jagan continued to practise the principles of Marxism Leninism.

Dear Editor, We human beings can only recognise whatever bad qualities we purport to see in others because some of those same negative qualities are within ourselves, simply because of this common human nature.