Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, It was very painful to take note of the well prepared article in KN dated August 15, titled ‘Is Guyana’s manufacturing sector dying ?’

Dear Editor, The following communication was received from the St Lucia National Reparations Committee: “…As you will have learned by now (hopefully), the Saint Lucia NRC will on August 17 host a special event to commemorate the 129th Anniversary of the Birth of Marcus Mosiah Garvey.

Dear Editor, Well, the Town Week and Jubilee celebrations have come and gone, and we the folks of Linden/Region 10 are back to business as usual. 

Dear Editor, Initially, I had no intention of going to the Alkaline show for a number of reasons—the venue, some lingering questions about the content of some of his songs and some gender-based and personal safety concerns, to name a few.

Dear Editor, Firstly, I wish to clearly state that no one is perfect.

Dear Editor, To date Guyana has not won a medal ‒ gold, silver or bronze ‒ at the ongoing Olympics Games now underway in neighbouring Brazil.

Dear Editor, We were made to believe that the new government is way above board and can do no wrong; that because the cabinet members and a few others are paid super salaries they will not be tempted to be dishonest.

Dear Editor, Is it constructive, soul nourishing to harbour hope, no matter how fragile, that the geographical slice named Guyana can somehow, someday grow into a nation, a real nation? 

Dear Editor, The change of government last year has not brought much expected relief in economic, security and youth affairs by the APNU+AFC administration.

Dear Editor, Were these the same batsmen who played in the second innings of the second Test?

Dear Editor, Article 199 (1) and (3) of the Constitution provides as follows:  “Art 199 (1) the power to make appointments to offices to which this Article applies and to remove and exercise disciplinary control over persons holding or acting in such offices shall vest in the Judicial Service Commission… “Art 199 (3) this article applies to the office of Commissioner of Title, Magistrate, Director of Public Prosecution, Deputy Director of Public Prosecution, Registrar of the High Court, Deputy Registrar of the High Court, Registrar of Deeds, Deputy Registrar of Deeds…” On the 4th day of May, 2014, the Judicial Service Commission appointed Ms Zanna Frank, attorney-at-law, to the position of Deputy Registrar of Deeds in accordance with Article 199 of the Constitution.

Dear Editor, In 2006, while flying to the US, I was conversing with a fellow passenger and expatriate who had just visited with his dead brother’s widow. 

Dear Editor, Yesterday, while jogging in the National Park, I noticed a gentleman on bicycle with his pit-bull running alongside, the dog was on a leash.

(Reuters) – India’s Rohit Sharma and West Indies’ Darren Bravo have been fined 15 percent of their match fees after a series of heated verbal exchanges during the final day’s play in the third test in St Lucia, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Has the Public Health Minister George Norton joined the growing list of those playing on the gullibility of the Guyanese populace? 

Dear Editor, The Caribbean Voice is deeply saddened by the fact that political posturing trumped the need to save lives as “a parliamentary motion expressing concern for Guyana’s alarming suicide rate, quickly descended into a politicised debate marked by blame-throwing” (as one local media outlet described it).

Dear Editor, Please allow me the space in your letters’ column to respond to Mr.

Dear Editor, The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is in great need of financial resources to conduct its daily operations.

Dear Editor, The Indian Action Committee (IAC) has noted the response by Lincoln  Lewis (SN and GC,  August 13) to the organisation’s  letter to the  editor regarding President Granger’s statement and the proposed establishment of the communal Lands Commission which is supposed “to rectify the anomalies and resolve the controversies which, up to now, surround thousands of hectares of communal lands which were purchased  in the Post- Emancipation village movement.

Dear Editor, Ralph Ramkarran, in his article in SN of August 7, 2016 ‘Guyana’s future as an oil producer’, estimates that Guyana can expect revenues of US$5.5 billion a year from the recent Liza oil discovery by ExxonMobil and partners.