Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Over the last eight months, we have witnessed the swift transformation of the City of Georgetown.

Dear Editor, For over one year, until recently, I shared my back yard with two beautiful brown capuchin monkeys.

Dear Editor, For five successive days it was publicly announced that the President (I repeat, the President) would be holding a rally in Lethem six days before the recent municipal election.

Dear Editor, Chief Justice Mr Ian Chang in his decision of the case of Cedric Richardson v AG and Raphael Trotman HC – DEM – CIV – CM – 10 of 2015 Demerara (the Presidential term limit case) stated: “The articles of the 1980 Constitution, having received the favourable vote of the electorate in a referendum, represent the direct voice of the people.”

Dear Editor, There is a positive side and a negative side to granting licences to foreign fishing companies to engage in deep sea fishing off the coast of Guyana.

Dear Editor, We wish to refer to the letter by Mr Ganga Persaud that was published in the Stabroek News on March 19, titled ‘GuySuCo has more water than it needs on the West Coast but is not sparing any for the rice farmers’.

Dear Editor, The media report that the Mayor and City Council plans to create a Presidential Park on the Merriman Mall is a beautiful concept, given that it is reported the intention is to reflect a unity theme.

Dear Editor, I wish to refer to Mr Vincent Alexander’s letter under the caption ‘Four Vice Chancellors ruled on the matter’ in your issue Wednesday, March 23.

Dear Editor, Phagwah like other religious festivals has its origin in deep religious values.

Dear Editor M Maxwell is not a real person. He is not in Gecom’s database.

Dear Editor, Harvesting of the present rice crop has commenced in Region Two, where farmers are making full use of the dry and sunny weather.

Dear Editor, Holi or Phagwah, the Hindu festival that marks the beginning of Spring and that also signifies the triumph of good over evil, will be celebrated on Saturday, March 26, by the greater New York based Guyanese Hindus and their friends.

Dear Editor, Recent media reports about a protest organized by Red Thread calling for the government to take disciplinary action against Minister of Social Protection (MSP) Volda Lawrence suggested that only Red Thread was present at the protest. 

Dear Editor, I was born at Mud Dam, Sophia, seventy-two years ago and can barely remember my grandmother who was an indentured immigrant. 

Dear Editor, The local government elections (LGE) proved the PPP is relevant and APNU+AFC fulfilled its promise, but Guyana is divided.

 Dear Editor, The last surveys done on West Coast Berbice from Rosignol to Plantation Ross – a distance of about 15 miles ‒ laid out the area into house lots, land for cultivation, streets, playgrounds and burial grounds.

Dear Editor, I reproduce a section of a news item captioned, ‘Benschop says council seat will be rotated among members, vows to fight for disempowered’ (SN, March 21).

Dear Editor, On Tuesday, March 8, 2016 the Court of Appeal (CoA) delivered an historic ruling in which for the first time in this country a jury acquittal in the offence of murder was set aside and a new trial was ordered.

Dear Editor, Guyana’s Head of State, President David A Granger, will deliver the keynote address at a state dinner in his honour at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel & Towers, on Saturday, June 11, 2016.

Dear Editor, I would like to make a few points clear for the public about where I, as a member of the Guyana National Broadcast Authority (GNBA) stand on the matter of the issuance of the 12 radio licences.