Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, After reading a letter penned by Mr Charles Ramson Jr regarding his reasons for the deaths of the 17 prisoners last week, I wish to state that he is somewhat oblivious of the facts that surround this entire unfortunate occurrence.

Dear Editor, All rape cases tried in Georgetown at present are conducted in camera, whether or not the victim is a child or an adult.

Dear Editor, In a letter by Mr Mohabir Anil Nandlall published in the Stabroek News of 27th February, headlined: ‘Hearsay evidence inadmissible in a court can be received in an inquiry,’ Mr Nandlall stated: “Regarding the evidence it is trite law that the rules of evidence applicable to a court of law in litigation do not apply to Commissions of Inquiry.

Dear Editor, I learnt with much grief about the death of Police Sergeant 16934 Leonard La Rose.

Dear Editor,   Could the relevant authority alert the driving public as to when motor vehicle fitness will be issued?

Dear Editor, Recently I read of another unnecessary road death – Trem Williams driving his car on Aubrey Barker Road who was killed by yet another speeding minibus.

Dear Editor, The new Prime Minister of Jamaica, young Andrew Holness made a very mature call for partnership minutes after he was sworn in as the new head of government of the most populated English-speaking country in the Caribbean.

Dear Editor, Parika Stelling is very congested. There is a big, wide, rotten hole on the wharf 40×40, with lots of old wood around the place where vehicles park.

Dear Editor, The Working People’s Alliance Overseas Associates (WPAOA) would like to express our condolence and sympathy to the families of the 17 inmates at the Georgetown prison who lost their lives in the fire, in the ensuing riot, and the attempt of the prison authorities to bring the situation under control.

Dear Editor, Disregard for one moment the messenger and consider the message: Accepting that self-preservation is nature’s first law, what would have changed in the last eight years that would have made the prisoners respond in the way they did some three days ago and, equally important, having seen the consequences of that response, ie, 17 dead and scores of others injured, why would the response be repeated the next day, knowing that the assumed risk is fatal.

Dear Editor, Early this past week, SN (Feb 29) published an editorial which ruminated on the ambitious prospect of a Public Service Staff College, pronouncements on which were highlighted after the President’s visit to GuySuCo’s Ogle Head Office compound on Friday 26 February last.

Dear Editor, There has been a public outcry since Junior Minister of Communities Valerie Patterson said in her interview with Demerara Waves “We are coming after you,” threatening those who were allocated house lots but who haven’t built on them that she will confiscate them.

Dear Editor, I have long come to the conclusion that there is a hard-core segment of Guyanese society, predominantly African Guyanese, that would never under any circumstances come to grips with the fact that the PNC and its founder-leader, Mr Forbes Burnham, committed grave excesses when they occupied the seat of government.

Dear Editor, When I saw a senior medical staff member at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation on television implying that the prisoners who suffered burns should not have been taken immediately to the hospital without first being examined by medical personnel at the Georgetown Prison infirmary, I remembered my First Aid instructions as a young police recruit.

Dear Editor, I have noticed from two Hindu calendars two different dates for this year’s Phagwah celebrations.

Dear Editor, Voters should consider voting for the minor parties and independent candidates as the three major parties (PPP, PNC, AFC) have failed the nation.

Dear Editor, I was so amused by ‘Politikles’ that it caused me to make an off-the-cuff mini-resolution to keep track of the artistry, insight and wit of our unmatched cartoonist, Mr P Harris.

Dear Editor, It seems that before the end of this year a few more countries will abolish appeals to the Privy Council and accept the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as their final court.

Dear Editor, It took the death of seventeen persons at the Camp Street Gaol on the morning of Thursday 3rd of March, 2016, to remind Guyanese, long conditioned to the seething anger and discontent at that location in the heart of the city, of the dangerously deplorable conditions at Camp Street.

Dear Editor, It is with great shock that I learnt of the death of some 17 prisoners, most on remand apparently, following riots at the Camp Street jail.