Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Characterizing the Geneva Agreement of February 17, 1966, as “the Lazarus Agreement,” attorney Lalu Hanuman lays the blame for Venezuela’s claim to Essequibo at the feet of late President Burnham in his November 3, letter in SN, titled ‘Geneva Agreement revived a dead claim.’

Dear Editor, The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) did immense work in the Berbice area during the last election campaign which ended in May.

Dear Editor, I am delighted to read that a judge fined another officer of the court $10,000 for lateness.

Dear Editor, As the discussion continues with regard to whether Diwali is the 10th or the 11th, some have chosen to politicize the discussion and have become very abusive.

Dear Editor, When the controversy about the sudden 50% raise for the higher echelons of the administration unfolded I wanted to see it in black and white, and I did so with calculator in hand.

Dear Editor, A letter from Dr Baytoram Ramharack responds to my comments on his initial contribution decrying the paucity of Indian intellectuals articulating that group’s “dilemma” and asserting its “identity” (‘Indian intellectuals should advocate for an equal space in national dialogue which does not evoke charges of racism’ SN, November 3).

Dear Editor, I just wanted to correct one item in Dr Ramharack’s letter (‘Indian intellectuals should provide guidance on potentially divisive matters’ SN, November 4).

Dear Editor, Just one minute, please. Is Diwali celebrated on the night of the New Moon, or on Amavasya?

Dear Editor, I joined the AFC in 2005 after I left the PPP.

Dear Editor, When Celina Atlantic Resort was first proposed I wrote a letter that this structure was in defiance of the Sea Defence Act.

Dear Editor, Dialogue is a feature in healthy democracies. When it works well, dialogue generates knowledge, consensus and cohesion.

Dear Editor, The editorial (November 1) has provided a very succinct and thoughtful perspective on the evolution of the controversy arising from Venezuela’s claims since 1962 under successive administrations for the 1899 border settlement to be invalidated.

Dear Editor, Over the last decade, we’ve been subjected to changing rules on tint with the latest position not being too clear.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Trades Union Con-gress (GTUC), as a matter of principle, calls on government to treat all workers equally and eschew any practice of double standards.

Dear Editor, I would like to sincerely thank Ms Scheherazade Ishoof Khan for reading and responding to my letter, as well as for her call to refrain from what she interpreted as “the ethnicization of legitimate academia” (SN, November 2).

Dear Editor, Powerful, peaceful Vedic chants greeted me on October 11, 2015 as I entered the gates at Saraswati Vidya Niketan (SVN) at Cornelia Ida, WCD for its graduation ceremonies.

Dear Editor, The articles in the various media about the Auditor General’s findings on the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) evaluators is extremely pertinent.

Dear Editor, There are some benefits in working for a bad boss.

Dear Editor, I wish to bring to the attention of various state agencies and government ministries responsible for mining, indigenous affairs and legal affairs a disturbing situation between a mining operation and the residents of Isseneru Village, Middle Mazaruni, Region #7.

Dear Editor, Something is sadly amiss with the administration of the Guyana Prize for Literature.