Letters to the Editor

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.

Dear Editor, I cannot but concur fully with Prof. Thomas’ view: “… apart from poor data quality and lack of timeliness … I shall argue today and continue next week, that, data manipulation and deception by the Authorities (local and international), have been equally at fault in making Guyana’s national accounts data too weak for rigorous analysis.”

Dear Editor, My name is Melinda Nicholas and I am an Amerindian mother residing in Mahdia, Potaro/Siparuni.

Dear Editor, Abu Bakr accuses me of “bemoaning” the “absence of Indo-Guyanese intellectuals” (October 30) because I raised the issue, and offered suppositions as to why there exists an absence of voices that can capture the Guyanese Indian imagination.

Dear Editor, With all this daily political chatter and hyperbole about the Venezuela –Guyana border issue, little analysis is being devoted as to how we got to be in this position in the first place.

Dear Editor, The organizations listed below feel a profound sense of compulsion to publicly state and/or reiterate our position taken that Deepawali 2015 must be observed on the night of November 10.

Dear Editor, In a SN article of Oct. 30, it was reported that the Celina Atlantic Resort (CAR) has been cutting down Courida and other trees growing on the Kitty foreshore to expand its facilities.

Dear Editor, I love my fellow Guyanese, but let’s raise the bar a little…this is not to insult anyone.

Dear Editor, Although I managed to read the entirety of Dr.

Dear Editor, I was impressed by Mr Ralph Ramkarran’s Manu-like pronouncement on the Divali date issue.

Dear Editor, The Editors and Directors of The Arts Journal wish to offer our sincerest congratulations to Henry Muttoo on his award of an Honorary Doctorate by the Univer-sity of the Cayman Islands on Wednesday, October 29, 2015.

Dear Editor, Harking back to Diwali during childhood days in Guyana, one recalls a celebration that was about fostering community, camaraderie and caring relationships.

Dear Editor, Now our garden city’s drains are de-silted and clean and parapets are cleared of bushes and we now have a free flow of the waste, stagnant, smelly, putrid water, I wonder if consideration would be given to the concrete pavements which were raised selectively and unofficially without permission, in front of some businesses in America Street.

Dear Editor, There is no moral defence to a claim for reparations for the damage done to enslaved people and their descendants.