Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, During my school days, I did history on Christopher Columbus and Sir Walter Ralegh, and many other historical foreigners.

Dear Editor, The area from Naarstigheid to Plantation Profit on the West Coast of Berbice, comprising three Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) has been without a Justice of the Peace or Commissioner of Oaths and Affidavits for several years.

Dear Editor, I have been without telephone service (220-4153) since September 3, 2015.

Dear Editor, The Venezuelan border controversy recedes temporarily from threatening escalating territory.

Dear Editor, Nowhere in the media have I seen any warning about an impending El Nino drought in Guyana.

Dear Editor, I read with some sense of alarm the People Progressive Party’s (PPP) desperate attempt to besmirch the integrity of my ministry and by extension my government’s efforts to improve the lives of Guyanese.

Dear Editor, On the very auspicious occasion of Charlestown Secondary’s Golden Jubilee, please permit me to give a brief account of its history.

Dear Editor, The recent letters of Dr Ramesh Gampat (SN, September 15) and Mr Rajendra Rampersaud (SN, September 24) in drawing attention to Guyana’s high investment/low growth puzzle raise important questions of relevance to future development strategy.

Dear Editor, As a former rice extension officer and farmer of Region Two, it was brought to my attention that some of the young extension officers at the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) are allegedly not visiting the farmers’ fields to determine the bug population and the level of infestation.

Dear Editor, Sugar is a subject I know very little of.

Dear Editor, Agriculture has always been the basis of Guyana’s development.

Dear Editor, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is quoted in the press as saying that “Government could buy out the Berbice Bridge”.

Dear Editor, I was under the impression that the $50,000.00 minimum wage was applicable to employees within the band scale in the public service, but, having read Sasenarine Singh’s article, ‘Motivation to stay’, in the Guyana Chronicle it would appear that my impression was wrong, since, as he asserts, it is applicable to every employee.

Dear Editor, The death of 769 pilgrims outside Mecca, Saudi Arabia is most tragic.

Dear Editor,   Two contributions caught the attention in the surge of expressions shared re social cohesion/national unity/national front thinking and efforts.

Dear Editor,   If Tony Cozier were not so influential in WI cricket I would not bother to refer to his writings, which I find so detached, if that is the right word, and generally so unilluminating.

Dear Editor,   I have noticed in the press recently that member of the National Assembly, Mr Bernard Rajkumar, representative for Region Two/Pomeroon-Supenaam suggested that a minimal fee be charged for using the Anna Regina car park.

Dear Editor, We are all aware of the ever increasing congestion on our roads, particularly with regard to access to, and around Georgetown.

Dear Editor,   As we continue to examine the claim by Venezuela to a significant portion of our land, we need to be reminded that this matter was settled by an international arbitration award in 1899.

Dear Editor,   Following the change in government, many public officials were either fired or forced to resign whilst others resigned by themselves.