Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, With reference to the current topic of the CCJ’s judgement relative to the imports and environmental tax by importer Rudisa, time after time administrative decisions are taken one way or the other which cause government, importers and consumers to suffer.

Dear Editor, Lyndon B Johnson spoke of the “Great Society,” which for him meant social reforms designed to eliminate poverty and racial injustice.

Dear Editor, I just learned of the passing of Benjamin Gibson, the father of well-known activist-scholar, Kean Gibson.

Dear Editor, What is our community responsibility when the deliberate misrepresentation of history arises?

Dear Editor, Kudos to Mr Annan Boodram, Ms Bibi Ahamad, Mrs Norkah Carter, Mr Nazim Hussain, Mr Yog Mahadeo and the young Divina Singh and Carol Lovell for a tremendous weekend conference and awards programme focused on the topic of suicide.

Dear Editor, Many Guyanese thought that May 11, 2015 heralded the end of racism in Guyana when national elections ushered in the new coalition government just as a rather complementary set of other Guyanese had on October 5, 1992.

Dear Editor, I hope that the present administration is pursuing all aspects of this enigma – the Marriott Hotel.

The U.S. Embassy yesterday announced that the first Fullbright Scholar here in 20 years will be teaching at the University of Guyana.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Chronicle of August 24 reports that PM Nagamootoo “has promised to revise and reclaim radio and television licences that were doled out under the previous People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government to relatives, cronies, and friends of the party.”

Dear Editor, I wish to compliment the Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association (GMSA) on the position it has taken on the Rudisa CCJ award and call on Guyanese again to get behind the government to bring Rudisa back to the table.

Dear Editor, Essequibians are tired and fed up with constant blackouts over the past month.

Dear Editor, Your letter pages do often serve as a kind of sounding-board for readers frustrated by state officialdom, or occasionally by sheer state officiousness.

Dear Editor, I was privileged to be at a PNM manifesto launch at the Hyatt in Port of Spain last Thursday, where a reporter from Caribbean Media Corporation asked two questions that may be of interest to Guyanese and that have been in the Guyana media in recent months – the CCJ and filling the Commonwealth Secretary General vacancy.

Dear Editor, My understanding of a debate is that arguments are presented by both sides and then time is given for rebuttals where the members of both teams sit and listen to arguments from all members.

Dear Editor, As I read the Kaieteur News on July 4, to my shock and disappointment there was an article captioned ‘Guyanese Hugh Wooding law students complain of discrimination.’

The disclosure that the complex on Camp Street housing the offices of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) seemingly poses a threat to the safety and health of the authority’s employees should not come as a complete shock to the public.

Dear Editor, The Principal of Marian Academy, Sr. Marie Harper, OSU, declared “I am pleased” with the 2015 CSEC results, when I saw her last in church.

Dear Editor, We are getting there. There is hope that by the end of next year at least three more countries will join the appellate division of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).

Dear Editor, Everyone knows GuySuCo is ailing and has been for a long time.

Dear Editor, Your Sunday edition of yesterday reports on page 3 that Director of Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative Per Fedrik Pharo was talking to Government and members of civil society.