Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter appearing in the Guyana Chronicle the day before yesterday which refers to a letter published by the Guyana Times on July 17, from D Charles.

Dear Editor, Every time I pause to read these days, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) is on the job, on the move, in the action, and registering some success.

Dear Editor,   During the last several years of the PPP’s tenure in office, the party began to develop a strange anti-Americanism.

Dear Editor, A collaboration with the Netherlands is useful to solve our drainage problems.

Dear Editor, The word accountability is used indiscriminately so often that it has become a meaningless buzz word, especially for those in leadership positions.

Dear Editor,   For some years I have been responding to invitations to the public from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to consider the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) of Pharsalus Gold Inc.

Dear Editor,   The recent fire at Robb and Camp Streets has reinforced the necessity for having workable fire hydrants in the city and its environs.

Dear Editor,   The TV news channels were replete with depressing scenes of a most dilapidated Bourda Market – leaking from the roof, and flooding at the floor ‒ while a host of vendors complained about the prolonged lack of maintenance and repairs; of the threat of waterborne disease; of the stench of large amounts of garbage; of the loss of revenue and customers; and of still having to pay the statutory rental.

Dear Editor, A few weeks ago your newspaper carried a letter from me in which I wrote that the police need to partner with former criminals to aid in the reduction of the current crime rate and also solve old crimes.

Dear Editor, Guyanese have a way of saying that ‘every skin-teeth na laugh’, meaning that we should be careful not to interpret every smile as a gesture of approval.

Dear Editor,   I refer to the letter from Mr Joe Persaud titled, ‘Why only Dutch engineers?’

Dear Editor,   I am not a political person since I am not affiliated to any political party and never had any such ambitions.

Dear Editor,   The Guyana Police Force is responding to an article published in the Kaieteur News of Thursday, July 23, under the caption ‘Remigrant loses vehicle to carjackers, calls for justice.’

Dear Editor, I write in reference to a letter in the July 18 edition of the Stabroek News, titled, ‘Instead of a cash payment to parents, give breakfast to schoolchildren.”

Dear Editor, Recent TV clips showed a very enthusiastic ‘Fire Chief’ commenting vociferously on the conflagration which engulfed business properties at the south-eastern corner of Robb and Camp streets, and which did not leave the Republic Bank building opposite unscathed.

Dear Editor,   On Sunday July 19, a few residents of East La Penitence were invited to a community meeting at East La Penitence primary school.

Dear Editor,   This afternoon I received a phone call from farmers saying that there is a serious infestation of paddy bugs in their rice crop which is in the anthesis or blooming stage.

Dear Editor, In reply to the letter sent to you by the NIS trying to explain the delays in issuing a document in a timely manner (‘There is a procedure for requests made to NIS,’ SN, July 20):As stated in my first letter, I did submit my request in writing.

Dear Editor,   The Stabroek News of March 11, 2015, published a letter captioned ‘Case study done on East Canje road speed limit’ by Messrs Dennis Pompey, Chairman; Earl Lambert, Secretary; and Colvern Venture, Treasurer of the Guyana National Road Safety Council (GNRSC), and was in response to letters written by me enquiring about the rationale used for fixing the speed limit on the East Canje road at 50 Kph.

Dear Editor, In a letter titled ‘Almost all solar home systems projects were subject to a process of open international bidding,’ in the Stabroek News on July 20, former Prime Minister Samuel Hinds stated “The Amaila Falls project as it was developed by the PPP/C administration remains the most attractive electricity generation project for Guyana.