Letters to the Editor

  Dear Editor, It was instructive to listen to what the Minister of State was quoted on TV recently as saying about a proposed strategy for fighting crime.

Dear Editor,   One would have thought that having won the National Schools Athletics, Track and Field, Cycling and Swimming Championships for a record 10 consecutive years, the sports authority of Linden/Region 10 would have at least tried to maintain the tempo, not only in athletics but also as much as possible in other sport disciplines.

Dear Editor, At the end of the day, the Chief Justice’s ruling is a single judge’s analysis, subject to correction on appeal.

Dear Editor,   At Stabroek Market square on Thursday, April 30, last, APNU+AFC launched its manifesto, which contained a six-point 100-day ‘domestic war’ plan as part of a five-year national strategy.

Dear Editor,   In the hushed silvery stillness of the predawn hours, I find myself ruminating on the way things were and are over the last fifty years.

Dear Editor,   While the St Lucia Government is waiting for the green light from the UK to delink from the Privy Council in order to join the appellate jurisdiction of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), former Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur, has blasted the governments of the countries which have not yet abolished appeals to the Privy Council.

Dear Editor,   The major 2015 rainy season commenced with varying degrees of recurring flooding of Georgetown and much of the low-lying coastland at every heavy downpour during the past several weeks.

Dear Editor,   It is very encouraging to see the use of solar power for President’s College back-up lights and security.  

Dear Editor,   The residents of some Amerindian communities in Region 2 are crying out for just and competent leadership.

Dear Editor,   On Saturday, July18, I attended the CPL match between the Amazon Warriors and the Tridents at the Providence Stadium, and I was quite shocked to see that the rum culture was being promoted amongst spectators on a grand scale.

Dear Editor,   It is inspiring to read about philanthropists who tirelessly work for the others believing in Jesus’ words, “Love your God and love your neighbour as your love yourself.”

Dear Editor,   Could some government agency, say Gina (Government Information Agency) compile a comprehensive and detailed list of what the new ministries do, where are they domiciled, new or old, telephone numbers, what each minister and junior minister is responsible for exactly.

Dear Editor,   In a recent letter in the media the suggestion was made that our Minister of Education should consider following the recommendation of American educationists who are advocating the replacement of STEM (Science, Technology, Engine-ering and Mathematics) with STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) ie, adding the Arts to the acronym.

Dear Editor,   I am not easily impressed, but I am this time.

Dear Editor,   There has been some concern over the involvement of developed countries in the domestic affairs of developing countries and I wish to address this point by asking the following question.

Dear Editor,   Sometimes we tend to forget the people who struggled to make our country a better place to live.

Dear Editor, This is in reference to former Prime Minister Sam Hinds’ response titled ‘Almost all solar home systems projects were subject to a process of open international bidding’ (SN, Jul 20) to my missive promoting local and regional solar energy development.

Dear Editor, I write with reference to the letter ‘Guyana should go solar’ from Vishnu Bisram appearing in the Stabroek News of July 16.

Dear Editor, The likely exclusion of the West Indies from the Champions trophy is a very serious matter.

Dear Editor, The recent decision by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council to impose the death penalty on two Trinidadian men is the talking point in legal circles in the region, including Guyana, although the Co-operative Republic abolished appeals to the London based court more than four decades ago.