Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, As Parliament fades into an extended period of recess commencing on August 10, there is one colossal elephant in the room that if civil society doesn’t band together and apply some pressure on our political leaders for good sense to prevail, will result in the trampling of our economy and hurt the already shrinking pockets of the average and ordinary Guyanese.

Dear Editor, The world will soon get a glimpse of the life of Sir Shridath ‘Sonny’ Ramphal, the former Attorney General and Foreign Minister of Guyana who served as Commonwealth Secretary General for 15 years when his book Glimpse of a Global Life goes on sale as of November 6.

Dear Editor,   The charge of marginalisation of Guyana’s Muslims by Shabnam Alli and Ray Chickerie, in their letter, ‘Muslims are marginalised in Guyana,’ (SN, July 28) can be easily addressed by the state, which by implication, at least, for the two writers, is culpable.

Dear Editor,   I awoke on Monday morning, July 28, 2014 reflecting on the ordeal of the night before.

Dear Editor,   Cuffy250 joins with Guyanese, in particular African Guyanese, in commemorating the 176th anniversary of the end of chattel slavery in Guyana.

Dear Editor,   Over three weeks the residents of Bartica have been experiencing erratic electrical power supply from GPL.

Dear Editor,   Someone drew my attention to a feature on Buxton which appeared in the July 26 edition of the Guyana Chronicle.

Dear Editor,   I hope that enterprise-oriented Guyanese are paying attention.

Dear Editor,   The Caribbean Voice, through its social activism program, Arise, has been advocating a number of measures that are low cost or no cost, easy to implement and that could be significant in helping to tackle the suicide epidemic sweeping Guyana.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the letter which appeared in the Stabroek News on Thursday, July 10, 2014 under the caption ‘NIS Increases should be given to all pensioners not just those in receipt of the minimum pension.’

Dear Editor, Among other things, I have been writing about the crazy, nonsensical and misleading road signs in Berbice with the hope that the responsible authorities would take the necessary corrective action.

Dear Editor, Quite a lot is being written and said about the PNCR Congress held over the last weekend.

Dear Editor, I was pleased to see the article captioned ‘Buxton: Holding fast to its roots and boasting striking historical features’ by Alex Wayne, together with the accompanying photographs, in the Guyana Chronicle of July 26, 2014 (http://guyanachronicle.

Dear Editor, Are Guyanese beyond race? Heading, in historical terms, to a ‘post-racial’ dougla paradise?

Dear Editor, Decency has died. It had been dying for a long time but had not before been so comprehensively dispatched to oblivion as at the present time.

Dear Editor, We, at ECHO, speak for the environment; no one else.

Dear Editor, The situation at the Mayor and City Council, has further deteriorated and the duly elected Mayor and Councillors of Georgetown despite what the public rightly expects, are in no position to assist or intervene in any municipal matter affecting the city.

Dear Editor,   In July of 2012 Dr David Dabydeen announced that of the upcoming books to be released for 2013 by the state-funded, ministry-controlled Caribbean Press, one would be a book by the younger daughter of the Minister Dr Frank Anthony.

Dear Editor,   I quietly withdrew from Guyanese politics and from active Guyanese public service more than 30 years ago.

Dear Editor, The Conservancy Adaptation Project (CAP) Report with respect to the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) has been completed and selectively released, but the government has considered its content confidential and despite requests it has failed to make the document public.