Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, My letter concerning the Purchase of Broadcast [free-to-air] rights for major national events captioned `Broadcast Authority should implement rule where only broadcasters can buy sporting events which have big following’ published in the SN issue of May 3rd excited the following response from someone calling himself PeterR in the comments section to the letter “Some of these fellas are dinosaurs they write like if they have the knowledge and the authority, here in US, the content owner decides who shows the sports and the networks that are on cable or satellite will usually have the rights why would they give it to a Free to Air station for one game or series when they depend on the monthly income year round from subscribers to keep their operations afloat ?

Dear Editor, I am sick, shocked, dazed and flabbergasted at the brutal killing of Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal.

Dear Editor, I would be grateful for your indulgence in publishing this, my final letter on the budgetary challenges still currently faced by the Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST).

Dear Editor, All Guyanese who value the tenets of democratic governance, welcome US Ambassador Brent Hardt’s remarks on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, on May 2.

Dear Editor, Why should someone be killed for effectively doing his or her job?

Dear Editor, Conventional wisdom dictates that almost all of the adults and most of the children in Guyana are fully aware of the fact that Afro-Guyanese overwhelmingly voted for the PNC and similarly East Indians voted en masse for the PPP, with Amerindians and the mixed races by and large supporting the Government in power.

Dear Editor,   I must refer to the article carried in your Monday edition of the 28th April under the caption ‘There is no evidence of five per cent GDP growth’ under the pen of Sase Singh, Vincent Nauth et al.

Dear Editor,   It now has been two decades since we last held local government elections in Guyana.

Dear Editor,   Professor Webster Hutton in his book “History of the Modern World” asserts that the British constitution is both written and unwritten.

Dear Editor, We are extremely disturbed by both the tone and content of the statements the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Dr Frank Anthony is reported as having made in response to the recent allegations by several girls who are students at the New Opportunity Corps (NOC), of being sexually assaulted and raped by both male students and adult NOC staff members.

Dear Editor, Within the past 10-15 years the government has embarked on a process of marginalising the private broadcasters who were not sympathetic to the PPP, whilst at the same time supporting and elevating those who were supportive of them.

Dear Editor, I write to correct misimpressions created by Lomarsh Roopnarine’s letter published in the May 2 edition of this newspaper.

Dear Editor, The actions of the Government of Guyana in revoking the work permit of the Head of the LEAD Project smacks of an era of animosity between Cold War foes.

Andre Lloyd Britton of Mahdia would like to inform the general public that he was not the author of a letter published in the May 1st , 2014 edition of the Stabroek News under the heading ‘Mahdia only receives ten hours of electricity a day’.

Dear Editor, Recent news reports of proposed integrity tests for senior officers of the GPF drew some attention and comments.

Dear Editor, Dr. Henry Jeffrey has again ventured into troubled waters.

Dear Editor, I join Mr Clinton Urling in congratulating Stabroek News for its initiative to give daily front page coverage to the need for the early convening of local government elections and for issues relating to local democracy.

Dear Editor, Given recent reports in the nation’s dailies regarding the plight of owners of broadcasting stations meeting the prohibitive licence fee to the Guyana National Broadcast Authority  (GNBA), I think it an opportune moment to address the attempt by the State to dictate or silence the voices of ordinary citizens and put the small man out of business.

Dear Editor, It was with utter shock and awe that I read your news story, `Gov’t revokes work permit of LEAD project head,’ (April 30).

Dear Editor,   The mandate of delegates who represent various associations and affiliates at the GFF congress should be given from the very clubs who elect them to serve their interest.