Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, With regard to your news item ‘Gandhi daughter steps up to fight for India’s Congress party’ (SN, Apr 16), Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is very likeable and charming but she has not been very successful in pulling votes for her family’s Congress party.

Dear Editor,   I wish to highlight to your readers another senseless trapping which resulted in unintended cruelty to a shy member of our voiceless wildlife.

Dear Editor,   The decision of President of Ukraine Victor Yanukovych to take time to analyze the proposed Association Agreement with the EU on the EU conditions and not to sign it right away, because it would dramatically worsen the socioeconomic situation in Ukraine and affect Ukrainians, provoked public unrest that eventually culminated in an unconstitutional coup.

Dear Editor, I am appalled to read the letters penned in the media by Minister Clement Rohee and the past and present local government ministers.

Dear Editor, In reference to the article ‘Culture Minister bombarded with queries on art fund’ (SN, April 17), I’d like to congratulate the political opposition on the scrutiny it attached to this allocation under the Minister of Culture, Dr Frank Anthony’s portfolio, even as I recognise their collective lack of capacity in specialized probing of how the monies were spent, and their perennial overlooking of the fact that the Fund, despite Dr Anthony’s promises, remains improperly constituted.

Dear Editor, I heard that excellent presentation ‘El Dorado Complex in the shaping of the Indo-Guyanese: A Revisionist Perspective’ by Professor Clem Seecharan to mark the 2014 Republic of Guyana  Distinguished Lecture Series. 

Dear Editor, Dr Henry Jeffrey in his ‘Future Notes’ column has arrogated to himself the role of an ‘authority’ on almost every issue under the sun.

Dear Editor, There is not a day that goes by that I do not take the time to read your editorials.

Dear Editor, Thank you for publishing my letter entitled ‘No ban’ (SN, April 15).

Dear Editor, In a letter published in SN on April 17, captioned ‘All the PPP presidents have been committed to the realization of a better Guyana,’ Jagnarine Somwar attacked my letter captioned, ‘The PPP/C is a perversion of Dr Jagan’s party’ (SN, April 9).

Dear Editor, While being inspired and thankful for the many positive reactions I got regarding the letter I wrote last week on the need for effective management, I thought I should also caution about the need for management to be contextual without being whimsical or unduly unpredictable.

Dear Editor, The Alliance For Change (AFC) would like our Indigenous brothers and sisters to know that we fully support the allocations for the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs’ current Budget 2014, which is a total of $411.9 million.

Dear Editor,   Please allow me the space to respond to a news item appearing in the Sunday Stabroek, of April 13, 2014.

Dear Editor, What does it say about a nation when the first thing offered to those arriving to its shores is alcohol?

 Dear Editor, As an individual who drives to work on a daily basis from Mahaica to George-town, please allow me to highlight my observations and the dangers posed to law-abiding drivers by some uncouth, unscrupulous and just disgusting minibus and hire care drivers.

Dear Editor,   “But let me make our position clear on this issue.

Dear Editor,   The Sunday Stabroek’s April 13 editorial ‘Vulgarity,’ is timely, and hopefully enough of our leaders everywhere would read it, digest it, then turn away to do all things necessary to arrest this sad decline taking place in our highest forum. 

Dear Editor,   Mark Da Costa in his letter in the Stabroek News of April 10 captioned ‘The PPP is a perversion of Dr.

Dear Editor, As over fifteen thousand of the nation’s pupils prepare to write the National Grade Six Assessment, it is fitting that we should address some of the related concerns surrounding the assessment and its perceived or real implications vis-à-vis education in Guyana in general. 

Dear Editor, The North Rupununi District Development Board is a fully autonomous Amerindian NGO that has no political, religious or other institutional affiliation.