Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I refer to your Sunday Stabroek July 28, 2013 editorial titled `Muddle’ in which you deal with at length, the Presidential faux pas of referring to actions of the legislature or more precisely its majority members, as acts of terrorism against the development of Guyana, the imbroglio relating to proposed legislation concerning the Amaila project and thirdly local government reform or more particularly the four local government bills which were on the Order Paper of the last two sittings of the National Assembly.

Dear Editor, My brother, Fitzroy Marshall, who gave decades of service to his country in the areas of Public Service and Education was brutally murdered in his home on the 19th of January 2009.

Dear Editor, We are saddened by the news reported in the two independent daily newspapers, SN and KN dated, July 26, 2013, about the decomposed body of a baby found in a septic tank.

Dear Editor, I recently did a column in the Kaieteur News on school placements at the primary level in Guyana.

Dear Editor, In previous letters to the press on the issue of the abolition of corporal punishment in the school system in Guyana, I had brought to the attention of the public the reality that Guyana together with other Caricom states, has signed without reservation the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child which prohibits the infliction of corporal punishment in schools under the control and management of the state.

Dear Editor, One is hard-pressed to understand why in our flood-prone coastland we still construct a public building flat down on low ground. 

Dear Editor, From the public correspondence between Mr Freddie Kissson and I on the issue of primary school placement between 2001 and 2004, I request that you republish one of the last from me, which was written on November 15, 2004, and which is reproduced below.

Dear Editor, Okay. Mr Harris had his fun at my expense.

Dear Editor, At Thursday’s stakeholders’ meeting the President hosted to talk about the brick wall his regime ran into trying to move the AFHEP forward, it was clear the President either does not comprehend the magnitude of the crisis the project has generated or he has settled on the AFHEP as the only alternative to his failed dream of seeing Guyana produce oil during his term in office.

Dear Editor, I am writing on behalf of The Benab Foundation, the budding non-profit organization recently featured in an article in SN entitled ‘Young people initiate citizen solutions.’

Dear Editor, Stabroek News’ report titled ‘Gov’t puts hold on local gov’t bills’ (July 26) begs the constitutional question of whether an executive (government) can constitutionally, fairly, justly and democratically adjourn the legislative arm of the state when that executive does not possess the majority in the legislature.

Dear Editor, SN‘s fixation on giving extraordinary prominence to some political critics brings into question whether it has a secret agenda.

Dear Editor, I write to express my shock and disgust at the statements made by my learned friend, Jailall Kissoon, a former minister of the Guyana government in Trinidad. 

Dear Editor, There are a number of issues affecting the medical sector in Bartica that need to be urgently addressed.

Dear Editor, Our country stands still with daily fights in and out of Parliament among our politicians.

Dear Editor, Given the recent, worrying revelations of financial analysts Mr Ramon Gaskin and Mr Christopher Ram, it appears that the opposition’s caution regarding the Amaila Falls Hydro Project was entirely justified.

Dear Editor,   The Bartica-Potaro Road remains in a horrible condition.

Dear Editor, I am so relieved to hear from my government’s most credible spokesman that my President never called my opposition leaders terrorists.

Dear Editor, It has now been 23 years since my mother has been receiving survivor’s benefits from the National Insurance Scheme.

Dear Editor, That there is a dire need for a fully professionally staffed investment bank in Guyana, cannot be disputed.