Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to a letter by Noel Antone published in the Guyana Chronicle of  June 7, 2013 captioned ‘Strange happenings in South Rupununi’ in which he makes several misleading and mischievous statements about me.

Dear Editor, Kindly permit me space in your letters’ column to openly congratulate all the pupils who have recently gotten their National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) results.

Dear Editor, The Ramotar administration’s decision to have GPL seek a 26.7% increase in electricity tariffs, by citing the combined opposition’s $5.2B cut to the corporation’s 2013 $10.2B budget, reeks of irresponsibility and insensitivity. 

Dear Editor, Since around 2005 it has become one of the rites of Summer for Guyanese abroad, especially in the United States and Canada, to hold village reunions in one of the many scenic parks of the city in which they live.

Dear Editor, Decisions in Guyana, both of the government and the opposition, are often made with motives that support their own agendas.

Dear Editor, I refer to John Mair’s letter of June, 12 ‘We should stop carping…’   I suggest that Mr Mair think twice the next time he claims journalistic credentials so boldly. 

Dear Editor, Most of the letters to the editor concerning the late Guyanese historian, Dr Walter Rodney, are centered on who was responsible for his assassination.

Dear Editor, In a Sunday Stabroek article of June 9, Dr Clive Thomas ‒ and probably most Guyanese ‒ expresses the opinion that electricity generated by hydropower, although it will not come cheap, is indispensable for Guyana’s economic transformation and development because of the country’s dependency on oil and other challenges.

Dear Editor, ‘GuySuCo executive chairman likely to earn $2.5M a month’ (SN, June 11). 

Dear Editor, Amongst the Pepperpot published on May 26, 2013 are four “Requests for Expressions of Interest” – all related to: Fourth Road Project (West Coast Demerara Road Improvement) The respective half-page advertisements are for the following consultancy services in respect of a project funded by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in the sum of US$34.4 million.

Dear Editor, As a journalist I always believe that a few facts help a story.

Dear Editor, Within the past weeks, four very significant contributions have appeared in the press that are intricately related to each other: ‘The rise of inequality,’ by Christopher Ram (Sunday Stabroek, May 19); ‘Ministry pushes for early access to nursery education,’ (KN, May 19); ‘Unhappiness at Independence,’ by Henry Jeffrey (SN, May 29); and ‘Democracy and inequality in Guyana’ editorial (KN, May 29).

Dear Editor, On the morning of June 5, while I was cleaning my parapet, I observed men and women clothed in protective gear clearing the entrance to Merriman Mall, which over time has become the dumpsite for people living in or outside Bourda. 

Dear Editor, The decision to impose a $35,000 national minimum monthly salary and a 40-hour work week is indeed commendable, as it brings within its fold all those marginalized employees in the private sector.

Dear Editor, I saw Orrin Barrow at Queen’s College.  He was ahead of me so we never really met. 

Dear Editor, In the PPP Central Committee’s report at the congress held at Cotton Field Secondary School and in a number of speeches by delegates to the congress a lot was said about longstanding stalwarts in the party.

Dear Editor, I wish to express my sincerest gratitude to Mr Ruel Johnson for his response to Dr David Dabydeen’s sad comments on our local writers.

Dear Editor, With reference to the report in the NY Times captioned, ‘Take the A train to Richmond Hill’ we wish to comment on a few issues.

Dear Editor, In Stabroek News of Friday May 31,2013, Minister Rohee drew attention to and acknowledged two of the most egregious civic wrongs being committed on citizens with impunity: noise nuisance emanating from a music system, which assaults the hearing of helpless citizens; and the encumbrances created by heartless motorists who park their vehicles on the roadway and block active driveways/passageways making it difficult for the occupants to enter and leave their premises.

Dear Editor, “The importance of home ownership to an individual or family is an asset and a sense of security for these individuals,” said President Ramotar at the launching of the 1000 homes turnkey initiative at Perseverance on the East Bank Demerara.