Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, A BBC world report a few days ago noted that several cities around the world are using the Christmas season to fuel their economies by promoting Christmas markets, and they have been met with phenomenal success as revenues generated during the short season can sustain a small business for the rest of the year.

Dear Editor, The Humanitarian Mission of New Jersey Arya Samaj Mandir, Inc and its Guyana Chapter, extend many best wishes for the New Year to the government and citizens of Guyana, and wish to thank Food For The Poor, Guyana, Inc and all of its donors, supporters and other NGOs in Guyana and North America.

Dear Editor, I sincerely thank you and your staff for a hand up by the publishing of my letters.

Dear Editor, I write in relation to the article captioned ‘Local gov‘t bills stuck at select committee…‘ published in your Saturday edition of the Stabroek News on December 29.

Dear Editor, The relatively young Frank Anthony is the Minister of Culture and was a Commissioner on the Ethnic Relations Commission.

Dear Editor, This past week another well-known son of Guyana was in the news with the announcement that Albouystown native Henry Muttoo has been awarded the MBE on the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List in the Cayman Islands.

Dear Editor, Swami Aksharananda has concluded that “No matter how supposedly provocatively a woman chooses to dress, it is not an invitation to rape.”

Dear Editor, On Friday evening coming through Cemetery Road I observed a traffic jam on both sides of the road.

Dear Editor, I read yesterday in SN (December 28) that in India the 23-year-old medical student gang raped, beaten and thrown out of a bus has died. 

Dear Editor, This afternoon (Thursday) I had the pleasure for the first time of travelling on the road which is south of the National Stadium and parallel to the Mocha Access Road.

Dear Editor, The rambling response from the GGMC (KN, Dec 12) must be welcomed in a country where there is a scarcity of transparency and accountability. 

Dear Editor, A FITUG statement about prosperity for all in 2013 which appeared in the Guyana Chronicle on Tuesday, December 25, mentioned only three trade unions who are affiliated to FITUG.

Dear Editor, “What we came away with from the Office of the President was the embracing of a position that is reflective of the will and wishes of the people of Linden and Region 10,” Solomon told Kaieteur News.

Dear Editor, Mr Moeen ul-Hack (whose December 4 Stabroek News letter, ‘Modest dress would protect a woman against rape’) has stimulated much discussion should be commended for his bold stand.

Dear Editor, In your Friday, December 28 news article, ‘Gov’t more accountable after opposition pressure, says APNU,’ I must say I agree, but with one commonsensical caveat: if there are no consequences, then accountability is pointless.

Dear Editor, Two developments which are somewhat related took place recently which could have far reaching implications for humanity as a whole if implemented by policy-makers, and for which the Guyana Government is deserving of some credit.

Dear Editor, It is sad and of serious concern that Guyanese society is experiencing moral decay.

Dear Editor, I spent the Christmas holiday in Holland among Surinamese using the occasion to learn about their history and social life.

Dear Editor, Lou Rawls croons, “What’s the matter with the world/ Has the world gone mad/ Nothing’s wrong with the world/ It’s the people that’s in it.”

Dear Editor, Guyana should take note of the recent fatal shooting of some children and adults in the US by a lone gunman.