Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, As lads, we had implanted in our minds the concept of justice where we were shown a female holding a scale that was balanced.

Dear Editor, Opposition leader, Brigadier (rtd) David Granger is currently meeting with the public in New York; during May, he was in Atlanta, Georgia on a similar mission.

Dear Editor, When I joined the colonial civil service in 1950, directly out of Queen’s College, it was a requirement to be medically certified as fit for work.

Dear Editor, It was with some trepidation that I approached the Passport Office in Georgetown to apply for the new machine-readable passport as my handwritten one had expired.

Dear Editor, It is with deep sadness that I pen these few lines to express my sincere condolences to the family and relatives of Mr Gregory Gaskin.

Dear Editor, The fact that Mr Ralph Ramkarran actually used his party’s newspaper to inveigh against rampant corruption is significant.

Dear Editor, Some time after a good run of the new format of the Lotto-Super 6, the numbers were reduced to 1-28 from 1-36.

Dear Editor, Prime Minister Sam Hinds’ statement regarding the proposed electricity hike in Linden that residents “will have to manage the best way that they can manage,” speaks to the vindictive and discriminatory manner in which the PPP governs this country.

Dear Editor, The further a team advances in a competition/tournament, the tougher the opponent becomes.

Dear Editor, Since the West Indies cricket team can no longer be depended on to be victorious in the game of cricket, may I suggest that the players be encouraged by the West Indies Cricket Board to wear sunblock of varying colours on the playing field, regardless of the weather conditions, in an attempt to scare the opposing team(s) into early submission(s).

Dear Editor, With reference to the editorial (‘Is City Hall now compromised beyond redemption?’

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by Brian Kubeck and Bruce Wrobel of Sithe Global in SN dated June 17 on the proposed Amaila Hydropower Plant, indicating that the final closure price for the Amaila Hydro project will be known later and financial closure is expected within 6 to 8 months time (‘Hopeful that Amaila Falls Hydro project will start final due diligence, documentation in July’).

Dear Editor, I was happy and at the same time concerned on learning that the project concept note for the Amerindian Development Fund (ADF) was approved by the Steering Committee of the Guyana Redd plus Investment Fund (Stabroek News, June 11).

Dear Editor, There would appear to be some curiosities attending the revelations of irregularities (administrative and financial) reported of identified officials of the M&CC Georgetown.

Dear Editor, August 17, 2012 will mark one year since I was assaulted by a senior police officer [name given].

Dear Editor, The issue of violence in its various forms (criminal, domestic, police brutality, school), has again, within past weeks attracted a significant amount of discussion.  

Dear Editor, When Mr Eusi Kwayana can explain how the trunk or tail can wag an elephant he would be more than welcome to calm the sea in conformity with his lofty proclamation that “The days when the preamble of a constitution could be ignored or brushed aside are over.”

Dear Editor, Through this letter, I wish to express my full support for your recent editorial that was headlined ‘How many more?’

Dear Editor, I was intrigued by the closing paragraph of Prime Minister Samuel Hinds’ letter, ‘The PPP/C government embarked on a programme to refashion the bauxite sector so it would become profitable again’ in your edition of Sunday, May 20, 2012, which reads as follows: “Truth is that nothing is forever; every situation has its time of birth and growth and glory days, but the world steadily moves on; things change. 

Dear Editor, In April 2012, Prime Minister Hinds pronounced that hydroelectricity will be available on the national grid in 2016.