Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I went to the New Amsterdam hospital this morning to make some enquiries concerning the death of Charran Danai, a 15-year-old boy from the Corentyne, who died at the Skeldon Hospital a few days ago.

Dear Editor, I refer to two letters published in the Stabroek News dated June, 8 and June, 12, 2012 respectively, and I would like to highlight my own dilemma with regards to my DSL internet connection provided by GT&T.

Dear Editor, Notwithstanding four letters published by SN  during the preceding month regarding a large, smelly (95ft x 20ft approx) chicken pen, and the concomitant nuisance of swarms of disgusting, annoying flies and disease-carrying rodents, the  unflinching owners of that illegal establishment continue to defy all benign and legal means, to cease their illegal unhealthy unsanitary operation of rearing chickens in Chateau Margot, which is legally recognized residential community.

Dear Editor, A constitution is dead at its heart unless it is activated by the people.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter which was published in the Stabroek News on May 18, captioned ‘Traffic ranks should be stationed at each end of the approaches to the Berbice River Bridge.’ 

Dear Editor, I am not a politician but I did made contribution to the process in the 2011 election that helped to create a parliament in which the ‘win-only’ attitude of the ruling party came to an end.

Dear Editor, On Sunday, June 10, I took my two children, aged 16 and 14, to be registered at GECOM’s Registration Centre at Diamond, EBD. 

Dear Editor, Now that the Amerindian Village Council elections are completed, I propose that the National Toshaos Council (NTC) of Guyana be quickly reconstituted and allowed to play a leading role in the execution of LCDS/GRIF projects for Indigenous development.

Dear Editor, Your report, ‘Demerara River residents risk lives to keep ships at bay’ on May 25, followed by your editorial ‘Stand-off in the Demarara’ on May 28, about the excessive speed of ships which also sail too close to the river banks en route to the Bosai Plant were commended by residents. 

Dear Editor, What may very well prove to be the undoing of the PPP is the fact that some of its opponents, like Khemraj Ramjattan and Moses Nagamootoo, seem entirely familiar with the psychology of the party and of its supporters. This

Dear Editor, I recently had cause to visit the Lethem Public Hospital and was impressed by its modern appearance and facilities.

Dear Editor, After reading ‘This situation calls for an urgent forensic audit‘ by Emily Boatswain in the KN of June 11 in addition to letters by Mr Patrick E Mentore concerning the goings on in the Paradise Multi-Purpose Co-operative Society, it struck me that something is radically wrong there and it is being ignored at the highest levels. 

Dear Editor, The most recent revelation by Mr Winston Brassington that he bought  2,250,000 of Hand-in-Hand Trust shares on behalf of his brother, Jonathan Brassington is a clear conflict of interest.

Dear Editor, The US policy of regime change in Syria and Iran is unrealistic.

Dear Editor, It is with pride and joy that I sit here writing this letter as one of the founder members and senior executives of Alpha ‘the Hammer’ United Football Club, and also a former 3rd vice-president of the Georgetown Football League in charge of youth football tournaments for the under 13, under 15 and under 17 age groups as coordinator and supervisor.

Dear Editor, I am deeply dismayed by the facts reported in relation to the death of Vonette Husler’s baby boy following an emergency caesarean section, and still more dismayed by the response of the Minister of Health, Dr Bheri Ramsaran (as reported in SN of June 10), which I find grossly insensitive and somewhat ostrich-like in character.

Dear Editor, In your edition of June 9 there was a letter captioned ‘Not getting correct speeds on DSL’ by Leon Suseran that caught my attention.

Dear Editor As I watched West Indies cricketer, Denesh Ramdin, celebrate his century at Edgbaston with a scrawled note addressed to Vivian Richards, I experienced multiple emotions—dismay, hurt, shame, anger.

Dear Editor, In the Sunday Stabroek dated June 10, 2012, Liverpool Village on the Corentyne Coast was featured in your ‘The World Beyond Georgetown’ column. 

Dear Editor, I have been the one advocating for the Pomeroon river outposts for over a decade.