Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The latest answer from Mr Winston Brassington in relation to the details about the money accumulated by NICIL is a show of disdain and disregard for the citizens of Guyana.

Dear Editor, Mr Charles Sampson is currently a councillor on both the IMC of Linden and the Region 10 RDC. 

Dear Editor, I hereby call on the Minister of Transport and Works to say how much longer Essequibo people will have to endure the current hardships travelling to Georgetown.

Dear Editor, I refer to the feature appearing in the Sunday Stabroek of May 6, entitled ‘The CJ did not take the relevant articles of the Constitution into account when giving his ruling,‘ penned by Mr Ramon Gaskin.

Dear Editor, I read a report in Stabroek News of May 7 headlined ‘Tuschen taxis say private cars muscling in on business.’

Dear Editor, I wish to offer a few comments on the point raised regarding the “so-called absence of keenness for education” on the part of Indians in the letter captioned “Furthering an agenda at the expense of others” by M A Bacchus in the Kaieteur News of May 8, and the related editorial (KN, May 5) to which the letter refers.

Dear Editor, Mr Vincent Alexander began serving as Registrar of the University of Guyana in the year 2009.

Dear Editor, Recently, while viewing a television programme comprising of a panel of 2 individuals, one of whom is a former Auditor General and the other Nadia Sagar, introduced by the host as an executive officer of the Guyana Chapter of Transparency International, I was surprised to learn that a driver’s licence can be very easily arranged with the payment of a suitable inducement, presumably to an officer of the Licence Revenue Department.

Dear Editor, I read a letter by Mr Charles Sohan in the Stabroek News dated May 8, titled, ‘Mayor is not the Superman of the 21st century.’

Dear Editor, With regard to the ongoing debate on former President Jagdeo’s pension, an article in the New York Post (May 9) may help to shed some light on entitlements of and expenses incurred by the US government on former American presidents for the year 2010. 

Dear Editor, Even as some schools in Region Three struggle with insufficient furniture for students and teachers alike, the wood ants continue to enjoy a daily feast on new, unissued school furniture at the Region’s Crane compound.

Dear Editor, I heard the tail-end of Capitol News on Monday, May 7, 2012 that the private sector were going to collaborate with the M&CC.

Dear Editor, Half-an-hour after the close of polls in the French presidential election last Sunday, the incumbent, President Sarkozy, telephoned his opponent François Hollande to concede victory.

Dear Editor, I just read an article on a West Indies cricket website stating inter alia that two Guyanese members of the West Indies cricket team for the upcoming tour of England – Deonarine and Fudaddin – are in Jamaica awaiting visas because there is no British High Commission in Guyana.

Dear Editor, I am from the Rupununi and the word going around is that people from the hinterland are going to face much hardship because of the recent budget cuts by the opposition parties.

Dear Editor, Thank you for today’s front page photo of  ‘Differently-abled youth dancers…‘ on the occasion of the formal launching of the National Commission on Disability.

Dear Editor, It is the young South African theologian Hanno Langenhoven who posits that “obscene richness in the light of extreme poverty is a grave injustice.”

Dear Editor, The restoration of Austin House was a work of excellence.

Dear Editor, President Ramotar has broken his silence on NICIL not putting its money into the Consolidated Fund.

Dear Editor, Last year purchasing a vehicle licence was made easy as there were four offices to serve the public.