Letters to the Editor

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.

Dear Editor, As a National Insurance Scheme pensioner I think that it may be appropriate for me to state here that myself and my fellow pensioner who is my neighbour, were very pleased and satisfied with the services we received recently at the Demerara Bank branch at Le Ressouvenir on the East Coast of Demerara as compared to the past services at some post offices on the East Coast.

Dear Editor, First I would like to congratulate Andrea Fortune on her success and hope that she can bring glory to Guyana.

Dear Editor, Even as I applaud Mr K Sattaur’s letter published May 5 (‘Avaricious businessmen are mainly responsible for the high prices of goods’), I am meditating its implications for application of the VAT.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Heritage Society would like to express its delight and appreciation for the recent restoration work that was done to Austin House on Main Street, Georgetown.

Dear Editor, In an attempt to project himself as the ‘Superman’ of the 21st century, Mayor Hamilton Green in a letter to SN on May 5 stated that “given the authority or scope with others he could re-make Georgetown the Garden City it still can be in less than six to ten months.“

Dear Editor, If the denial of money to NCN and GINA will cause some people in the two news agencies to lose their employment, it is indeed an unpleasant situation.

Dear Editor, I wish to call on the PPP/C government and its supporters to stop insulting the intelligence of our indigenous peoples.

Dear Editor, In the Friday, May 4, 2012 edition of the Guyana Chronicle, there was an article under the caption ‘Wha really wrang wid deze people, eh?’

Dear Editor, Since the President has no control over parliament, it would have been to his advantage to employ an approach that respects the supremacy and independence of this branch of government, and work with the legislature through the PPP parliamentary representatives to effect a plan of action for the collective well-being of the people.

Dear Editor, The media (Sunday Stabroek, May 6) carried a very touching letter by Mr.

Dear Editor, The recent elections in France and Greece have brought to the surface the growing discontent and frustration experienced by the voting public over IMF/EU austerity measures imposed on them as a consequence of the economic and financial crisis.

Dear Editor, I recently sought to correct the statement in an editorial of SN that the PPP considered the withdrawal of ads by the Government in 2006 to be ‘a trifling matter.’