Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I must commend Stabroek News‘  reporter Treiston Joseph on his story captioned  ‘Synthetic track stuck at phase one after 13 months‘ (January 27).

Dear Editor, It can really pain your stomach when you hear former residents of Kwakwani complain about the state of the community.

Dear Editor, I refer to Gerry Goveia’s challenge to me (SN, Jan 25) that if I prove that Duke Lodge was not properly acquired by him, then, he is prepared to divest himself of the property and return it to the state, among other things.

Dear Editor, As US President Barack Obama heads toward re-election, I want to discuss the Obama health reform law, which was a significant accomplishment in his first term.

Dear Editor, I do not know who Margaret Clemons is, but she needs to give credit to the French artist JR for her “brainchild” Witness Project, as reported in today’s SN (‘Witness Project’s eyes and faces go up around city’).

Dear Editor, How lawful is it for the government to enter into contracts without parliamentary/budgeted approval or public tender, with not even a parliament in place?

Dear Editor, I refer to SN’s article titled, ‘IDB vital for Amaila hydro $$ as World Bank say no‘ (January 25), and KN’s parallel coverage on the same date in the item captioned, ‘Loans of US$588 million will cost Guyana US$187 million in fees during construction alone.‘

Dear Editor, For the past 55 years the Hindu community of Success on the East Coast Demerara, situated five miles east of the capital city of Georgetown had been faithfully burning their religious ritual Holika annually along a sideline dam west of their village peacefully according to their religious custom, but unfortunately this year they cannot, because the said reserved land was taken over by squatters.

Dear Editor, Reference two articles in the Kaieteur News of January 20 (both blurbed on page one) the first of which was captioned ‘Guyana hogtied by Jagdeo’s secret deals‘ and the second, ‘Kaieteur, Stabroek News denied radio licences.‘

Dear Editor, I am in the UK on personal business but I kept in touch with how things were developing in the country under the new dispensation.

Dear Editor, Ryhaan Shah, in her letter of January 24 (‘A completely different take on Bhattacharya’s book’), criticises The Sly Company of People Who Care, the recent book by Rahul Bhattacharya, for its presentation of four-letter words and violence to women in depicting the Guyanese culture, and she is upset at persons (me included) praising the work.

Dear Editor, I have noticed with some amount of amusement that in recent times there has been an upsurge in the letters column of your newspaper, of very critical missives concerning the operations of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and more particularly the Licence Revenue Department (LRD).

Dear Editor, In response to your news article, ‘GTUC concerned about AFC’s approach on public sector wages,‘ (January 27), I think there has been a complete misunderstanding of the AFC’s role and motive in expressing a willingness to meet with President Ramotar to discuss wage increases for public sector workers.

Dear Editor, In light of events since the election, I am asking a legitimate question on the minds of many Guyanese: who is really in charge of Guyana, Mr Ramotar or Mr Jagdeo? 

Dear Editor, I have researched and written extensively on this tragic Amaila Falls hydroelectric project fiasco that remains a harsh reminder of the scandal-tainted, incompetent and mismanaging deeds of the PPP administration.

Dear Editor, Now that the criminal charges against the three former managers of NBS have been dismissed, as a former director of the NBS Board, I think that justice and decency require that I state publically that at no time did the NBS Board contemplate that Maurice Arjoon, Kent Vincent, or Kissoon Baldeo were criminally or otherwise involved in the fraudulent withdrawal of funds from a member’s account.

Dear Editor, Regarding your publication of my letter on January 24, 2012 (‘A completely different take on Bhattachary’s book’), I am aware that SN cannot publish in full all the brutal language that Rahul Bhattacharya reports in his book The Sly Company of People who Care.

Dear Editor, I would like to thank Dr Ian McDonald for his letter (‘Headley should be ahead of Bradman,’ SN, January 25) in response of my letter of January 22.

Dear Editor, And finally they did it. They feel comfortable enough to do it.

Dear Editor, I join in condemning the termination of Mr Freddie Kissoon’s contract by the University of Guyana.