Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Arising out of the final results of the November general elections is one significant factor, it appears to me.

Dear Editor, With reference to a letter by Gecom’s press officer seeking to “educate” Mr Freddie Kissoon (“Gecom followed the law…’ SN, December 24) on matters pertaining to Gecom’s management of the registration and electoral process, I am sure that Mr Kissoon will respond shortly in his own uniquely elegant manner, but permit me to offer some comments on two sections.

Dear Editor, I would like to let persons with disabilities know that they can become whoever they want to become if they have determination.

Dear Editor, Several years ago around the time when Compton Young was the Mayor of Georgetown a female member of the Consumers Association speaking on one of her radio broadcasts said that Georgetown had moved from Garden City to Garbage City and that “Georgetown literally stinks.”

Dear Editor, I hasten to respond to an article in your publication of December 20 pertaining to the withdrawal of the GDF Football Club from the GFA/Banks DIH Knockout Tournament, and their subsequent suspension by the Georgetown Football Association from all football-related activities under their auspices.

Dear Editor, Minority governments can never be a precondition for the majority opposition in the legislature to internalize the illusion that, by virtue of its majority, it has an executive role.

Dear Editor, With reference to the letter by Neil Aubrey Boston captioned ‘The media should not be “trying” the Commissioner’ (SN, December 21), Mr Boston must know that a citizen’s duty to call for the resignation or the dismissal of the holder of high public office upon serious allegations of impropriety  is not a denial of that high office holder’s right to the presumption of innocence.

Dear Editor, Here is a scenario which is by no means farfetched.

Dear Editor, On December 19 I was invited to two Christmas get-togethers, one in my home village among my nephews and one in Georgetown among friends, so I decided to go with the friends in Georgetown.

Dear Editor, Mr Kwayana in his letter to your newspaper dated December 21, 2011 (‘Capacity, contracts and secrecy’) seized upon one word “capacity” in a press release from the EU Delegation to attack me and my company, BK International Inc.

Dear Editor, The business of selecting Parliamentarians is a very serious one, which upon conclusion, ought to display a team comprising the best minds of any political party, capable of handling the affairs of Parliament efficiently and effectively.

Dear Editor, Whenever a man purchases land for residential purposes, it is seldom his desire to share it with cows, unless he himself happens to be a cattle farmer.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) deliberately disregarded Mr Freddie Kissoon’s first accusation against the Commission on the issue of its response to the People Progressive Party’s request for recounts. 

Dear Editor, The electricity generation plant at Anna Regina, Essequibo Coast is malfunctioning and operating inefficiently.

Dear Editor, I am extending an invitation for Minister Benn to take a leisure drive along the Mocha road tomorrow.

Dear Editor, The situation at the Lusignan East playground has reached a crisis, whereby the access road around the playground has been damaged because of the presence of the Courtney Benn Construction Company.

Dear Editor, There was reported in the press an interview given by the current Minister of Health, during which great anticipation was indicated of an ‘influx’ of ‘nurses’ – assessed as the biggest ever – a comparability that carries no substantive meaning if it is without reference to specific details.

Dear Editor, The game of politics we play and the way in which the common folks are manipulated by rogue politicians is like a shackle that keeps us making one step forward and any number backwards.

Dear Editor, The results of the November 2011 general elections should be a wake-up call for the leadership of the PPP/C.

Dear Editor, Congratulations is extended to the QC ‘A’ Team for winning the National School Chess Championship and also to Saeed Ali (no relation to me) for winning the individual Chess Championship.