Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, In 1964 I was eligible to vote.  At that time as now I was visually impaired. 

Dear Editor, During October 2011, the Government of Guyana (GoG) offered for sale Treasury Bills valued at $3 billion, which indicated that the Ministry of Finance was running out of funds to meet its obligations, particularly since anticipated budgetary appropriations made earlier in the year have not materialized thus far.

Dear Editor, Many commuters in Guyana for many years have been experiencing transportation difficulties both going to work and returning home in the evening.

Dear Editor, The editorial of Stabroek News on November 14, captioned, ‘The dubious Grow More Food campaign,’ was clearly written by an uninformed person who has sought to do nothing but misrepresent the actual progress being made within the agricultural sector.

Dear Editor, For this upcoming general election four political public meetings have been held in the village of Success on the East Coast of Demerara, so far.

Dear Editor, Following comments made by Mr Carl Greenidge at the funeral service of his long-time friend and colleague Mr Winston Murray, Mr Manzoor Nadir, the man who is supposed to keep people in work, wrote the Caricom Secretary General Mr Edwin Carrington effectively seeking the sacking of Mr Greenidge from his position as Deputy Senior Director in the Caricom Secretariat’s Office of Trade and Negotiations.

Dear Editor, Yes, there is a groundswell for change and rebirth in Guyana.

Dear Editor, Monday’s Guyana Chronicle reported that at a rally in Stewartville, President Jagdeo stated very clearly for all to hear that the law would deal fully with anyone found inciting violence at this time of elections.

Dear Editor, With respect to the letters of Clairmont Lye, ‘There should be an investigation of the distribution of Rupununi flood relief funds,‘ in the  November 12 edition of the Stabroek News and ‘Recent distribution of flood relief funds in Lethem should be investigated‘ which also appeared in the Kaieteur News on the same day the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs would like to posit the following: 1.

Dear Editor, The employees of the Linden Hospital Complex were transferred from Linmine to the Ministry of Health in 1995. 

Dear Editor, Earlier in the year I had a great interest in participating for the very first time as a voter in the November 28 general elections.

Dear Editor, I can only hope that citizens are taking advantage of the column offered by the Bar Association each Sunday in your newspaper.

Dear Editor, I have been following all of the back and forth over the pension and benefits President Bharrat Jagdeo will receive when he demits office shortly and would like, as a young Guyanese, to add my two cents.

Dear Editor, Dr Nanda Gopaul, who is the Permanent Secretary in the Office of the President listed various payments to former presidents and their dependents (‘Benefits received by former presidents and widows following passing of Former Presidents… Act, No 8 2009’ Sunday Stabroek, Nov 13).

Dear Editor, Mixed Races and Amerindians (MR&A) do vote for the two race-based parties in Guyana in the PPP and the PNC.

Dear Editor, Could the Guyana Elections Commission tell us what new constraints or insights caused them to change the voting times on polling day from the tried and tested 6 am-6 pm to 7 am-7 pm?

Dear Editor, The defenders of the Former Presidents (Benefits and Other Facilities) Act 2009 including Prime Minister Sam Hinds, Dr.

Dear Editor, The political discourse between the presidential candidates at the University of Guyana on Thursday November 10, was great theatre; there were wild accusations, great promises, a lively young boisterous crowd and one very interesting boast.

Dear Editor, I write in solidarity with the University of Guyana students who have become the latest victims of the PPP’s campaign of profiling.

Dear Editor, I write to make corrections in the letter from Mr Albert Khan (SN, Nov 10) captioned ‘Played a central part in exposing rigged elections in  Guyana, but Bisram omitted name.‘