Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I write in relation to a news item, ‘Ramotar shuns UG Workers’ Union organized debate‘ (SN, Sep 14) The union apologizes for a mistake that took place during the typing of the press release.

Dear Editor, September 11,2011 marked one year since the brutal death of Sheema Mangar who was employed at the time at Demerara Bank Ltd.

Dear Editor, Stabroek News has definitely cornered the local media market with its almost daily reportage of WikiLeaks cables that reveal the impressions and allegations as noted by US Embassy officials in Georgetown and transmitted to Washington DC.

Dear Editor, I do not know if it is divine intervention or someone at City Hall woke up and did his job, but I am pleased to advise that the excavator has been removed from Anira Street, and at the time of writing there were no trucks parked on the parapet, giving the area a residential look.

Dear Editor, At present I am deeply engaged in reading the revised edition of A History of West Indies Cricket, written by Michael Manley; which has a scintillating foreword by the legendary former West Indian captain Clive Lloyd.

Dear Editor, The transportation sector is one of the biggest employment sectors in Guyana employing directly or indirectly several thousand persons as drivers, conductors, mechanics, upholsterers, wash-bay attendants, gas station attendants, tint shop personnel, vulcanizers, number-plate craftsman, auto and spare parts store salespersons, auto electricians, road repairers – and the list goes on – yet it is the most unregulated sector.

Dear Editor, I heard a new one recently. Here is how it goes: things are getting hard under the PPP but it will go from bad to worse under the PNC.

Dear Editor, I took some time over the weekend to read up on all the political parties that will be contesting this year’s election.

Dear Editor, My acknowledgement of President Bharrat Jagdeo’s remarkable achievement both as an individual and as the leader of the nation, was inevitable once there was an initiative to formally recognize his profound contribution as the sixth President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana.

Dear Editor, I have seen your editorial ‘Bauxite dust disgrace’ (September 12) and noted that you have blamed local authorities including the municipality for the dust nuisance problem in the town.

Dear Editor, I write this letter after months and years of waiting. 

Dear Editor, The recent Guyana Prize for Literature Awards combined with the Caribbean Litera-ture Award were a very interesting phenomenon that attracted writers living and writing in Guyana, writers from the wider Caribbean and Guyanese writers living and writing overseas.

Dear Editor, Is the Commissioner of Police Henry Greene for real?

Dear Editor, Mr Balwant Persaud has given the nation a much needed insight.

Dear Editor, Stella Ramsaroop asked our presidential candidates so many questions. 

Dear Editor, Harvesting of the present rice crop has commenced in Region Two, where farmers are making full use of the sunny weather.

Dear Editor, I have followed Ms Stella Ramsaroop’s column over the past few months, but having read her conclusion in your 10th September edition, I can hold my tongue no longer.

Dear Editor, I bring a rather troubling issue to light and hope the relevant authorities can do something about the matter.

Dear Editor, Farmers do many things unbeknownst to the MMA-ADA.  When farmers do land preparation and throw paddy during the August month when will they reap their crop? 

Dear Editor, The many I have spoken to recently have intimated to me that the factors of fear, threats and bribery may be responsible for such an unfortunate outcome.