Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, On Friday, March 11, Deputy Cabinet Secretary and Permanent Secretary in Office of the President, Dr Nanda Gopaul, crashed his car into another vehicle parked on Carifesta Avenue, badly damaging the parked vehicle and injuring a passenger who was reportedly about to enter the parked vehicle.

Dear Editor, I wish to refer to an article in the Stabroek News under the caption ‘Gov’t has substantially failed to implement forest saving agreement with Norway, say civil society members…’ in its issue of  March 28; and one in the Kaieteur News of the same date under the caption ‘Group wants Norway to delay payment to Guyana.’

Dear Editor, The World Cup final between India and Sri Lanka today, is a day which will stand still for both countries as fans take their cricket very seriously, more so in India.

Dear Editor, I have looked at the documents for bidding for the Hope Canal, in particular the 3-Door Head Regulator and am surprised that the Soil Investigation Report is not part of the documents but only available at the pre-tender meeting for viewing.

Dear Editor, I noted that President Jagdeo, the chairman of the MSSC, is one of the MSSC members who did not sign the MSSC letter (‘LCDS group upset at call to delay Norway funds’  SN news item, March 31).

Dear Editor, Guyana’s dubious distinction of finishing in the cellar of Senior Regional Competition for the third consecutive year has passed without the usual press conferences and press releases for which the Guyana Board and most of its executives have become famous or infamous over the past two years or so.

Dear Editor, Every country on planet Earth has its poor and destitute; Guyana is no exception.

Dear Editor, I am totally confused when I hear minibus operators shouting that ‘Government don’t have control ova we, is we bus.’

Dear Editor, Guyana is a democracy, in spite of overwhelming racial voting, says Sultan Mohamed (‘All over the world in democratic societies people vote race’ SN, March 30).

Dear Editor, In reference to calls by a few for the Norway government to withhold disbursement of funds for LCDS to Guyana, and counter calls from LCDS backers to continue disbursement of the money, I am confident visiting Minister Solheim will make the right decision as per the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the two nations. 

Dear Editor, Where is al Qaeda? Only in the mind of Gaddafi who is trying to blame the uprisings in Libya on Islamic fundamentalism, when the facts are that the people of the Middle East are rebelling for democracy and demanding a new era of information and information technology which is available in true democratic countries, especially the United States.

Dear Editor, I am writing this letter as a concerned citizen, hoping that it will help to highlight the plight that the residents of Pigeon Island Squatting Area are facing.

Dear Editor, I am very angry about the present state of West Indies cricket, and more so the performance of the team in the World Cup.

Dear Editor, Lindeners must count themselves very lucky that road accidents around the town are few and far apart, except for those tragic ones along the Linden Highway.

Dear Editor, The termination of the BBC Caribbean programme after some seven decades of programming for the region is unfortunate.

Dear Editor, I write in response to a letter from Mr B Balkarran published on March 16 in Stabroek News, titled ‘Belle Vue co-op society land being taken over.’

Dear Editor, I would like to congratulate the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) and their outstanding athletes who performed excellently at the 5th IPF/NAPF CPC, maintaining Guyana’s dominance in regional powerlifting.

Dear Editor, I am moved to join others complaining about the continuing downward slide of local radio presentation, especially on 98.1 FM which I listened to from its opening in the late 1990s.

Dear Editor, It is regrettable that Guyanese have drawn the attention of the authorities in St Martin (St Maarten), with their criminal activities being the subject of international media attention.

Dear Editor, The anticipated semi-final between Pakistan and India which was played yesterday in Mohali, India, evoked so much emotion and interest that these two countries who fought each other since their independence have put on their sporting gear for the prize of national pride.