Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The GT&T 10/10 Softball cricket competition continues to live up to its hype by being entertaining and exciting.

Dear Editor, It now seems to be the pattern for the Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Co Ltd (GT&T) to give ‘Free Talk’ to its subscribers on Diwali (which it did last year) and now Phagwah, both of which are Hindu festivals in Guyana.

Dear Editor, It is becoming very obvious that the old timers writing Stabroek News (SN) editorials have a cognitive construct of racial prejudices which guides them.

Dear Editor, After reading your newspaper about the flooding, I was wondering whether Pradoville 2 flooded?

Dear Editor, Are we going to squabble over who is to fix Georgetown and its problems or would the government take the initiative and do something tangible for the business community, the workers and denizens of the city, and indeed all and sundry including the visitors and tourists; or like Emperor Nero, will they fiddle while Rome burns?

Dear Editor, With reference to Mr Jermaine Cockfield’s letter captioned, ‘Royal Challengers were knocked out of GT&T 10/10 competition unfairly’ (SN, March 2) first of all we must bring to the captain’s attention the fact that the fitness of the ground for play comes directly under the umpires who are the sole authority on play.

Dear Editor, As aptly said by Dr Martin Luther King Jr, “History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamour of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.” 

Dear Editor, The formation of male and female affairs bureaux is a step in the right direction because they should address some of the issues affecting both genders whether old or young.

Dear Editor, Why is Guyana dependent upon foreign suppliers for school rulers?

Dear Editor, I refer to an article in your 15th February 2011 edition regarding the ‘Attempt [by the police] to arrest [Mark] Benschop over stolen [Office of the President] info’.

Dear Editor, Please refer to the Guyana Chronicle article of October 23, 2010, about the new Doppler Radar system that was launched in the year 2009.

Dear Editor, On December 19, 2010, I purchased one A288 Dual Sim Mobile Phone as a Christmas gift for my fiancé at an outlet [name given] located on Regent Street, and was given a one-month warranty (with no conditions attached) for my purchase.

Dear Editor, With reference to the report in your edition of March 15, captioned ‘New Chinese ferries may force modifications to bungled stelling,’ I should like to say that this is a major blunder.

Dear Editor, I met some sugar workers on the West Coast and was shocked to hear their complaints about their lives and the future for their children when things, in their opinion, are getting harder and harder.

Dear Editor, Can anyone assist with my query regarding the British Guiana Militia (BGM) at the start of World War II? 

Dear Editor, Never in the history of the Mash celebrations in Linden have I ever seen such a mammoth turn-out like the one seen on Sunday, February 27 gone.

Dear Editor, There is acceptance of the legal position that the President cannot be taken to court during or after his term in office for criminal or civil actions whether in his official or private capacity.

Dear Editor It is important to observe that an independent review recently concluded of police pay and conditions in England and Wales, observed (in March 2011) that their salary structure was “designed for a police service and society neither of which any longer exists.”

Dear Editor, When will Minister Nadir and the Chief National Development Coopera-tive Officer, Mr Kareem Abdul-Jabar, intervene to stop the taking over of some members’ land in the Belle Vue Scheme?

Dear Editor, ‘A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.’