Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I applaud the efforts by those in authority to enforce a ‘decent’dress code for persons entering certain government buildings/agencies.

Dear Editor, It would not have gone entirely unnoticed that France recently experienced substantial industrial unrest following the Sarkozy government’s insistence on raising the retirement age – an action critical to that economy, given the extent of public employment in that country.

Dear Editor, Interestingly enough it was my longtime Hindu friend who alerted, and eventually transported me, in excited expectation, to hear Hearing Slaves Speak at the Umana Yana on Wednesday, March 2, 2011.

Dear Editor, I write in relation to an article in the Stabroek News of Saturday, February,12, 2011 under the caption, ‘Lawyer’s court outburst results in further delay for client -discharge of jury in murder trial.’

Dear Editor, The AFC must be lauded for allotting (reserving) two seats to the diaspora (article captioned ‘AFC to keep two Parliament seats for Diaspora -Ramjattan’ in SN, Mar 3). 

Dear Editor, We rightly depend on historians to research and tell us history.

Dear Editor, The letter by Sasenarine Singh of the AFC (SN, February 28), mildly correcting Malcolm Harripaul’s letter on Cheddi Jagan, even offering him a spot in the AFC, is indicative of the common ground both hold in trying to assassinate the character and good name of President Cheddi.

Dear Editor, I feel compelled to make a brief response to only two aspects contained in a letter published in the Chronicle yesterday, and written by a personal and family friend, Mr Harry Gill.

Dear Editor, Having been a Maths and Science teacher for a long time at almost every level of education, and having also taught other subjects up to high school level, I feel I ought to contribute my two bits.

Dear Editor, On Monday, February 28, 2011, at 10.30am, a member of the public brought to my attention the fact that the previous day, Sunday, February 27, 2011, in the ‘Weekend Magazine’ section of the Sunday Stabroek, a notice had appeared entitled, ‘National Insurance Scheme Employers indebted to the National Insurance Scheme.’

Dear Editor, March has come and with it several activities for the UN Year for People of African Descent are planned.

Dear Editor, So if the Georgetown Mash floats decided one year to take a holiday and not to come to New Amsterdam’s Mash, that may translate into Berbice having no Mash parade, really.

Dear Editor, Region 7 is a part of Guyana where you will see all races unite for our country’s Republic Day and other important events we celebrate as one people.

Dear Editor, The Government of Guyana has signalled its intention to hire teachers from overseas to augment the local batch of Science and Mathematics teachers.

Dear Editor, With regard to your editorial, ‘Pressure on Libya’ (SN, Mar 2), the international community (through the UN) is forced to take action against despotic ruler Muammar Gaddafi because no global power has influence against the Libyan strongman to regulate his behaviour and/or do the right thing as Ben Ali and Hosni Mubarak did.

Dear Editor, Two hundred and forty-eight years ago, on a plantation in Berbice, Cuffy and several of his comrades challenged the status quo, striking out at their Dutch masters.

Dear Editor, The recent statements in the Stabroek News editorial dated Monday, February 28, entitled ‘Six years of marking time’ reflects biased reporting and is not unexpected of the Stabroek News as it continues its campaign to malign the government by providing misinformation to the public.

Dear Editor, Following an intensive year-long investigation into the human rights record of Sri Lanka, the Council of the European Union (EU) decided to temporarily withdraw GSP+ trade benefits from that country as from August 15, 2010.

Dear Editor, It is with deep concern and anger that I must inform the readers of a horrific incident that occurred on Mash Day.

Dear Editor, Given the large budgetary vote for road maintenance in this year’s budget it may be useful to make available to readers some information which hitherto has remained unknown.