Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I thank Dr Steve Surujbally for his kudos of Link Show 27 in a letter in Stabroek News of 24 February, ‘Best Link Show in Years, but…’ which he considers one of the best in years.

Dear Editor, As the Libyan regime crumbles, the news barrier it has constructed is ending.

Dear Editor, There is something arresting about the absurdity with which Muammar Ghaddafi has recently responded to the events in his country.

Dear Editor, I wrote a letter to the editor on February 12 regarding the need for the GSPCA to develop a volunteer network to provide support services that their existing staff are unable to carry out (animal rescue, animal transport, general support to people who need help with their animals, etc).

Dear Editor, On Friday, Febuary 11, I was asked by the PNCR to read part of a press release on its behalf.

Dear Editor, Extensive flooding earlier this week in Georgetown and many coastal areas has shown once again the overall degradation in the ability of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) and the City of Georgetown (M&CC) to manage floodwaters, as the drainage systems under their respective responsibility continue to function at reduced capacities instead of progressive increases over time.

Dear Editor, Please allow me to add a few words to the current discussion concerning the importing of Math and Science teachers.

Dear Editor, I note with considerable alarm and interest that my good friend – and he is my good friend – Dr Steve Surujbally, Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, has publicly taken to task aspects of the satirical production, the ‘Link Show’ (‘Best Link Show in years, but…’ SN, Feb 24). 

Dear Editor,Mr Christopher Ram’s acerbic comments in his letter captioned ‘Mr Khan’s letter ignores Section 13 of the Income Tax Act, exempting only the President’s official emoluments from Income tax’ (SN, Feb 20) does him no good.

Dear Editor, At its meeting held in October 2006, in Georgetown, the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD), considered, with much concern, the burning issue of the skills drain from the Caribbean region.

Dear Editor, Why is it that minimum wages in this country are so low?

Dear Editor, I wish to extend condolences to the relatives and friends of the late Sharief Khan who died peacefully at his Goedverwagting residence on Tuesday, February 22, 2011.

Dear Editor, I hope that the President, his office or his erudite press liaison officer can help this nation by offering clear and lucid answers to the following: First, according to GINA, the President two weeks ago stated that by now, the specifications and therefore advertisement for tenders for the instruments for the one laptop per family (OLPF) project should be ready.

Dear Editor,Instead of shared governance, which is notoriously difficult to accomplish in ethnically fractured societies such as Guyana, minority governments are easier to achieve as they are achieved by selective voting.

Dear Editor, This year’s costume and float parade for Mashramani, a celebration of Guyana’s 41st Republic Day welcomed a new contingent: Volunteers.

Dear Editor, The indefatigable Chetram Singh, whose tenure as the President of the Guyana Cricket Board spanned almost two decades of selfless and dedicated service, deserves no less credit as an administrator than the celebrated cricketer who is adored on the completion of a century.

Dear Editor, With general and regional elections due this year there is a heightened misguided focus in the letter columns and elsewhere to influence the voter by making the case that 1) the opposition presidential candidate should be Indian to beat the PPP, or 2) the country’s problem is the result of ethnic voting and prosperity can only come when there is ‘cross-racial voting.’

Dear Editor, For many years now I have called him ‘Khana,’ a hybrid of his name ‘Khan’ and the Caribbean News Agency (Cana), with which he was associated.

Dear Editor, On Friday last, I enjoyed that which must be considered the best ‘Link Show’ in years.

Dear Editor,After my letter questioning the non-recognition of Samuel Ming and Christy Dey by the NSC Awards Panel appeared in the newspapers (‘Despite outstanding achievements…’ SN, Feb 14), I was engaged in some interesting person to person and telephone conversations with folks like Bud Mangal, Big Jer Goveia, Laurie Lewis, Godfrey Chin, Foster Sampson, Mike Benjamin, Dennis Dias, David Fernandes, Keith Campbell, Peter Peroune, Raymond Khalil, Neville Denny and John Carpenter, to name a few.