Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The vexing question of the non-upliftment of voter ID cards has been before the nation for some significant period of time now.

Dear Editor, Abu Bakr’s February 5 letter in SN, ‘Have the ex-ROAR members of the AFC influenced its thinking?’

Dear Editor, As reported in SN of Feb 9, a site inspection team from the Ministry of Education concluded without checking other possible contributory causes that high wind loads on the morning of Feb 6 created pressures or suction on the sloping windward roof of the library building of the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) causing about 75 % of its zinc sheets to be blown off.

Dear Editor, Section 66 of the Tax Act, Chapter 80:01 of the Laws of Guyana states “The President is exempted from Taxation.”  

Dear Editor, I was recently stopped by the traffic police in Lethem who have been undertaking an extended traffic campaign in the area; definitely more extensive than at any time in recent memory.

Dear Editor, Olga Lopes-Seale was not only an announcer and involved with the Radio Needy Children’s Fund, but she was also a singer.

Dear Editor, Parkside Steel Orchestra arguably remains the modern Guyanese steel pan music standard-bearer which continues to redefine musical excellence with every performance.

Dear Editor, Mr VC Bird, the father of the nation of Antigua, once said, “gravel don’t travel,” and what he meant was that as Prime Minister of Antigua (for many years), his policy towards foreign and local investors was to invite them into Antigua, knowing full well that any hotels, condos, docks, beach development, housing construction, commercial buildings, etc, could not be dismantled and taken out but left to the general wealth of the people of Antigua.

Dear Editor, On my way to the Lusignan open air market, every Friday midday, I must pass the Good Hope East Coast Demerara, cemetery where my parents and most of their peers are interred, and I feel sad to behold the deplorable state of their final resting place, which is neglected by the administrative authorities of that area.

Dear Editor, I am very happy that the young people of Egypt have shown the way to end the rule of autocratic, despotic regimes.

Dear Editor, Now that the National Sports Awards have been announc-ed, will the members of the National Sports Commission Awards Panel and sports writers indulge me by answering this question: Are all our athletes given fair consideration before the final votes are cast?

Dear Editor, First Tunisia, then Egypt; and the youth set the pace and called the shots.

Dear Editor, The news at the beginning of January that Olato Sam had been named Chief Education Officer (CEdO) captured my attention and aroused concern.

Dear Editor, Why must this country endure these recurring nightmares such as political charlatans like Hamilton Green taking high pedestals and telling people to speak up fearlessly (‘People should speak up fearlessly,’ SN, February 12), when Hamilton Green’s PNC played an integral role in creating this crushing psyche of fear and numbing silence during the heyday of the PNC?

Dear Editor, There is a saying, ‘Unity is strength and strength is power.’

Dear Editor, Please permit me to respond to a letter captioned ‘What’s with the sale of vehicle licences?’

Dear Editor, On Jan 29, 2011, Guyana Times carried a letter written by one T Narain under the title ‘Animal Shelter needs to expand its services.’

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Labour, Human Services & Social Security met with the executives of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) on Tuesday, February 8.

Dear Editor, As an avid sports fisherman I have frequented the Anaraika and Rockstone areas with my friends for over forty years.

Dear Editor,I would like to bring to the attention of the public at large one aspect of the judicial system that has failed completely and despite efforts that I have made personally there seems to be no end to this atrocity.