Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor,In the face of the blizzard that was experienced by the north-eastern US states, many US airlines operating out of JFK advertised that they would reschedule passengers for free.

Dear Editor, Every so often one comes upon a letter that is so ill-conceived and littered with misconceptions that one can only ascribe untoward designs to its author.

Dear Editor, Ms Gail Teixeira, Presidential Advisor on Governance is quoted in Kaieteur News of Thursday, December 30 as saying that the failure by the government to bring into force the Amerindian Act, 2006 four years after its passage was “a mistake, but the only such mistake by the Government in their eighteen years in office.”

Dear Editor,The Stabroek News edition of December 25, 2010 reported that Labour Minister Manzoor Nadir had informed the National Assembly that the Labour Ministry had remained engaged with the workers who were dismissed by RUSAL (Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc) and to date only four had visited the ministry.

Dear Editor, Since the announcement by Robert Corbin that he will not be the presidential candidate and the push by the Murray camp at the last General Council for a date by which the presidential candidate of the PNCR should be identified, many have announced their intention by going to the public domain.

Dear Editor,Chimney Road which straddles Chateau Margot and joins the East Coast Highway at its northern end and the Railway Embankment Road at the southern end is becoming a very dangerous road.

Dear Editor,Moses Nagamootoo is eerily similar to Ralph Ramkarran: standing silent while wrongdoings of every nature were committed by inner and outer circle PPP members in the past 18 years.

Dear Editor, I must have penned those famous opening words, ‘Dear Editor,’ thousands of times.

We are reprinting the letter below even although it appeared in our edition yesterday because the end portion of it was inadvertently omitted.

Dear Editor, I write in response to the letter captioned ‘Has an appointment been made to the chairmanship of the Guyana  Livestock Development Authority’ in your letter columns of Tuesday, December 28, 2010.

Dear Editor, Sugar workers experienced one of their worst years in 2010 and in an effort to ameliorate the public outcry, the President announced a one-off 5% payment on Wednesday.

Dear Editor, A self-acting box koker constructed across the Better Hope sea defence dam several years ago was used to drain all the Better Hope rice lands and elsewhere.

Dear Editor, In a press statement recently Dr Luncheon, the Cabinet Secretary stated that the roll-on/roll-off ferry presently under construction in China will arrive in Guyana next month and will be put into operation on the Supenaam-Parika run, and I write to enquire whether a drawing of the proposed ferry was ever given to the engineering design consultant before commencing structural design work on the stelling.

Dear Editor, I am writing to express my total frustration and utter disgust over the dumpsite at Mandela Avenue that has now encroached onto the Le Repentir Cemetery.

Dear Editor,A basic principle in unionized entities where negotiations for wages/salaries are pursued is the ability to pay. 

Dear Editor, The GAWU/GuySuCo saga is yet one more battle in the ‘war’ between President Jagdeo and Freedom House.

Dear Editor, On December 21, 2010, I read a most insightful editorial in SN about the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and although I do not agree with some of the issues raised I do support the view expressed that the ministry is being marginalized.

Dear Editor, I, Sheik Mohamed Mustapha Muslim, of Mahaicony would like to inform the general public that I was not the author of the letter captioned ‘Some rum shops in Mahaicony sell liquor to persons under age’ which was published in the SN on December 15, 2010 under the name of one Mohamed Mustapha, Imam.

Dear Editor When I was young (so long ago!) I started reading Perry Mason mysteries and enjoyed them thoroughly.

Dear Editor, I believe that the agreement between the Buxton community and the Government of Guyana to rebuild the historic Tipperary Hall is a symbolic new cooperation, progressive and positive whether politically or culturally.