Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Mike Persaud’s letter, ‘There is absolutely no chance of defeating the PPP unless there is a people’s partnership,’ SN, September 6.

Dear Editor, A GINA release in early March 2008, reported that the Amerindian Act, 2006 passed on February 16, 2006 and assented to by the President on March 14, 2006 had “paved the way for Amerindians to empower themselves socially, economically and politically.”

Dear Editor, In his  September 5, 2010  column  in another section of the press, Mr Ravi Dev has called me ‘Elder Kwayana,’ and says  that I am the eminence grise  of Buxton – the grey eminence.

Dear Editor, PPP veteran, Mr Moses Nagamootoo’s publicly expressed aversion to the ‘state sponsorship’ of the PPP General Secretary as the party’s presidential candidate comes hard on the heels of another party veteran, Mr Ralph Ramkarran’s inadvertent public indictment of the Jagdeo administration when he said if, as the party’s candidate, he becomes President, he will make corruption one of the first three areas he will tackle.

Dear Editor, Since the furor over his visit to Buxton, the President of Guyana has had a lot to say about race, ethnicity, and national unity.

Dear Editor, The regularity with which police stations inform victims of crime that they are unable to respond to reports because of the unavailability of a vehicle hardly needs to be emphasised.

Dear Editor, A scene too common on our roads today is that of abused, injured, overloaded or over-worked animals of animal-drawn vehicles, some of which are driven by children who are not mature enough to operate such vehicles.

Dear Editor, We the members of the Mahdia Red Thread group bought a pump to flush out the clogged pipeline which supplies water throughout our community.

Dear Editor, With reference to an article in Monday’s Stabroek News, captioned, ‘Some farmers leaving crops to rot because of low price’ (September 6), it was said that the ochro price is $5 a pound in Black Bush Polder.

Dear Editor, It is very disgusting having to travel with loud music in minibuses.

Dear Editor, We are back to school. The twelve-year march continues, at the end of which our children will be knowledgeable in the sciences and the arts and skilled in technology and sports.

Dear Editor, President Jagdeo was reported in the Guyana Times (September 2) as taking a strong position against those whom he referred to as “bigoted academics.” 

Dear Editor, In Guyana, people love to party. Many would prefer to starve themselves or borrow money for the instant gratification of attending a Ne-Yo concert or a chutney show.

Dear Editor, I applaud the editors of Stabroek News for the regrets and apology tendered for misreporting (Editor’s note accompanying the letter from Magistrate Haymant Ramdhani captioned ‘Report on Maxwell jumping into Mahaicony contained errors’ (SN, September 3). 

Dear Editor, Some time ago I asked the following familiar question, ‘What’s in a name?’

Dear Editor, There are three months left in the year 2010.

Dear Editor, I would like to congratulate the organizer for a well-organised President/ Jefford track classic which was held on Sunday, August 29 at the Mackenzie Sports Club, Linden.

Dear Editor, Those who read my letters in Kaieteur News, will no doubt conclude that I’m a constant critic, and perhaps a pain in the side of the Jagdeo administration.

Dear Editor, We are led to believe that professionals are equipped to proffer profound advice when consulted, or to put it another way, it is expected that their written contributions would measure up to profundity.

Dear Editor, In another few months, leaders will attend yet another conference on climate change, this time in Cancun.