Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I write to express my profound disgust and displeasure at the dismally poor conditions that customers at Camp Site, one of Banks DIH’s Demico branches, located on Camp Street and South Road, are being subjected to as a result of a failed air-conditioning system.

Dear Editor, “The police are here not to create disorder. They are here to preserve order.”

Dear Editor, Mr Mohamed Sattaur, the CEO of NCN has finally spoken.

Dear Editor, It has now become common for the PPP regime and its agencies to behave as though some segments of the Guyanese population have no rights that they are duty bound to respect.

Dear Editor, Chargé d’Affaires of the US Embassy Karen Williams recently said the US government is contemplating implementing a system of leverage where some of the remittance fees can go directly towards specific development.

Dear Editor, As a citizen of this dear land of ours, I am often saddened by the level to which we have sunk owing to the manner in which our public administrative systems and agents of the state have made a mockery of our constitutional rights – the hallmark of democracy – all because of mismanagement and corruption.

Dear Editor, In a moving article in Dogs Today (British animal magazine) author Victoria Stilwell writes that: “Last year, around 4 million cats and dogs were destroyed in US shelters for want of a home – yet animal lovers continue to breed from their darling pets…” In her article she talks about her client, Daniel, who loved his American Bulldog, Sasha, so much he wanted to continue the line and breed from her.

Dear Editor, I am delighted to learn that Wilson Harris has been knighted by the Queen for his services to Literature.

Dear Editor, It is disgusting when as a teacher you have no control over a certain situation as pertained at the Patentia Secondary school.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter written by Minister Manzoor Nadir and published in your daily on June 09, 2010 captioned, ‘The government has no axe to grind with the trade union movement’.

Dear Editor, The findings of the CADRES survey that the government is better at improving infrastructure as opposed to tackling corruption, crime, creating better employment opportunities and keeping inflation under control are some of things that we are already aware of and which the survey simply confirms.

Dear Editor, I was the medical doctor in Bartica during the period January-September 1989, and was responsible for spearheading the attempt to get the operating theatre functional.

Dear Editor, Travelling from Rosignol to Georgetown a signboard at Pln Ross dam shows drivers there is a dangerous turn 100 rods ahead.

Dear Editor, A perusal of the comments on your website about articles/letters on the tragic death of young Kelvin Fraser has revealed that quite a few persons advised that running from the Police is a bad idea.

Dear Editor, President Bharrat Jagdeo’s national popularity with the masses has integral connections not only with the massive rebuilding of Guyana’s infrastructure, sustaining macroeconomic fundamentals, piloting Guyana through massive debt write-offs, carving out the huge funding potential of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS), securing an international niche for Guyana, inter alia; but primarily, too, because this President believes that he should be on the front lines with the people, not only in good, but in bad times as well.

Dear Editor, Recently, I noted that the PNC has not ruled out a coalition approach to contest the 2011 election.

Dear Editor, I would like to express my heartfelt sympathy to the parents and relatives of young Kelvin Fraser who was slain by the police at Patentia, West Bank Demerara, I believe that no parent should have to go through the pain the parents of young Kelvin are feeling today.

Dear Editor, When Stabroek News published instant polling information made available by CADRES showing the PPP with 38% support, the PNC with 31% and the AFC with 25%, the government’s media spinners and lackeys jumped on it and started ridiculing and questioning the numbers, the organization and even slammed your newspaper.

Dear Editor, It is that noteworthy that among its undertakings for its mandate on the Caricom Single Market and Economy, the Caricom Secretariat undertook the hosting of a seminar on Competition Policy and Law in Georgetown, Guyana on May 3, 2010.

Dear Editor, Whenever there are local events that I consider to have serious implications for our daily lives as citizens, I tend nowadays to hold my peace as an individual and allow those organizations representing what we call civic society to make appropriate comment.