Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, BK International Inc wishes to respond to a number of misrepresentations and inaccuracies about the Supenaam Stelling carried in Kaietuer News and Stabroek News dated April 29, 2010.

Dear Editor, Can someone please tell me who ‘organised’ the traffic arrangements for the Twenty/20 World Cup cricket.

Dear Editor, I believe persons wishing to choose English as their major at the University of Guyana Berbice Campus are at a sore disadvantage, since this is not possible unless one travels to Turkeyen.

Dear Editor, I refer to a very fascinating letter published in the Sunday Stabroek of April 25 by Ruel Johnson under the caption ‘The Guyana Prize for Literature has gone missing.’

Dear Editor, The recent letter to SN titled ‘The level of resources committed to reducing the drug trade should also be given to a comprehensive drug demand reduction programme’ (April 27) spurred this letter.

Dear Editor, Last month the post office on Lamaha Street rejected my new national ID card because the Old Age Pension had the old ID number.

Dear Editor, The registration of all Justices of the Peace (JPs) and Commissioners of Oaths to Affidavits (COAs) with the Guyana Justices of the Peace and Commissioners of Oaths to Affidavits Association should be made mandatory by the Office of the President in order to ensure the regularization, monitoring and sanctioning of all JPs and COAs.

Dear Editor, Quite recently popular and controversial PPP/C activist/councillor Ian Halls on his television programme ‘Under the Microscope,’ while commenting on Black History Month (February)  expressed his concern about how reluctant we are to recognize and pay respects to the local heroes within our midst who have made valuable contributions to the community, especially if they are ordinary working-class individuals of no status.

Dear Editor, Many have been the accolades heaped on the late Clarence Ellis.

Dear Editor, We refer to the two most recent articles on the Zoological Park, published in the Sunday Stabroek, April 25 2010, captioned ‘Zoo aquarium gets facelift,’ and in Stabroek News on April 26, 2010, titled ‘NPC denies poor working conditions at zoo.’

Dear Editor, With respect to the article on page 10 of Stabroek News dated April 26, 2010 captioned ‘Ruby woman offered house-lot,’ please be advised that at no time did CH&PA and Region 3 officials damage the house occupied by Ms Vanessa Gaskin at Ruby.

Dear Editor, By now not even the PPP’s supporters and officials can deny the government is practising discrimination against some workers.

Dear Editor, There is a pitbull at the Alberttown Police Station tied to a chair for the past month awaiting word from the DPP’s office.

Dear Editor, The news from Trinidad and Tobago, that a ‘big tent’ coalition of all opposition forces will contest the next general elections in May, is something that the opposition forces in this country should keep a keen eye on.

Dear Editor, I refer to a statement made by Mr Carvil Duncan of the Guyana Labour Union on behalf of FITUG, in which he said among other things on national television that persons who participated in the 2009 Labour Day march were associated with political parties and not bona fide trade unions.

Dear Editor, I am appealing to citizens to embark on a campaign for a four-year term limit for union leaders, which would clear the way for new leaders with new policies.

Dear Editor, On October 20 last year I was sold a raffle book containing ten tickets by a member of the Lower East Bank PPP District Committee for $1,000.

Dear Editor, We commend the recent initiatives of the government in targeting social maladies, such as child abuse, truancy, vagrancy, violence against women, HIV/AIDS, alcoholism and other substance abuse disorders, even though the penetration of the intiatives may vary in different areas.

Dear Editor, May Day 2010 is fast approaching. Workers will be expected to march through the streets with their respective unions and assemble, sadly, at separate locations to listen to their respective local leaders speak to them about the significance of workers’ rights, the history of trade unionism and the glorious future that lies ahead for workers in Guyana.

Dear Editor, If I post a letter or card to the United States or Canada, it would take nearly a month to reach its destination.