Letters to the Editor

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.

Dear Editor, I am firmly of the view that there are doable solutions to the problems of the George-town city council. 

Dear Editor, The letter by D Gentle in SN’s issue of April 22 under the caption ‘When can pension vouchers be cashed when the payable date falls on a public holiday?’

Dear Editor, Permit me to extend my sincere congratulations and best wishes to our dedicated, respected and outstanding Leader, President Bharrat Jagdeo on his international achievement, the 2010 Champions of the Earth Award.

Dear Editor, I had my phone stolen in front of the Esso Service Station on Regent and King Streets on Wednesday afternoon, April 21.

Dear Editor, On May 1, 1886, the demonstration of thousands of workers in Chicago who had struck for improved working conditions was fired on by the police and dozens of workers were killed.

Dear Editor, If there is a reporter/journalist who works with a media entity and a public-spirited citizen with a pen, paper, video camera, zeal and enthusiasm for journalism, then who becomes more important in the news cycle?

Dear  Editor, I read with keen interest the Sexual Offences Bill 2009 tabled in parliament recently and the proposed penalties for the various offences.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter by Vicky Sawyer (SN, April 23) captioned ‘Sexual orientation and sexual attraction are different issues.’

Dear Editor, I attempted to go on line to book a flight for a student from Guyana studying in Cuba.

Dear Editor, Yesterday the alleyway between Crown and Lance Gibbs Streets was weeded and some of the bush left at the head of the alley.

Dear Editor, I stopped writing letters in the press because there is a nauseating level of ignorant insensitivity that emanates from the pages of all the print media houses in Guyana as it relates to issues involving or connected with Guyanese of African descent.

Dear Editor, ‘Stalin’s greatest crime was the murder of words’ – Eric Hoffer On February 22, one day before the fortieth anniversary of the Republic, I attended a public symposium on the role of culture in Mashramani.

Dear Editor, Clarence Frederick Ellis, CCH, 80, is deeply mourned. He was a distinguished West Indian economist and public servant whose service was confined not only to Guyana but also to the Caribbean, particularly as Alternate Executive Director for the Commonwealth Caribbean on the Boards of Directors of the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank, and as an Economic Adviser/Consultant attached to the then newly established  Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), St Kitts/ Nevis, where he contributed to the strengthening of the Bank’s research department.