Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I would like to thank Ms Iana Seales of this newspaper for her excellent journalism on the Barakara Falls issue.

Dear Editor, The National Insurance Scheme was recently featured in two articles appearing in the Stabroek News dated March 29 (‘Pensioners getting raw deal from NIS – Ramkarran’) and Guyana Chronicle, March 30 (‘The NIS and pensioners’).

Dear Editor, The death of Bridgette Gangadin brings into focus very important issues that must be urgently addressed.

Dear Editor, I was so shell-shocked on reading your news article, ‘Guyana to defend rights record at UN,’ (May 11), it took me a couple of minutes to regain my mental composure and pick up my jaw from the floor.

Dear Editor, In a letter by PRO of the Guyana Post Office Corporation, Ms Yolaskee Jervis in Stabroek News of May 12, captioned ‘The post office has measures in place to expedite the processing of mail,’ it was said my comments were “unfair.”

Dear Editor, Ocean levels around the world are rising. Guyana’s coastline is below sea level.

Dear Editor, There is a school of thought that in politics, perception is nine-tenths of reality.

Dear Editor, While NACTA polls have been accurately predicting the outcome of general elections in Trinidad since 1995, it is very difficult at this stage to pronounce on the outcome of the May 24 general elections in spite of other polls showing a landslide victory for the opposition UNC-led Peoples Partnership coalition.

Dear Editor, I have seen a number of letters in the press, in which persons state their inability to pursue a major in English at the University of Guyana’s Tain campus.

Dear Editor, Guyana Water Incorporated wishes to respond to a letter by Mr Robin Bynoe in SN, dated Friday, May 7 and titled ‘Consumers should be able to see the readings on their water meters.’ 

Dear Editor, Mother’s Day is supposedly one of the most celebrated days for us to acknowledge and give thanks to the wonderful women who have influenced our lives.

Dear Editor, I do support the Linden Town Week celebrations; the visits by overseas visitors; the going and coming of citizens from all over Guyana; the decoration of our town by the various businesses; and most of all, the fun and frolic that we are so much accustomed to.

Dear Editor, I sincerely support the view of former Attorney General, Mr Doodnauth Singh, that at this juncture of our history all indictable cases should be prosecuted by trained legal practitioners from the AG’s Chambers.

Dear Editor, I write to appeal to the bureaucrats at the Ministry of Health and the Georgetown City Council to cease sitting on their laurels and engage in a massive mosquito eradication exercise in Georgetown and its environs.

Dear Editor, I write to commend the Stabroek News for their article of May 9, ‘Amaila Falls developer involved in hydropower project in Uganda.’

Dear Editor, With reference to an article in KN ‘Millions paid twice for some contracting services,’ it was said that sewerage pipes had been rerouted to allow for the construction of the much vaunted Marriot Hotel.

Dear Editor, Dr Bertie Ramcharan ended his long review on Guyana’s National Report to the United Nations with an appeal to the Parliament to hold a debate on the issues raised (‘Guyana’s national report to the United Nations: Serious issues of public policy’ SN, May 11).

Dear Editor, The Guyana Post Office Corporation would like to assuage the minds of readers who would have been subject to the unfair remarks of Mr Leon Suseran in a letter that appeared in the April 27 edition of the Stabroek News (‘The postal service is out of date’).

Dear Editor, It is a great pity to see another historical building erased by fire, in this case the St Joseph Mercy Hospital.

Dear Editor, I found the utterance from President of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) Mr Patrick Yarde to the effect that I said I cannot work with the Acting Chief Education Officer, Mrs Genevieve Whyte-Nedd as reported in the Saturday, May 8 edition of the Kaieteur News grossly mischievous, malicious and furthest from the truth.