Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Mr Faizal Jafarally, on a live call-in show with Minister Robert Persaud and Chairman of Region Six, Mr Mustapha referred to me as “Ms Leon Suseran and Mrs Leon Suseran,” in relation to my letter about the Corentyne cabinet outreach.

Dear Editor, Mohamed Akeel’s letter (‘It is the bauxite union which walked away from an agreement,’ SN, January 28) forcefully brought home how someone assumes that one is a law unto oneself.

Dear Editor, I spent six weeks in Nairobi, Kenya, where I experienced the flouting of codes.

Dear Editor, I am pleased that President Jagdeo and his team visited Iran to strengthen the relationship with the Islamic state and not allow himself to be dictated to by those Western leaders who want to impose sanctions against Iran just because the country is preparing itself for defence against an Israeli attack, which is being instigated by the said Western powers.

Dear Editor, I would like to express my deepest sympathy to the family of Mr Davendra Bholanauth, Proprietor of Ezee Runnings Taxi Service, who was shot in the chest by a young man, who along with two others took away his laptop and gold chain, before escaping.

Dear Editor, Pardon the phrase ‘sleeping with the enemy,’ which is at times preferred to reaching a peaceful climax.

Dear Editor, I am a Johnnie come lately to the Phyllis Carter phenomenon.

Dear Editor, On Friday, Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, said that the administration takes all the credit for what the mining industry is today.

Dear Editor,As an observer over the past two months of the deteriorating labour situation between Bauxite Company Guyana Inc (BCGI) and the Guyana Bauxite & General Workers’ Union (GB&GWU), I write to express the view that Russian management has completely ignored Guyanese law and international labour standards by unilaterally de-authourising the union, and terminating some 57 union activists.

Dear Editor,The time has come to cease all talk and speculation of a third term. 

Dear Editor, The beautiful Caribbean is one of the most geologically active spots on earth and seismic activities and processes over the ages have helped raise and sculpt the islands of the Caribbean.

Dear Editor, I take the liberty of offering a note of advice to one of your frequent contributors to the letter pages who signs his/her name as GHK Lall.

Dear Editor, Government, politicians and the unions have their individual roles in bringing stability to Guyana, but civil society and the diaspora also have roles, and to make an impact this group must come together as one big body.

Dear Editor, The letter in SN by Dr Joey Jagan dated January 27 titled ‘Letters and columns are off the mark’ comes from a man whose father was the legendary ‘Bapu’ to many in the Indian-Guyanese community and a working class giant for all Guyanese.

Dear Editor, I want to bring to the attention of those concerned a matter which has caused me grave concern and emotional stress.

Dear Editor, In the North West, Region 1, Guyoil was the only supplier of fuel and their operation was located at Morawhanna.

Dear Editor, I thank Mr Mohammed Akeel for letting the public know “the facts” of the labour dispute in the bauxite industry (‘It is the bauxite union which walked away from an agreement’ SN, January 28). 

Dear Editor, Mr Akeel gave a chronological account of events in the SN with respect to the current dispute between RUSAL and GB&GWU that clearly requires a response from the union (‘It is the bauxite union which walked away from an agreement’ SN, January 28).

Dear Editor, “Is it wrong to expect and look forward to massive improvements to the living standards in Guyana?

Dear Editor, To say that because something has never worked before in a given set of circumstances, it can never work, is the definition and quintessence of defeatism.