Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I am absolutely fed up and perpetually nonplussed every time I read an article in a major newspaper and get an entire story with great detail but no names or identities.

Dear Editor, December 25, 2009 will mark nine months since many Guyanese artists submitted their entries of paintings relating to the Cubana Air Disaster to the Ministry of Local Government.

Dear Editor, I recently travelled along the GT-Lethem road and was pleasantly surprised to discover that almost the entire stretch of road from Lethem to Linden is in excellent condition, with various sections having been recently upgraded.

Dear Editor, First, I wish to thank Ms Gaskin for the clarification she provided on the inaccurate data submitted by the Ministry of Agriculture that was inadvertently published by the Bank of Guyana in her letter captioned, ‘Agricultural production, especially other crops, is not declining,’ (SN, December 20).

Dear Editor, The local frenzy over global warming cools, Copenhagen returns blissfully to the heavier suds of Tuborg and Carlsberg, and Guyana waits for the foam of dreaded Januaries. 

Dear Editor, I refer to a report captioned ‘Tobacco standard stalled at Tourism Ministry’  that was published in the Kaieteur News, dated Saturday, December 12, 2009, which seems to misinform the general public  about the status of the tobacco standard in Guyana.

Dear Editor, The letter in Stabroek News of Saturday, December 19 is a most absurd one from a contributor named Michael Maxwell and which the editor chose to caption, ‘Guyana should not have brokered a deal with Norway before Copenhagen.’

Dear Editor, I refer to the article captioned ‘Businessman suffers as a result of GRA corruption – purchased unregistered vehicle,’ which was published in KN dated Thursday, December 17, 2009.

Dear Editor, In a season of goodwill and peace, one would expect to experience just that.

Dear Editor, She stood in her little food shop, her apron worn but clean and that perpetual smile that brought back memories of the days when as secondary school boys, we would come up short, but still got our ‘bellyful’ of her delicacies. 

Dear Editor, As the carnage of road fatalities continues in Guyana, no one seems to be held accountable for the lives maimed and lost.

Dear Editor, I cannot recall a gridlock of motor vehicles like that encountered in the city during the Xmas season.

Dear Editor, In an article which appeared in Sunday Stabroek of December 20 captioned ‘Shallow outfall, high dam best option for Hope Relief Channel,’ it was reported that the consortium of consultants for the Hope Relief Channel for the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) has now determined that a shallow outfall channel with a high crested weir over the sea defences would be the preferred option to reducing peak conservancy levels.

Dear Editor, The current bauxite workers’ struggle against the Bauxite Company Guyana Inc (BGCI) has been the result of the management’s refusal to pay an increase.

Dear Editor, It was with great sadness that I learnt of the passing of Mr Brindley Benn. 

Dear Editor, Professor Winston McGowan’s article in the History this week series on November 26, 2009 entitled ‘Guyanese single Test centurion (Part IV)’ whetted my appetite to further analyze the rise and demise of Guyana and West Indies opening batsman Leonard Baichan.

Dear Editor, I refer to Ian McDonald’s piece ‘I try my best to believe’ (Sunday Stabroek, December 20).

Dear Editor, On Monday, December 7, when I returned from Suriname, I discovered that the telephone was out of order, so I hurried to GT&T’s Church Street office to report the fault, and took the opportunity to pay the bill as the record will show.

Dear Editor, Reading the Bank of Guyana 2009 half year report was a clear reminder that the core developmental issues in Guyana have been dealt with very superficially since 2006. 

Dear Editor, In a letter appearing in Stabroek News (SN) December 19, 2009 captioned ‘No meeting on December 15’ in response to SN article on December 10, 2009, I observed that Mr Yoganand Persaud, Chief Labour Officer, did not deny the presence of any official of the Guyana Bauxite & General Workers Union (GB&GWU) on Tuesday December 15 at the ministry.