Letters to the Editor

A new low in race relations in Guyana

Dear Editor, I find it fascinating that there is an argument going on over an African dish called black pudding.

President’s double standard on collective bargaining must not go unchallenged

Dear Editor, Workers of Guyana unite! President Ali is determined to keep us divided.

Should the teen have been at that height?

Dear Editor, Another work site death, another family in grief. The latest fatality is of a teen working on a steel structure at a rice mill.

The discomfort Ms. Walton-Desir is feeling now is what Indians felt a couple of months ago

Dear Editor, Over the past couple of months, a subliminal reference was made by MP Walton-Desir, on what she believes the cognitive make-up of the PPP/C’s political base is.

From left to right are former Foreign Minister Rashleigh Jackson, the late James Mitchell, Carl B. Greenidge, Winston Murray and Ambassador Noel Sinclair at a CARICOM meeting in Jamaica in 1992. (Photo courtesy of Carl Greenidge)

Sir James ‘Son’ Mitchell was Guyana’s friend in deed and a man of sincerity

Dear Editor, Caribbean citizens are uncommonly proud of nurturing remarkable statesmen, harbouring unusual political conundrums and throwing up more than their fair share of idiosyncratic political leaders.

Tuschen’s main access road is in a deplorable condition even after recent repairs

Dear Editor, Please allow me space in your letters column to highlight the plight of residents of Tuschen New Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo, regarding the deplorable condition of its main access road.

There may still yet be a role for David Granger

Dear Editor, In British espionage and author Graham Greene lore, there was a ‘fifth man’ out there.

The electric cycles’ lawlessness will only get worse

Dear Editor, Electric cycles have no laws governing their use on the roadways, (INews Nov 26), but a horse cart does.

There must be no further delays in correcting course in these matters

Dear Editor, A number of recent concerns raised in the media does give the impression that the Government is losing control of some key strategic initiatives underway.

Go back to the negotiation table

Dear Editor, I don’t think that the democratically-elected PPP/C Government of President Irfaan Ali understands that it has sidelined the unions in awarding a 7% pay raise to public servants.

5 years post-first oil, Guyanese have not seen any major benefits

Dear Editor, Its Thanksgiving weekend in America, which kicks off the Christmas holiday season in the US.

Look who’s talking about governments with `sordid histories’!

Dear Editor, Since SN is the only national print medium I ask to utilise to share timely thoughts, it is with respect that I request a little space to respond to Dr David Hinds – proud afro-centric Buxtonian and dual citizen of Arizona, U.S.A.

This report suggests that public trust in Guyana’s elections processes is low

Dear Editor, There was a study done by the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) of Vanderbilt University.

We must guard against being trapped in an echo-chamber of our own making

Dear Editor, November 28, 2021 will mark the tenth anniversary of the infamous General and Regional elections that resulted in the PPP/C forming a minority government.

Cricket is dying in Albion

Dear Editor, If the greats of the past were to return to the pitch that has helped shape their careers, they would be shocked.

Local shortages are the consequence of the unsustainable harvesting of Guyana’s best timber

Dear Editor, According to your section ‘Article 13’s call for log exports ban misinformed – Forestry Commission’ (SN November 23, 2021), the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) criticized the call for an immediate ban on log exports as ‘misinformed, emotional and nonfactual’.