Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, There is news that more police have been charged with rape – this time in Lethem.

Dear Editor, Since I now make a living sharing unsolicited assessments of candidates for leader of the PNC, I keep going. 

Dear Editor, Oh dear! The runners and riders to replace the (on pre-retirement leave seeking wisdom in Pearl?)

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Education recently responded to the concerns expressed by Swami Aksharananda regarding the matter of Christian-themed prayers recited at an organized event hosted by the Ministry of Education.

Dear Editor, Kudos to the entrepreneurial spirit of the manufacturers of Topco products.

Dear Editor, The Government’s recently released second draft Local Content legislation looks good on paper, but in reality, does little to solve the real issues local businesses face every day in Guyana.

Dear Editor, On the 14th, October 2021, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha met with farmers of Craig and Garden of Eden on the East Bank Demerara.

Dear Editor, I am saddened to learn of the passing of Colin Smith with whom I have been acquainted over three decades and for whom I have always had great respect and admiration.

Dear Editor, We live on a ball.  It rotates on its axis at 1,000 miles an hour and hurtles through space at 67,000 miles an hour, on its trajectory around the sun.

Dear Editor, I write to commend, compliment, extol, and congratulate the government of India on reaching the record milestone of administering over one billion vaccines on Thursday October 21.

Dear Editor, The twice weekly meeting of PAC to clear the backlog of reports seems reasonable.

Dear Editor, We, the five Government members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have noted a press statement issued on ‘Office of the Leader of the Opposition” letterhead by Ganesh Mahipaul, Opposition Mem-ber of the PAC on October 19, 2021.

Dear Editor, Personal thoughts: I feel sad to see how the people of Guyana’s money is being squandered in Dubai.

Dear Editor, It is great to see the enthusiasm in the media around the prospects of having a cleaner energy source that will last a number of decades.

Dear Editor, Make your views known as Guyana undergoes first Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) validation which commenced on October 1.

Dear Editor, It was not without a massive sense of pride, albeit humble, that I felt while reading about the challenges faced by the young mathematics educator, Sunil Joseph of the secondary department of the Wauna Primary School.

Dear Editor, Even as we think of the possibilities for Guyana as a new oil and gas producing and exporting country and what governance structures would be best to ensure that all Guyanese benefit from the country’s wealth, I would like to focus this letter on some lessons from reforms in Mexico’s oil and gas industry which presents possibilities for Guyana.

Dear Editor, There has been much criticism of the government’s announcement at Skeldon (10/5/21) to grant each dismissed sugar worker a one-time sum of $250 000 as compensation for loss of income (weekly household incomes had fallen sharply by 64 per cent [ILO: 2021]) and the non-payment of wage increases and production bonus for 5 years (2015-19) by the previous administration.

Dear Editor, Recently one of Georgetown’s unsung heroines in the struggle for women’s emancipation and democracy with justice, Jennifer Sobers, passed away after a protracted series of ailments including twin surgical interventions within the space of a year, as well as Covid-19.

Dear Editor, Gail Teixeira is being deliberately misleading concerning the Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly and a motion to rescind a resolution of the Committee.