Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor,  The process is a work in progress and is incomplete. 

Dear Editor, The maneuverings, modus operandi and attitude of the government after the No Confidence Motion, and following the 2020 elections has left me continuously humming Natalie Burke’s mega soca hit ‘Do wah yuh want wid me’.

Dear Editor, Looking beyond the official declaration of the National and Regional elections held on March 2, I wish to offer some comments on elections and governance generally, and specifically in relation to Guyana.

Dear Editor, I have just learnt that even before the recount begins, Alli and Harmon of APNU+AFC have declared their intention to hide treachery from the world by seeking to ban cellphones and deny cameras at the recount.

Dear Editor, Recounting all the ballots using the SOPs for Region 4, is all that’s needed to complete the tabulation for Guyana’s March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections, in a manner that meets the requirements of the Representation of the People Act and rulings made by the Chief Justice, Roxane George-Wiltshire.

Dear Editor, Guyana lost Billy Braithwaite, a sports enthusiast who wore many hats drawing on a wide array of skills.

Dear Editor, Passengers who were unable to return to their respective countries when the curfew/lockdown had commenced, are being assisted by their respective Governments to return to their destinations.

Dear Editor, Mr Paul Harris’ cartoons, in my opinion, have done the most to hit home the point that senior GECOM officials have fixed the counting – rigged at the point of counting SOPs – to favour their communal leader, Mr David Granger. 

Dear Editor, During this crisis we must all continue to celebrate the importance of our workers and acknowledge the difficulties that they face in today’s environment.

Dear Editor, Please permit a small clarification on  recent stories which suggest  that May 30 is a hard set date for the return of staff and students of  UG to physical face to face mode of instruction.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Legal Aid Clinic has been closed due to the COVID-19 crisis, but from next week (beginning 4 May 2020) will be open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m.

Dear Editor, ExxonMobil’s donations to support COVID-19 programmes in Guyana appear to be the first donation of its kind outside America.

Dear Editor, On April 3rd, Government announced a massive decrease in fuel prices.

Dear Editor, As Guyanese prepared for the May 11, 2015 election, Murtland ‘Slugger’ Williams, longstanding member of The United Force,  recalled “The PNC’s repeated rigging of elections in the 1960s”, cautioning “Old habits die hard” and urged care in how they exercise their franchise in the upcoming election (TUF member recalls horrors of elections rigging under PNC, The Chronicle, March 20, 2015).

Dear Editor,  The pandemic that we are currently facing has adverse effects on us both financially and mentally.

Dear Editor, The American and Canadian governments have assisted their citizens to return to their countries due to the shutdown of air travel on 18 March 2020.

Dear Editor, I got a landline phone call purporting to come from GTT.

Dear Editor, The GAWU noted that on April 28 Stabroek News reported in an article titled “Canadian silver miner buying Guyana Goldfields” that the Government of Guyana welcomed the sale of Guyana Goldfield Limited to Silvercorp Metals Inc.

Dear Editor, Amidst all the chaos in Guyana (pandemic and governance) a remarkable maybe unnoticed feat has been accomplished.

Dear Editor, Dr. Carole Bishop, widow of the late and revered former Chancellor of the Judiciary, Aubrey Bishop, called me on Wednesday 29th April to say that she had learnt that Dr.