Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, In a troubled nation like Guyana, at least half of the citizenry has become adept at filtering out what their caretaker leader David Granger says publicly.

Dear Editor, I refer to the explanation proffered by President Granger when asked recently about the withholding of advertisements from the Stabroek News which he ludicrously referred to as a “commercial dispute” and justified the position by saying that Stabroek News did not see it fit to cover the “national event”,  the 175th Anniversary of Queen’ s College.

Dear Editor, When recently in Guyana, I  was surprised to see the blank looks on the faces of senior PPP and AFC politicians when I dared to say that ‘The next election in Guyana will be won on social media’ (as in the UK,USA.)

Dear Editor, So the Head of the Guyana Police Force “isn’t bothered” by the crime rate!

Dear Editor, At the `A Conversation with Guyana’ conference presented by the `Women of Queen’s College & Friends’ at the Pegasus Hotel, the conversation was spirited, honest and forthright.

Dear Editor, I write this letter for the sake of young people in this country.

Dear Editor, Exxon has an automatic ‘file sweep’ programme that has been deleting company records dated before August 2015.

Dear Editor, According to information available via the media, the chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has decided in favour of the exclusion of the particulars of registrants/electors from the Revised List of Electors (RLE) which will naturally follow the ongoing Claims and Objections exercise. 

Dear Editor, I refer to the article headlined, “Granger says media houses should get state ads based on ‘fairness’ of reportage” (SN: 02/11/19).

Dear Editor, The call that government ads to media houses must be based on fairness of reportage could be interpreted to mean favourable reporting.

Dear Editor, In a letter which appeared in the Stabroek News on October 31st, Mr Hamilton Green (Hammy), a former Mayor of Georgetown and also Minister of Works and Hydraulics (W&H) under the PNC government, expressed his disgust and trepidation at the callous clogging of drainage channels in the city and its environs as well as the filthy condition of the esplanade/bandstand and seawall east of the Pegasus Hotel.

Dear Editor, It appears to me that the integrity of Guyana’s Natural Resource Fund will be violated right from the start by an apparently unintended consequence of the income tax arrangements made with Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited, also referred to as the “Contractor” in the Petroleum Agreement between Guyana and EEPGL.

Dear Editor, I do not know what meaning the CARICOM meeting of 23rd and 24th October adopted for the phrase “violence in school.”

Dear Editor, Recent reports in the press point to a major disagreement between the PNC-led APNU and the AFC.

Dear Editor, It was a beautiful sunny Saturday, the last day of Amerindian Heritage Celebrations, last year, in my village where the day’s cultural events were taking place.

Dear Editor, Former President Jagdeo is right in `Jagdeo calls on GECOM Chair to explain ‘patently illegal’ decision on uncollected ID cards’ (SN Oct 31).

Dear Editor, Society has a responsibility to seriously review the statements made by Mr.

Dear Editor, I appreciate that Dr Henry Jeffrey found the time to respond to my letter published in both the Guyana Chronicle and Stabroek News (25/10/2019).

Dear Editor, Why has Stabroek News chosen to ignore QC? Queen’s College is currently celebrating its 175th anniversary.

Dear Editor,  I was sad to learn of the death of Vibert Yong-Kong earlier this week.