Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, When Superman was forced to answer a riddle to save Lois from the Sphinx, he was asked the question “What happens when the unstoppable force meets the immovable object?”

Dear Editor, It is unbelievable that one week has passed and no meeting has been scheduled for the continuation of discussions at the informal level either between the Leader of the Opposition and the President or with their emissaries. 

Dear Editor, In the current dispensation, the life of this caretaker/interim government comes to an end on the midnight hour of September 18, 2019. 

Dear Editor, Was the No Confidence Motion (NCM) a blessing in disguise, a cauldron of unintended consequences?

Dear Editor, The Caribbean Voice is thrilled that yet another training session on suicide reporting has been undertaken with Guyana media, especially in view of the fact the local media continues to sensationalize suicide, post pics of suicide victims, and use suicide inappropriate language such as ‘commit’.

Dear Editor, A generation ago, a British sitcom captured the essence of the Westminster model of governance and dispensed with the polite fiction that Ministers are indispensable.

Dear Editor, We, the residents of first bridge Grove, New Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara are kindly asking GWI to increase the water pressure.

Dear Editor, The Public Service Minister recently announced that persons joining the Public Service would not have to wait until after three months for them to access their first pay cheque, but would have their salaries payable at the end of the first month.

Dear Editor, At a statutory meeting of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) held on Monday, July 22, 2019 I noted with shock and surprise in the print media that the Mayor of Georgetown Pandit Ubraj Narine reported that a bag containing cash belonging to the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) was found inside the vehicle assigned to Chief Constable Andrew Foo, and the Local Government Commission has since been called in to launch an investigation.

Dear Editor, I don’t think that Team President Granger and Team Bharrat Jagdeo really understand how this process of selecting a Chairman or not selecting a Chairman for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and when to hold elections and when not to hold elections is having on our people and society.

Dear Editor, The fact that Exxon could have secured such massive insurance coverage (US$2.5 billion) at one of the smallest and newest insurance companies in Guyana certainly raises eyebrows (SN July 22, 2019).

Dear Editor, On behalf of the General Contractors Association (GCAG), and our eighty-plus businesses we believe that a credible and fair election must not only be a priority to uphold our democracy in Guyana, but to give us a government that is credible, a government that people trust, a government that truly represents the will of the people.

Dear Editor, I refer to your edition of 25th of June under the caption `LGC President says past administration’s financial records hampering elections’.

Dear Editor, While all eyes are mainly focused on elections and oil at this moment in our country’s history, I want to give a reminder that there are other important issues gathering dust on the table of promises as well.

Dear Editor, Only a short while ago, some of us were bemoaning the loss of our old time comedians and clowns, they helped lighten the burdens of life.

Dear Editor, Oil companies exist for the sole purpose of making money.

Dear Editor, On July 14th Mr. Rod Henson who heads up Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd informed in an interview with Stabroek News that they were on target for first oil in the first quarter of next year from its Liza 1 project.

Dear Editor, As if the ongoing saga over the selection of a new Chairman for GECOM and the attendant concerns as regards the holding of free and fair elections are not sufficient enough for the nation to bear, National Security Minister, Mr.

Dear Editor,  I remember there was one house to house registration period in my lifetime (before this one that is), during that period my older siblings were registered, neither of whom was at the age of majority, but when they became eligible to vote they were automatically placed on the Voters List.

Dear Editor, Thanks for publishing in SN 14 July, the letter captioned `Underpaid teachers just one of the issues besetting schools’.