Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The 2019 Cricket World Cup is in full swing and we have had some riveting and exciting matches to date and to pick a winner is no easy task.

Dear Editor, On May 29, 2019, I caused a letter to appear in the newspapers in which I pointed—among other things—to the absence of the fare structure in the minibuses of Route #21 in Region Two (Pomeroon – Supenaam) on the Essequibo Coast, as required by law.

Dear Editor, Around the world, restrictions are imposed on water usage during periods of drought.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the article titled, “Cops’ numbers were found in slain bandit’s phone -ranks call for corruption probe, implicate senior officer” (SN June 11). 

Dear Editor, It has been brought to my attention that the Opposition Leader used part of a recent press conference to respond to comments I made in a section of the local media regarding reports that some members of the government service have been acting as political spies for the PPP.

Dear Editor, Your Sunday, June 9th report on the celebration of Andaiye carried the following inaccuracies which appear to have their origin in the Department of Public Information report of the previous day.

Dear Editor, Alston or ‘Kim’ Kissoon was a man brimming with ideas.

Dear Editor, It was a real pleasure to see Commissioner of Police, Leslie James and some members of his Executive Leadership Team literally pounding the police beat at Stabroek Market Square.

Dear Editor, Reference is being made to Freddie Kissoon’s letter `Tattered credibility’ (SN 9th June, 2019).  

Dear Editor, Saturday June 8th, 2019 marked the 96th anniversary of the struggle by Public Service employees (members of the Guyana Public Service Union) for fair employment conditions, security of tenure and acceptable standards of living, while providing quality public service to the citizens of our nation.

Dear Editor, Key members of the United States Congress have pledged to embark on efforts to determine what are the constraints that need to be overcome to facilitate the transfer of sugar quotas from one Caricom member state to another.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by Freddie Kissoon in the Stabroek News dated Friday, May 31, 2019 entitled `UG unions should remain in TUC and fight for Lewis’ removal’.

Dear Editor, This letter is a response to the death of Karen Shondell Reid of Sheet Anchor, East Canje, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), and her offspring.

Dear Editor, It was fowl play that prompted some overdue thinking. 

Dear Editor, Guyana and UG have lost a man with much vision, drive, ambition (and a nice selection of bow ties) with Ivelaw Griffith demitting office and leaving anew for the New World.

Dear Editor, Please allow me the opportunity to respond to a letter in your newspaper headlined, ‘Move by GLSC for hydrographic surveying has political, strategic implications’ (SN: 8/6/2019).

Dear Editor, Please allow Power Producers and Distributors Inc (PPDI) to respond to statements attributed to its operations and maintenance in your letters’ column on the 8th June, 2019.

Dear Editor, $4.3 billion being spent for registration when less costly methods may exist for ensuring all Guyanese eligible to vote can do so, is in my opinion, a wanton waste of Guyana’s finances.

Dear Editor, Too many citizens, its graduates and their colleagues, current and prospective students, of the University of Guyana, must wonder at the turbulence in which it appears to be caught, when, even from a distance, we hear the drumbeats of a fundamental controversy, of discontent, about its management style and outcomes.

Dear Editor, A mind becomes better when it reads Antonio Gramsci.