Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, What does it take to get punished in this country?

Dear Editor, What did Bill Gates (Microsoft), Steve Jobs (Apple), Jeff Bezos (Amazon), Tim Berners-Lee (the Internet), Larry Page (Google), Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), and Elon Musk (Tesla) all have in common?

Dear Editor, June 16th, 2019 marks 71 years since the brutal and cold-blooded murder of five sugar workers at the hands of colonial police.

Dear Editor, Perusing some old 1972 newsprints during a research project, I came across a Guyanese actress who seemingly was about to make it big in movies but apparently it didn’t happen because of her belief that stripping for the movies was not healthy.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to your editorial, ‘Luck of the draw’ (SN: 09/06/19) in which you claim “the draw seems heavily weighted in India’s favour.”

Dear Editor, In his response to a letter to the editor written by a ‘concerned junior officer’ of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), President Granger, through the Ministry of the Presidency, instead of addressing what appeared to be legitimate concerns raised by the junior officer chose to take aim at the PPP/C administration.

Dear Editor, The Alliance For Change (AFC) would be holding its Conference today.

Dear Editor, This is meant to alert the general public. Scammers and imposters are out plying their trade and the Lower East Coast seems to be the targeted area.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter written by Leslie Gonsalves, President, Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GBGWU) in the Stabroek News dated June 13, 2019 entitled `GTUC’s rules state that affiliation as a member requires a Collective Labour Agreement’. 

Dear Editor, The allegation that at least one of the men recently electrocuted was not wearing protective safety gear (`Man electrocuted while installing cameras at Stadium was not wearing safety gear, wife says’ SN June 13 2019), raises seriously the question of safety for employees engaged by companies  in the type of work these unfortunate persons were engaged in.

Dear Editor, After all the media coverage on the fleecing of Republic Bank’s customers via the Visa Debit Cards, I decided to ascertain if my card was compromised.

Dear Editor, The GAWU has considered several media reports about His Excellency, President David Granger’s visit on June 07 to Albion Estate.

Dear Editor, In a shocking move, the APNU+AFC majority on the Georgetown City Council voted at the Statutory meeting held on May 28, 2019 to immediately open a special bank account for the Social Development Committee which is headed by former Mayor Patricia Chase-Green.

Dear Editor, As I reflect on David Hinds’ letter to the press dated June 11, 2019, captioned `There is a difference between whistle-blowers and political spies’, it would be remiss of me, not to acknowledge the political opportunism of David Hinds.

Dear Editor, Please permit me the use of your pages to ventilate.

Dear Editor, On Tuesday, June 18, 2019, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will deliver landmark rulings in the appeals emanating from the legal challenges filed against the No-Confidence Motion passed by Guyana’s National Assembly on December 21, 2018 and a challenge filed against the appointment of Justice James Patterson as the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

Dear Editor, One week after the press conference held by National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc.

Dear Editor, Following repeated insinuations of illegality and or impropriety from the University of Guyana’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Ivelaw Griffith and more recently the General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress Mr.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter by Eon Andrews signed as Vice-President of the Guyana Trades Union Congress captioned, `I agree that the General Secretary is a one-man show at the GTUC’ (SN 10th June 2019).

Dear Editor, 1 wish to congratulate the First Lady Mrs. Sandra Granger on assisting enormously our young people to progress their welfare in the relevant areas of today’s life.