Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, In the late evening of Thursday May 4th, PPP/C Member of Parliament Ms Priya Manickchand received a letter from the Clerk of the National Assembly informing her that “the Speaker has therefore directed … that the motion published on the Notice Paper No.95 of 2017 [the motion on the revocation of VAT on education goods and services] cannot be proceeded with in the National Assembly”.

Dear Editor, In a May 13 letter which appeared in the news media, economics students of the University of Guyana requested clarification from the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) as to whether a feasibility study was done for the proposed onshore facility at Crab Island in the Berbice River to determine its viability to service offshore oil fields now being developed off Guyana’s north coast.

Dear Editor, I refer to the article ‘Vice-Chairman of Harbour Bridge Board living in fear after break-ins  -no response by police despite reports’ published in Stabroek News on Saturday, May 13, 2017. 

Dear Editor, Now that Mr Jagdeo and his PPP comrades are in some kind of superficial support of legalizing marijuana, allow me to expose their hypocrisy on the issue.

Dear Editor, As a Guyanese youth, I am both sickened and amused at the shameless duplicity of Bharrat Jagdeo and his hypocritical posturing of support for the decriminalising of marijuana.

Dear Editor, The Georgetown City Council is appealing to all owners of animals ‒ cows, horses, sheep and other animals ‒ to provide appropriate accommodation for them.

Dear Editor, The continued failed developmental policies of the successive governments of Guyana persist and reverberate across the Caribbean and indeed the world.

Dear Editor, Mr Anil Nandlall, former Attorney General, berates the government for not settling its environmental tax case with SM Jaleel and its subsidiary Guyana Beverage Inc, a decision on which was handed down by the CCJ on May 9.

Dear Editor, When I received the news that Sister Tchaiko had died, I was on my way to the Walter Rodney Groundings (WRG), a WPA TV show on Sunday May 7th 2017.

Dear Editor Death is inevitable, but we are still shocked when it comes to those close to us or those who crossed our path.

Dear Editor, Stabroek News of Saturday, May 13, 2017 carried a story headlined ‘Works to complete new arch continue without disrupting traffic.’

Dear Editor, Worse than caricaturing a person’s beliefs, religious or otherwise, is the attempt to dehumanize him. 

Dear Editor, Recent articles in the press question whether present and past governments ever took secular aspects of education seriously, since allegations persist that practices in some schools continue to favour some religions over others, even though this violates the fundamental principle of neutrality enshrined in the Constitution.

Dear Editor, The imposition of VAT on private education makes a mockery of any effort to improve, sustain or edify Guyana’s most precious resource ‒ its young people.

Dear Editor, Agencies and companies which interact with the public would always advocate that whenever matters of concern are put in the public domain, the aggrieved party should not seek redress through the media.

Dear Editor, The May 13, 2017 edition of the Kaieteur News (KN) included an article titled `Guyana on the brink of an Anti-Corruption Era – TIGI’.

Dear Editor, There is a particular section of the media that appears to have arrogated to itself the task of setting the agenda for the APNU+AFC coalition either in collusion with the coalition or simply on its own. 

Dear Editor, I have read with great interest the statement on oil revenues made by Minister of Natural Resources Hon.

Dear Editor, In the February 24th, 2017 edition of SN, I wrote concerning the total lack of attention being paid to Section ‘M’ Campbellville by the Mayor & City Council.

Dear Editor, It has become increasingly frustrating and difficult to deny the fruitlessness of the over-politicization of every visible development in our nation.