Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I am obliged to respond to the article ‘Setting the record straight on Linden television’, by Mr Imran Khan, Director of Public Information, which appears in the Guyana Chronicle of Wednesday March 29.

Dear Editor, The fiasco of Pastor Steven Anderson of the Faithful Word Baptist Church being allowed and invited by the Ministry of Education to preach in our public schools, points to a deeper issue in the Guyanese society: that is the underlying assumption and belief held by many that Guyana is a still a Christian state. 

Dear Editor, One cannot help being moved by Swami Aksharananda’s incisive letter in the media (SN, March 29) in which he exposed the apparent contradiction between President Granger’s praise for the education provided by private schools and the harsh taxation policy being pursued by the Minister of Finance “as he sought to justify the 14% tax on students” while pronouncing on “the sins of private schools”.

Dear Editor, Education is regarded as a right and not a privilege.

Dear Editor, Protests are increasingly becoming the preferred ritual of the day. 

Dear Editor, All the talk about Sovereign Wealth Funds has caused me to question who will benefit from the investment returns and principal.

Dear Editor, While Australia was being beaten by India, Australian broadcasters were saying seriously that Ashwin, the best off-spinner in the game, was learning from Lyon, who may be Australia`s best, but obviously not as good as Ashwin, and that Yadav, who has played more games than Cummings, and looks likely to be soon among the best quicks, was learning from the new, raw kid, Cummings.

Dear Editor, Although I have already begun to truly enjoy my retirement, and although I have, over many years, been preparing for this new phase of my life, not lastly by programming myself not to be embroiled in discussions on issues associated with the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom), it is imperative that, on occasion, some answers must be given to those who assail positions in which I deeply believe.

Dear Editor, I note the article: ‘New preliminary teachers’ promotion list satisfactory -GTU” in SN today, March 29.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) Inc would like to respond to the letter that was published in the Stabroek News on 24 March, 2017 and titled ‘Injustices to sugar workers are being perpetrated anew,’ penned by Mr Seepaul Narine, General Secretary of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU).

Dear Editor, I read that the Carter Center and the University of Guyana will host a symposium on constitutional reform on Friday, March 31.

Dear Editor, I recently read the online Demerara News story headed ‘Minister dumps used tyres call’.

Dear Editor, I read the recent coverage in Stabroek News relative to Sovereign Wealth Funds and shake my head in agreement. 

Dear Editor I read with great interest the report on the shocking news that only 23 of 179 nurses passed all segments of the State Final Nurses Examination.

Dear Editor, I have just read a letter published in SN on March 28 entitled ‘Some private schools leave much to be desired’ written by Sahadeo Bates.

Dear Editor, I have had an abiding interest in the University of Guyana and in spite of many negative things said about the university, I have always believed and continue to believe that UG has played a tremendous role in providing essential human resources for the development of Guyana.

Dear Editor, She was loudly applauded on the way in, clapped throughout and mobbed at the end.

Dear Editor, The comments by the Mayor of the Georgetown municipality at the marathon statutory councillors’ meeting in relation to the parking meters bylaws’ suspension, was an attempt at making peace and finding favour.

Dear Editor, What is really amazing is that protests have been successfully organized against the parking meters affair and VAT on private education but no such efforts have been placed behind the immediate bread and butter issues affecting the entire nation:  the VAT on water and electricity. 

Dear Editor, In the imposition of the notorious student tax, the authorities have manufactured an unfortunate and a convenient divide between private and public schools, giving the impression that private schools are not contributing to the education of the nation and students attending private schools are not Guyana’s children.