Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Two months have passed since a report was made to GTT that my landline phone was not operating properly.

Dear Editor, Currently, the recreational park in Anna Regina which was commissioned almost a decade ago in memory of the late President Dr Cheddi Jagan is in quite a deplorable state.

Dear Editor, I have worked with both President Granger and Prime Minister Nagamootoo.

Dear Editor, I wish to compliment Mr and Mrs Parmal Singh from New York who sponsored the Phagwah Mela at the Anna Regina Community Centre Ground on March 13.

Dear Editor, The United Nations has warned that some twenty million people face the risk of starvation and possible death in countries such as Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and Nigeria.

Dear Editor, I thank the Ministry of Natural Resources for a courteous response to my recent letter (‘Exxon’s environmental record does not bear scrutiny’ SN, March 8).

Dear Editor, The appointed Chairman of the Lotto Control Commission is not aware of the Commission meeting since being appointed in July 2015 (‘Lotto Commission hasn’t met since appointment in 2015’ SN, March 14).

Dear Editor, In an earlier letter, I had mentioned the resignation of Anil Beharry as President of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) in January 2017; the assumption to the presidency of 1st Vice President, D Somwaru without a meeting being held; Somwaru’s efforts to have a few clubs request a Special Meeting; and his creation of the letterhead of the BCB, referring to himself as President, signing letters as President, sending out mail and dismissing executive members of the BCB by sending them these letters which he has signed as President.

Dear Editor, The nation should pay key attention to the political rhetoric that came from the opposition PPP platform in Port Mourant, Berbice, at the memorial ceremony for its late founder leader and former President, Cheddi Jagan.

Dear Editor, The March 2017 exit of Dr Steve Surujbally from the Guyana Election Commission (Gecom) came suddenly and swiftly given his previous indicated resignation, but further questionable prolonged accommodation by the APNU+AFC government.

Dear Editor, I read with great pleasure an article in Kaieteur News, February 28, under the caption, ‘Police liaison officers being trained in conflict resolution, anger management.’ 

Dear Editor, The Technical Advisor to the Minister of Education has been reported as saying “the Education Act does not have sufficient teeth in regards to the regulating of private schools.

Dear Editor, Since the recent discovery of oil offshore Guyana, I have respectfully posited in my writings and discussions as well as in a letter to this newspaper that this nation carefully guard its spoils with the utmost of zeal.

Dear Editor, The government, led by President David Granger, has a critical facilitating and enabling role to bring the relevant stakeholders together to arrive at a national consensus to save the sugar industry.

Dear Editor, I was surprised first, then startled by the developments involving the sugar workers formerly at the Wales Estate.

Dear Editor, I write to call on the Government of Guyana to abolish the “education tax” in the form of an extraordinary 14% VAT on parents who pursue private education for their children. 

Dear Editor, There is a rather ugly distasteful, disreputable and disgusting item that has for some time now been a constant and regular feature on the NCN Linden Television Station and has been an affront to people of the town/region.

Dear Editor, In an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria broadcast on Sunday, Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov addressed a new round of a Western media campaign against Russia including speculation on supposed involvement in US elections and false accusations against Russian Ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak.

Dear Editor, I hope this letter can reach the eyes of the Government, the Minister of Agriculture and the Chairman and Board of Directors of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB).

Dear Editor, The Pharmacy Council of Guyana made it a law in 2003 that all graduates of the University of Guyana (UoG) who have completed the Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy must complete an internship programme of not less than six months, before obtaining a licence to practise as a professional pharmacist.