Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The WICB will have the same president and vice-president for its next term.

We regret that when we published a letter from Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson in our edition yesterday we inadvertently omitted the table which was included.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to a letter published in yesterday’s (February 16) edition of the Stabroek News, under the headline ‘Patterson statements on electricity were misleading’ and penned by Mr Juan Edghill, Opposition MP.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) takes this opportunity to respond to a letter which appeared in the February 15 edition of Stabroek News signed by  Ms Audreyanna Thomas, Senior Communications Officer, Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuySuCo).

Dear Editor, We wish to draw attention to developments in the matter engaging the courts involving Region 9 Regional Executive Officer, Mr Carl Parker, who has been charged with sexual assault.

Dear Editor, Government has announced the launch a group calling itself ‘The Guyana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Multi-Stakeholder Group’ (G-EITI MSG).

Dear Editor, One can see patrols riding in pairs along the roadways wearing bulletproof vests and I think, guns.

Dear Editor, Your online news article, ‘Ifa Kamau Cush fired by SCSI,’ (February16), can be characterized as the rise and fall of the used, confused, accused and ultimately refused.

Dear Editor, I would just like to add this observation as a follow-up to my letter on parking meters published on February 16.

Dear Editor, The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is vigilant as regards the method of the appointment of judges and the independence of the judiciary in the region.

Dear Editor, The dark political days of the nineteen fifties/sixties saw our former, colonial masters resort to a divide-and-rule strategy, pitting Guyana’s two major ethnic groups against each other after the Burnham-Jagan split.

Dear Editor, I refer to an article captioned, ‘PPP/C to convene consultation in bid to get local gov’t commission going,’ (SN, February 15), in which Ms Gail Teixeira is quoted as saying, “Where are the three names from the President?

Dear Editor, I note your article in today’s paper (Feb 15) in which Mr Godfrey Statia, Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority, stated that “tuition for the University of Guyana (UG) is not subject to Value Added Tax (VAT) neither is the tuition for the Government Technical Institute, Cyril Potter College of Education or any other government education institution.”

Dear Editor, I write in response to an article in the Stabroek News dated 15th February with the caption ‘Bare Root poison patients discharged from GPHC.’ 

Dear Editor, During the recent debate on our (PPP/C’s) much amended motion, GPL and Guyana’s long term energy strategy, Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson, in informing the House and the nation about ending the Wartsila contract, stated that the operations and maintenance of the generating sets were done by 194 skilled Guyanese, and Wartsila received US$25000.00 per day for just “checking off” the work done.

Dear Editor, Fifty years on in our nation’s history and finally we the people have a chance to make a difference in the way we act as a people, a chance to change our own behaviour.

Dear Editor, On November 2, 2016 Stabroek News published an article captioned ‘Hinds says he expects to be fully reimbursed -says NSC obligated to pay for capital works to CASH and National Gymnasium.’

Dear Editor, One day, the subject Minister announces ‘no interference’ in the parking meter fiasco.

Dear Editor, The country, viewed from abroad, continues to live in interesting times.

Dear Editor, Supporting good health and ensuring quality health care extends far beyond hospital and doctor care.