Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I would like to express thanks to Minister Catherine Hughes; Avinash Singh of GTT ‒ the technician who came by ‒ and the other person he was working along with.

Dear Editor, Let me say that Tacuma Ogunseye has stood the test of time, and has left footprints in the sands of time, as one would say.

Dear Editor, Recently I visited the newly created Unity Park in Essequibo and I was impressed.

Dear Editor, The previous version of Schedule I to the Value-Added Tax Act zero-rated “a supply of education services and educational materials” and provided definitions for both terms.

Dear Editor, Since the Granger administration came to office, its economic policies have led to the systematic weakening of the system of respect for private property.

Dear Editor, On the eve of the second anniversary of the uniting of APNU and the AFC to remove the PPP from office, it is appropriate to speak of the AFC.

Dear Editor I read with keen interest a letter in SN dated February 11, under the caption, ‘Following management reforms the police force now is different from the one which Conway served.’

Dear Editor, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and Region Ten Regional Chairman Renis Morian’s reactions to my view that this government has done nothing to honour and implement the 21st August, 2012 Agreement prove my point that they are playing a form of Machiavellian politics with the well-being of the people of Linden/Region 10.

Dear Editor, I had planned to visit one of the oldest sugar estate heritage sites here on the Essequibo Coast, with Mr Tota  Mangar and Dr James Rose ‒ both are historians ‒ some 15 years ago when both men and I were at the  Devonshire Castle Martyrs’ Day wreath-laying  ceremony where 5 sugar workers were brutally gunned down in 1879.

Dear Editor It was noticeable that the AFC arm of the coalition government, whose representative sits on the city council in the form of the Deputy Mayor, who has been vocal on the parking meters and the manner in which this project was rolled out, was not at the meeting between government and city officials recently.

Dear Editor, There is an emerging view in some quarters and social media, disputable as it may be, that were elections to be held tomorrow in Guyana the APNU+AFC coalition would crumble and fall.

Dear Editor,   On Thursday, February 9, I joined a massive protest at City Hall to oppose the Parking Meter Project which has recently been implemented in Georgetown.

Dear Editor, The parking meter project lacks an iota of transparency. 

Dear Editor, The parking meter project in the capital city of Georgetown has charges which are too steep and incurs penalties which are too high, especially for working-class Guyanese.

Dear Editor, From 2000-2005, I attended the Leonora Primary School on the West Coast of Demerara.

Dear Editor, We are two of thousands of small miners in the mining industry and as such are qualified to comment on matters concerning the industry.

Dear Editor, I fully support former Speaker Ralph Ramkarran’s suggestion that “There should be a campaign of civil resistance if the meter zone is extended” (SN, Feb 5). 

Dear Editor, The Caribbean Voice notes that a recent editorial on mental health in a local newspaper was significant for what it omitted as much as what was included.

Dear Editor, Prime Minister of India Mr Narendra Modi speaking in the Lok Sabha during the just concluded 2017 Union budget debate was quoted as saying: “corruption begins with cash, and later with gold then property.”

Dear Editor, On September 6 last year I wrote a piece in the Stabroek News about the importance of the appointment of judges to the Appellate Circuit Courts in the United States and I was criticized by a few who asked what was the relevance to Guyanese.