Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, My attention was drawn to publications in the media which suggest that the Regional Executive Officer of the Regional Democratic Council Number 5, is attempting to remove over two hundred cash crop farmers from approximately fifty acres of state land situated at Naarstigheid, West Coast Berbice, which are currently occupied by these farmers and upon which they have cultivated cash crops of various kinds.

Dear Editor, New British Prime Minister Theresa May declared in October 2016, that she will trigger Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon.

Dear Editor, The recently concluded Carvil Duncan case raises a lot of questions.

Dear Editor,   As 2016 drifts away from the centre, and not a moment too soon, the time has come to recognize some singular citizens through deserving national awards. 

Dear Editor, A Guyanese-born woman is leading the Brexit bombshell which caused the new Prime Minister of Britain, Theresa May to lose some control she enjoyed.

Dear Editor, The dismissal of the criminal charges against Mr Carvil Duncan has several implications.

Dear Editor, Over the past year, Guyana’s big find has been hard to miss.

Dear Editor, I applaud Mr Paul Fraser for coming to the rescue of a handicapped man who was allegedly assaulted by a minibus driver on the East Bank road, and wish to congratulate David Ramnarine (ag) Commissioner of Police for placing the driver before the court.

Dear Editor, Why is it some people feel they have a right to do to others as they like with impunity. 

Dear Editor, Since the general election in 2015, I have been advocating that the Ministry of Health place pictures of President David Granger and Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo in health centres across Guyana.

Dear Editor, Martin Luther’s Protestant Reformation is an event that seems locked in a proverbial time capsule even though the very existence of the tens of thousands of Christian denominations today tell the silent tale of one man’s revolution against the powers of the day.

Dear Editor, It appears that we are not only wasting the resources of our police, our incarceration system and our courts, but we are propagating an unethical, and uneconomic double-standard when we relentlessly prosecute illegal aliens and persons who have overstayed their permit in Guyana.

Dear Editor, On the subject of value added by the timber industry, this is a great ‘catch cow’ phrase and, to the ill-informed policy makers, it puts them at risk of further destroying the private sector timber industry by hindering the export of logs with the imposition of unrealistic levies (20%) on imagined prices.

Dear Editor, The Indian Action Committee (IAC) wishes to congratulate and commend President Granger for swearing in the members of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) which he said he would do by the end of October 2016.

Dear Editor, In observance of Agriculture Month which is from 1st October to 31st October, each and every year, as expected a lot of statements were made, messages sent and activities held throughout the country.

Dear Editor The response by the Ministry of Finance (‘Ministry regrets poor service at Student Loan Agency,’ SN, October 24) to my letter about service quality at the Student Loan Agency on the Turkeyen Campus of the University of Guyana (October 21), was much more than I expected.

Dear Editor, Paul Fraser (‘Minibus driver assaulted handicapped man after accident while GDF soldier watched on’, SN, October 28) by his spontaneous courageous  and heroic response to defend a stranger ‒ a handicapped man ‒ against an alleged assault by a minibus driver proved that there are still decent and caring people around .

Dear Editor, I am mesmerized by the tone of Lincoln Lewis’ letter, ‘During the Jagdeo presidency crime was rampant, fear stalked the land’ (SN, October 22).

Dear Editor, The USA presidential debates have brought to the fore anew what many of us are aware of yet seem to be pretending not to know:  what hypocrisy looks like.

Dear Editor,   The current APNU+AFC administration need to seriously reconsider its position regarding the sugar industry and by extension sugar workers, which despite the challenges still remains the single largest employer of labour.