Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The Minister of Education in his recent address to the Education Day rally called on teachers to “take the stick and the wild-cane out of the school” and deal with discipline in a humane and a modern fashion.

Dear Editor, I am a student at the University of Guyana, and I would like to express my frustration at what can only be perceived as callousness and ineptitude on the part of the university administration.

Dear Editor, The appointment by President David Granger of a tribunal consistent with Article 225 of the Guyana Constitution to inquire into the conduct of Carvil Duncan who holds a constitutional office is noted.

Dear Editor, The recent issue of the newsletter of the University of Guyana (UG), now titled ‘Renaissance’, has an article captioned ‘A Brief History of the University of Guyana’ by eminent historian and professor emeritus, Sister Mary Noel Menezes, in which she refers to a “Memorandum on Higher Education” that was presented to the Legislative Council in 1963 by then Minister of Education, Mr Cedric Nunes.

Dear Editor, Development practitioners have long established that there is a positive correlation between education and development.

Dear Editor, It must certainly be instructive to observers that at a juncture when our society is primed to launch into a progressive mode, there appears to be a substantive reliance on past experience, regardless of quality or relevance, whether deriving from overseas or resurrected from the local doldrums.

Dear Editor, While in opposition, President Granger was a passionate campaigner for local democracy.

Dear Editor, Foreign Affairs magazine, published by the Council on Foreign Relations and the Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore have announced their 2016 Student Essay competition which is open to undergraduate students graduating no earlier than December 2016.

Dear Editor, I have been reading with deep interest the many allegations of corruption in Region 6 and the hijacking of the 2017 Estimates.

Dear Editor, In view of Councillor Andrea Marks’s protestation at the statutory meeting of September 13, that the Town Clerk should be removed, be advised that the responsibility for formulating policies is the job of councillors where they are not engaged in administrative work.

Dear Editor, The treatment meted out to the vendors by Town Clerk Royston King, who unashamedly seeks to justify his conduct, must be condemned by all right-thinking Guyanese.

Dear Editor, As hardships for miners and residents of the Middle and Upper Mazaruni mount, due to the sunken river dragger which has blocked the river channel and is preventing the only form of public transport to those areas – jet boats – from operating, a very strong finger of reprimand must be pointed at the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ministry of Public Infrastructure for their lax handling of the situation.

Dear Editor, As we observe the annual Amerindian Heritage Month, the leaders of the indigenous people should use it to take stock of the well-being of the Amerindian people by reflecting on their ‘state of being’, similar to how African Guyanese gathered last month for a week-long conference focusing on the state of African communities.

Dear Editor, The West Indies must abandon the traditional role of coaches during games, especially Tests.

Dear Editor, There is a lack of domestic activity for the Elite League players in the 2 months following the conclusion of the 2015-2016 Elite League Competition.

Dear Editor, The Olympic Games in many ways are intended to unite countries from all angles.

Dear Editor, I would like to know if the labour laws of Guyana are not applicable to employees in both public and private sectors.

Dear Editor, I visited the Giftland Mall this past weekend. I noticed in the Super Saver Store a number of photocopied textbooks on sale.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Market Vendors Union wishes to bring to public attention that it is a legally registered trade union established with the objective of working with vendors at their various places of trade in Georgetown and elsewhere with a view to improving their circumstances, including the conditions under which they work.

Dear Editor, I would like to express my deepest condolences tos Mr Basil DaSilva and Ms Ophelia James over the loss of their children who perished in the Aruka River two weeks ago.