Dear Editor,
The President of Guyana will not be deterred from his desire to pardon prisoners from time to time, so the next best thing is to trust his judgment and support his vision while the religions pray for the reformation of the pardoned individuals.
Dear Editor,
I have re-studied the proposed parking meters plan by city council and think that there are certain factors which should be considered:The employees who would be affected, eg, insurances, banks, etc
The business sector should be consulted on the possible loss of revenue.
In an online comment on a letter to this newspaper (‘Lost opportunities at the flag-raising ceremony’, May 28, 2016), which related some of the security shortcomings of the event and the boorish, violent behaviour of one section of the crowd towards a group of young Americans, Dave Martins notes, “We have become cantankerous and hostile, and both visitors and residents encounter those attitudes… Those behaviours are now ingrained, and even accepted as the norm.”
Dear Editor,
With respect to the proposed city council parking meters, on which there was a report in yesterday’s SN, could the council state what the parking time is for $125.00?
Dear Editor,
Pensioners waited from 6 am to 2.30 pm at Blairmont Post Office recently, then they saw the white van arrive with the money to pay the frustrated pensioners.
Dear Editor,
Essequibians are high in praise of the coalition government, Minister of Infrastructure David Patterson and the General Manager of Transport and Harbours, Ms Merchant, for seeing the wisdom in having the two Chinese ferries ply three times a day between Parika and Supenaam.
Dear Editor,
With respect to an article published in the Kaieteur News on Tuesday, May 31, 2016 under the caption ‘Essequibo rapist still at large,’ please be informed that the suspect was arrested on Tuesday May 31, 2016, at Supenaam, Essequibo, and is in custody assisting the police in their investigations.
Dear Editor,
Poor economic conditions in Guyana ‒ high cost of living, poor standard of living, unemployment ‒ is one of the reasons why Guyanese emigrate to different parts of the world.
Dear Editor,
It is not without a considerable degree of uncertainty and trepidation that the associates, colleagues and family of the late Prof Perry Mars gathered to bid him farewell on the day preceding the 50th Independence Anniversary.
Last Friday night, 16-year-old Onika Luke was carrying out her duties as a waitress at a Chinese restaurant at Better Hope, East Coast Demerara when she was shot in the chin by a lone gunman who apparently attempted to rob the restaurant.