Opinion

Dear Editor,   A letter in your edition yesterday, by a writer whose name you didn’t publish, raises the question of township status (‘Are Mabaruma, Lethem and Bartica now townships?’).

There are some things which really do pass all understanding. Following a public meeting convened by City Hall last Tuesday, it was announced that the Botanical Gardens were to be renamed the Forbes Burnham Botanical Gardens.

In a letter by John Willems captioned ‘Letter was intended to advise who E F Correia was’ published in our edition yesterday, we included an incorrect reference.

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Dear Editor, I have been following, with interest, the case of the 72-year old granny who was murdered in her own home which was adjacent to an auto sales business on Robb Street.

Dear Editor, Local government elections are finally to be held in March 2016 as announced by the Minister of Communities and I know that this has been welcomed by most if not all.

Dear Editor, I would like to take this opportunity to highlight the formation and planned launch of the Guyana Disabled Businesspersons Association Inc (GDBA) for the 50th Anniversary of Guyana’s Republic Anniversary next year May 2016.

Dear Editor, The nation learnt that the Minister of Finance, a few days ago, signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the continuation of the specialty hospital.

Dear Editor, The letter ‘Let Ogle remain Ogle’ (SN, November 23) refers.

Dear Editor, I have read in the papers that the three new townships of Mabaruma, Lethem and Bartica have been duly gazetted.

The Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) will be holding meetings on the upcoming local government elections within all of the 62 Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) and the nine Municipalities where the polls are to be contested.

Dear Editor, It is disappointing enough to hear it from administrators, who need excuses for their own failures, but to hear old timers who had no alternative but to play for nothing, those who took the first opportunity to play for something when something became available, and fans who have never played the game at a high level, complain about players accepting offers to earn incomes beyond their wildest imaginations rather than remain eligible to play for the West Indies for modest remuneration, is downright upsetting.

Dear Editor, I wish to remind President Granger of a promise he made during his election campaign while in Lethem.

It is hard to imagine a time when people felt there were too few shopping days before Christmas.

Dear Editor, I find myself wondering, all things considered, if the rampaging crime wave is more than ordinary criminality.

Dear Editor, I am a senior citizen of Corriverton and I am very troubled and disgusted by the actions of a policeman at Springlands Police Station who instead of serving and protecting citizens, chose to violate the human rights of my grandson, Andrew Lewis, a decent, law-abiding citizen.

Dear Editor, I am sad that my friend Dave Martins is so dismissive of Test cricket (his column ‘It makes no sense’ in Stabroek News of 22nd November).

Dear Editor, On May 10, 2015 our gold mining dredge in Konawaruk, Region 8 was illegally entered upon and shot up.

Dear Editor, Out of frustration I’ve decided to write this letter to highlight GPL’s apparent new mandate.