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Dear Editor, I cannot speak for the rest of the Indo-Guyanese community but I cannot let Parvati Persaud-Edwards speak for me.

Dear Editor, In this age of historical revisionism and political opportunism in Guyana, David Granger adds fuel to the fire with his statement “There’s no father of Independence, there’s no mother of the nation, father of the nation and I think we need to unlearn some of those myths.

Dear Editor, I write in no official or professional capacity, only as a citizen of Guyana.

Dear Editor, Particular attention must be paid to the reason offered by Prof Bourne for his resignation just after being appointed to a second three-year term as Chancellor, UG.   

Dear Editor, I refer to your Sunday edition’s July 1 editorial, parts of which remind me of other commentaries on the ‘Appointments fiasco’ at the Audit Office of Guyana (and not the ‘Office of the Auditor General’) as not being fully informed of the facts surrounding this constitutional entity.

Dear Editor, We seek through your newspaper to bring to the attention of the relevant authorities the establishing of a commercial tyre business at Lot No 26 W Atlantic Gardens, and to ask that something be done urgently to stop this madness.

Dear Editor, a.  Brickdam Police Station.  Good news, some police stations have been repaired, refurbished and extended – hurrah, to the Minister. 

Dear Editor, A significant event took place a few months ago that made no news in Guyana, and that was the elevation of Guyana’s image and presence in the Persian Gulf region and amongst the 84 countries that participated in the Doha Forum.

Dear Editor, I have been living in Linden town for over fifty years where we enjoyed a social and economic lifestyle of a high standard, second only to that of the people of Georgetown, the capital of Guyana.

Dear Editor, Since I decided to publicly support the AFC in 2011, I felt constrained to comment or criticise the APNU.

Politikles

There has been relatively little comment in our regional press about the change of government which took place after the general elections last week in Mexico.

Dear Editor, One week ago, I visited the cemetery for a close relative’s interment.

Dear Editor, In the late ’70s as Coroner in the twin island state of St Kitts-Nevis an inquest was held by me into the shooting death of a civilian by two members of the police force.

Dear Editor, I refer to the recent KN Sunday editorial, titled ‘Higher education at UG?’

Dear Editor, In the midst of the ongoing debate or discussion over the appointment of the Finance Minister’s wife, Mrs Gitanjali Singh, as Audit Director in the Auditor General’s office, we have HPS, Dr Roger Luncheon, saying there is “no conflict of interest in [the] appointment of Audit Director” (SN, July 8), even though the fact stares him in the face the same way pervasive corruption does, yet he is in denial about it.

Dear Editor, As I congratulate your Sunday leader-writer on yesterday’s wise and necessary editorial, I have to add a meditation on the issue, personal and sentimental, maybe, but from our shared patriotism.

Dear Editor, Recently I was made aware of a decision by the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) that baffles me on many fronts, and is a terrible precedent in terms of Olympic coach selection.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Chronicle editorial (July 2) characterizes the racial enmity which has been destroying the cohesion of our diverse nation and it recklessly analyses our ethnic differences in irreconcilable terms.