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Police refused to intervene in domestic violence case
Dear Editor,A policeman at the Sans Souci Police station in Wakenaam bluntly refused to take a report from me concerning my 18-year-old daughter who was the victim of domestic violence.
Santa Rosa Secondary School was founded in 1991 not 1994
Dear Editor,About three weeks ago, in the Sunday Times, there was a story about the establishment of the Santa Rosa Secondary School in Moruka.
Ramsammy should give the public an up-to-date progress report on the Hope project
Dear Editor,In an SN letter of Feb 20, it was noted that Minister of Agriculture Ramsammy in his claims of misrepresentation by SN attempted to refute the paper’s critical reporting on the poor drainage of coastal areas over the past several years.
Immigration officers refused to accept form in red ink
Dear Editor,On January 26 I travelled to Guyana and when my black ink pen malfunctioned, I used the only other available pen – red ink – to fill the immigration entry form.
Bread price has not increased
Dear Editor, Having read the comments in a letter to your newspaper dated Saturday February 18 (‘Too big an increase in bread price’), we would like to first thank our patrons, and in particular Ms J Braithwaite, for their support over the years.
The Caribbean T20 was not available for television broadcast
Dear Editor,I wish to respond quickly to a letter by Mr Imtiaz Baccus that appeared in your publication of Monday February 20 captioned ‘Why did NCN in Berbice not show cricket?’First of all Mr Baccus seems to be a confused person raising a number of issues and relating them to the broadcast of cricket by NCN.
The flooding continues in Mahaica despite the money spent
Dear Editor,Certain things are more evident than others, since we can see them clearly, but there are those things which we cannot see, eg, expensive contracts to do work below water such as at Nos 1&2 Canals Polder and the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC).
Government should ensure homes for the elderly are registered and monitored
Dear Editor,We must admit that dealing with the elderly either within the family or in an institution is quite a task.
The opposition is correct in calling for scrutiny of the country’s finances
Dear Editor,In all my years of sitting on boards and committees in the private sector and local government in the United Kingdom with responsibility for spending millions of pounds sterling, I have never heard such nonsense coming from a Finance Minister.
China-US: Consolidating relations
Since the visit of President Richard Nixon and his then National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger to Beijing in February 1972 and the subsequent re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the Peoples Republic of China and the United States, both sides have seemed careful not to act in any manner that would lead to the possibility of a breach in those relations and the extensive network of economic ties that they have established over the years.
Politikles
Politikles.
The PPP is deluded if it thinks it can win an overall majority with a snap election
Dear Editor,One of the greatest insults to the present rule of the PPP has to be the fact that that pariah of 24 years of dictatorship, hardship, corruption and economic destitution known as the PNC and now APNU can legitimately and rightly attack the PPP for all its shameful shenanigans.
The calypso competition criteria need to be reviewed and the judges’ panel extended
Dear Editor,I was involved in the planning and execution of Mash for the period 2000 to 2003 and I have a very good idea of what it entails, but what I saw over the last two days left a very bad taste in my mouth.
What are the terms of the deal with Haier?
Dear Editor,In an SN article, ‘Haier announces plans for assembly plant, $10M industrial park,’ (February 18), it was disclosed that the Chinese firm, Haier Electrical Appliances Limited, is looking to build a plant that will assemble laptops and computers, and some Guyanese seemed to welcome the news as a sign of development.
63 beach has tourism potential
Dear Editor,When we sit back and think about tourism we imagine ourselves on the beach of a tropical island sipping a pina colada in our beach wear and straw hat, and breathing the fresh Atlantic air.