Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Guyana is projected to undergo economic growth at an astonishing rate fueled by our black gold and although we read of new investments and projects on a regular basis, one wonders who exactly is benefitting at the moment and how can more ordinary Guyanese get a slice of the pie.

Dear Editor, Please permit me to share some views and experiences relating to the recent press release issued by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) relating to payments due to dismissed workers of the Forestry Commission.

Dear Editor, In SN of August 29, it was reported as follows: “Following a special investigation, Auditor General Deodat Sharma earlier this year discovered that the Rose Hall Estate overpaid close to $5m to two contractors for mechanical tillage works in 2021 after the estate deviated from the stipulated rate of $7500 per hour to $8500 per hour – during the period January 1 to November 23, 2021.

Dear Editor, August 31st is International Day for People of African Descent.

Dear Editor, It is a national disgrace that the University of Guyana has to resort to the proceeds of the misery caused by alcohol to raise funds. 

Dear Editor, I would like to follow up with a letter that was published on Tuesday 29th August, regarding squatting in Good Hope, Phase Three ECD.

 Dear Editor, Democracy is more than just having or guaranteeing free and fair election (FFE).

Dear Editor, Please permit me to illuminate a disturbing trend in Guyana.

Dear Editor, The sugar entity is in the news again.  One report gives a detail account of how an estate overpaid two contractors (SN August 29). 

Dear Editor, I follow with daily frustration, the widespread misunderstanding of Full Liability Coverage which is being misconstrued as full liability insurance.

Dear Editor, In politics, optics can be the focal point in which the masses can be influenced and souls won.

Dear Editor, This letter is a short statistical follow up to your very short article of August 1, 2022 with the headline “Health Ministry inching towards administering one million COVID vaccines.” 

Dear Editor, The news item (SN August 28, 2022) `UG Foundation, DDL launch limited edition rum for university’s 60th anniversary, fund raising,” refers.

Dear Editor, The Open Letter below from fifty-four (54) Guyanese was addressed and delivered by Email and by Hard Copy to Mr Kemraj Parsram, the Executive Director of the EPA and to Mr Omkar Lochan, Chairperson of the EPA Board of Direc-tors; and to Ms Pradeepa Bholanath, EAB Chairperson and EAB Members Dr Garvin Cummings and Mr Joslyn McKenzie, on Monday, 29th August, 2022.

Dear Editor, A country without Arts quickly becomes one without culture, humanity, and moral compass; this should be a thought foremost in the minds of policymakers as they face the slick campaign of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engi-neering, and Mathematics) funding advocates.

Dear Editor, Proponents in the “renegotiation of oil contracts” movement including the KN, SN, “Our Wealth, Our Country,” Oil and Gas Governance Network (www.OGGN.

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to a SN article captioned, ‘Rose Hall Estate overpaid close to $5m to two contractors last year’ dated 29th August.

Dear Editor, Pope Francis has concluded his triumphant so-called “penitential pilgrimage” to Canada to offer his apologies for the crimes of the Catholic Church perpetrated on sections of the indigenous of that country. 

Dear Editor, The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) refers to an article published in yesterday’s (August 29, 2022) edition of the Stabroek News, captioned “Rose Hall Estate overpaid close to $5m to two contractors last year.”

Dear Editor, On June 14 of this year, an architect submitted to the City Council of Georgetown, on our Firm’s behalf, a Plan and application for approval for the construction of a new building in Waterloo Street, Georgetown.