Letters to the Editor

Patterson and AFC displaying inconsistency over Procurement Act

Dear Editor, Mr. David Patterson, then Minister of Public Infrastructure under the APNU+AFC Govern-ment, was found by the Public Procurement Com-mission (PPC) to be directly in breach of the Procurement Act when in or about 2016 he took an “unsolicited proposal” procurement request directly to Cabinet, bypassing the open tendering process mandated by law.

More on the steel sheet piling at Mr Green’s property

Dear Editor, In response to my letter in SN on April 16, regarding the acquisition and placement of steel sheet piling (SSP) around his property in Lodge, Elder Hamilton Green, a Minister in the former PNC Government under the late President Burnham,   claimed that the information I gave therein was unfounded and a  distortion and total untruth.

Tepui award was a clear breach of the Procurement Act

Dear Editor, I note a letter from Joel Bhagwandin in yesterday’s SN titled “The summary of the PPC’s Tepui contract findings indicates that there was no breach of the Procurement Act” which explains the rationale behind their recent report.

Guyana can only rely on diplomacy and our allies rather than force against Maduro’s threat of declaration of war

Dear Editor, When last, on 22nd March, 2024, I publicly commented on Venezuela’s claim to the Essequibo region of Guyana in a letter to the media, I concluded by pointing out that Venezuela’s President, Nicolas Maduro, “has obviously become a desperate man, cannot be relied upon to honour his word nor his signature on any agreement and that Guyana must now be prepared to address the consequences of any action which Maduro may decide to take”.

CPCE has become a battleground among key decision makers

Dear Editor, The recently concluded Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) graduation, the numerous complaints, pre- and post-graduation, made by the students and were posted on the infamous Melly Mel’s Facebook page, have caused quite a stir in the education sector.

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