Dear Editor,
We, the former heads of state and government who have signed declarations of the Democratic Initiative of Spain and the Americas (IDEA-Democrática), respectfully address the Honourable Foreign Ministers of the Member States of the Organiza-tion of American States, in order to express publicly our concern regarding the breach of constitutional and democratic order, as well as the systematic and generalised violation of human rights that is currently taking place in Venezuela under the government of Nicolás Maduro and its armed forces.
Dear Editor,
Since 2015, the framers of the National Mental Health Action Plan (NMHAP) 2015-20 have been talking about shifting towards a community- based mental health care model instead of institutionalised care.
Dear Editor,
My recent letter about servant leadership in Guyana and the need to find a win-win solution for Guyanese taxpayers and GuySuCo was turned into a magnificent masquerade by a letter written by the bosses of GAWU.
Dear Editor,
Guyana’s has a proud football history; ask any of the old players and members for Pele, Santos, Camptown, etc, and they will all tell you how proud and excited they were to play and be a part of football.
Dear Editor,
Henry Jeffrey is entirely correct when he notes that the building of social cohesion in Guyana requires the “the establishment of the appropriate consensus-building governance mechanisms” and, further, without changing the course of governance in Guyana, the policy recommendations in the Draft Strategic Plan for Social Cohesion in Guyana, 2017-2021 would be “mere platitudes” (‘The strategic plan for social cohesion’, SN May 24, 2017).
Dear Editor,
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) refers to Mr Eric Phillips’ letter ‘All voices of reason must step forward on GuySuCo,’ which appeared in the May 29 Stabroek News.
Dear Editor,
Please be good enough to find space for this apology, which Ms Sandra Jones, of SV Jones Associates, and Gecom Commissioner would wish to make to all those persons who could not reach her by email, to congratulate her on the National Award of the Golden Arrow of Achievement for her contribution to public service.
Dear Editor,
Ganga Persaud’s letter (‘Rice farmers are being exploited by the millers’, SN May 27) correctly sums up the frightening state of the rice industry and the total disrespect that is shown to the people who provide this staple diet to all Guyanese.
A recurring theme in the broader political criticism of the Burnham and Hoyte administrations by the then opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) had to do with what the PPP felt was the high cost to the nation of financing the diplomatic service as it related to frequent travel, salaries and allowances in addition to the residential costs of keeping a number of diplomats at post in foreign counties.
Dear Editor,
In an article which appeared in the media on May 23, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Business (MoB) told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly that a plantain chip factory now under construction on the Island of Leguan will become operational by June 30.
Dear Editor,
Mr. Mike Rahman’s concerns to ‘protect us from the transnational companies – ExxonMobil and others – which are set to exploit us’ in his letter in SN May 27, 2017 underlines the divide between the haves and have-nots in Guyana and also Guyana versus the developed world.
