Opinion
Mic snatching and protocol
Dear Editor, Amidst the furore over the mic snatching incident, shouldn’t protocol and courtesy have dictated that the MC/REO be advised of a small change to the programme by the Chairman, instead of foisting his authority on proceedings?
Gov’t has scant interest in utilizing statistics in relation to living standards and quality of life of citizens
Dear Editor, We are now in March, and the Bureau of Statistics (BoS) has not published on its website (https://statisticsguyana.gov.gy/)
From August last, STEPS has arbitrarily withheld my pension payments
Dear Editor Your Letters Column has evolved into a commendable Forum for ordinary persons who become frustrated in their dealings with officialdom, when they seek redress for difficulties which they often face, and for which no official channels appear to exist.
It looks like GPL is incapable of fixing this Standard 4 problem
Dear Editor, Please afford me some space, thank you. When I received (in early February) billing month January’s GPL bill it showed that my previous reading, done in December 13th, was 1183.
My Fibre bill keeps increasing even though it’s disconnected
Dear Editor, GTT is supposedly providing a service to Guyana and at the same time, receiving profits.
These major developments will positively impact the lives of Region Two’s residents
Dear Editor, Region 2 is rapidly being transformed into an economic hub; particularly within the township.
These two incidences of cars being stolen and torched are almost identical
Dear Editor, An item on an online news site (INews February 28), narrates an exactly similar incident, which was reported about two weeks ago, about a stolen motor car in Berbice which was torched.
There is a dialectical relationship between the political system and other sub-systems
Dear Editor, Guyana recently observed 53 years of republican status. It coincided with the 100th birth anniversary of former Presi-dent, Forbes Burnham.
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The working poor
In its 2022 Labour Review, published at the beginning of February this year, the Inter-national Labour Organisation (ILO) revealed that the average unemployment rate for Latin America and the Caribbean (the region in which Guyana falls) was 7.2 percent.
Encouraging developments between IDPADA-G and Government
Dear Editor, It is good to read of the encouraging developments coming out of the IDPADA-G standoff between the PPP Government and the entity dedicated to serving the interests of Black Guyanese.
Integrated pest management guidelines must be enforced, agrochemicals pose threat
Dear Editor, There aren’t many citizens that would be able to conceptualize “The Green Revolution,” a period of technology transfer initiatives that enabled the high productivity of crops through various adapted measures like the increased area under farming, double cropping: planting two crops rather than one annually, adoption of a high-yield variety of seeds, highly increased use of inorganic fertilizers and pesticides, and improved drainage and irrigation among other farming techniques.
I was alone in the presence of Guyana’s most remarkable leader
Dear Editor, The Georgetown seawall was quiet and the sprawling ocean in all its beauty was tranquil.
New River is in Region Six
Dear Editor, Several media houses have been carrying the news item regarding the illegal mining operation that was found in the New River area.
I enjoyed above all my attachment to SVN
Dear Editor, In the course of my over fifty years service in the teaching profession, I enjoyed above all my attachment to Saraswati Vidya Niketan a school of private status of Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara.
These new buildings should be meeting the LEED standard
Dear Editor, Guyana is on a construction boom but while we hear and read about smart this and that what about green construction?
Parliament should insist on credible measures to make sure these large sums are properly spent
Dear Editor, After an examination of the National Budget and the way these massive funds are being farmed out, these words of Omar Khayyam came to mind – “Ah Love!
Black History Month celebrated in style at Queens book fair
Dear Editor, The Queens Book Fair and Literary Festival Inc. celebrated Black History Month with an impressive function.
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