Opinion

Mastery of Maths, English key to development

Dear Editor, “The lack of proficiency in [mathematics and English] is not just an academic issue but one that could have long-term socio-economic consequences”; the words of Dr Wayne Wesley, Chief Executive Officer of the Caribbean Examinations Council, reported in the Barbados Nation newspaper of August 21.

Digitization and teachers

Exactly what Caricom heads of government will be doing at their next meeting discussing the CXC Mathematics performance this year is not something which is altogether comprehensible.

EPA must say if this contractual obligation for the gas to energy project has been met

Dear Editor, While meetings which facilitate discussions surrounding US Exim ‘Bank’s support towards Guyana’s transformational Gas-to-Energy project’ continue but before ExxonMobil completes the approximately US$1B pipeline would the Environmental Protection Agency kindly inform whether the contractual obligations in the Environmental Permit 2021528-NGPLE have been upheld.

Cocaine at Matthews Ridge

Not for the first time, a major discovery of cocaine on land here has raised serious questions about control over the vast hinterland and whether the authorities are doing enough to gain ground on traffickers.

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