Dear Editor, I am a parent who is interested in the welfare of my child, especially his education. Although a lot of advancement has been made in the education sector, I always believe that something more could be done to enhance the well-being of both teachers and students. Teaching is not the easiest of tasks, especially for those teachers who are committed to the profession and the children with whom they spend about six hours daily from Monday through Friday. Teachers are very special people, especially to our children, with…
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Some sections of the media are deliberately misrepresenting the facts on the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project
Dear Editor, At first glance, one would feel that many people have misunderstood the issue of the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project which saw some changes recently, especially with the licence being changed from Synergy to Sithe Global. However, it seems that some sections of the media are deliberately misrepresenting the facts in an effort to create confusion in the minds of Guyanese. Prime Minister Samuel Hinds recently clarified the issue in a statement when he explained the conception of the Amaila Falls project and the circumstances under which the licence…
Read MoreAnother event on to celebrate Indian Arrival Day in NY
Dear Editor, Guyanese will celebrate Indian Arrival Day this Sunday (May 22) at Smokey Park, 127 Street and Atlantic Avenue in Richmond Hill, New York. The celebrations are sponsored by the Indo-Caribbean Federation. This will be the organisation’s 26th annual celebration to mark the 173rd anniversary since Indians set foot in the Guyana. The Indo-Caribbean Federation was founded by activists like Rudra Nath, Bhanu Dwarika, Vishnu Bisram, Ramesh Kalicharran, Baytoram Ramharack and others. It is being led by Guyanese Ralph Tamesh whose team has planned and organised the commemoration of…
Read MoreThe comprehensive benefit package for teachers is indeed a “giant leap forward”
Dear Editor, Our teachers are the educators of Guyana’s future generation. It is they who are responsible for educating the nation. Teachers, however, have remained on the lower end of the income bracket for a long time. Subsequent salary increases by the government have helped to better this, but there still remain many challenges that teachers experience. The government, in an understanding with the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU), has reached another five-year comprehensive package agreement to better these conditions, and ultimately enhance the quality of teaching in Guyana. With this…
Read MoreThe Hauraruni project should be used as a model in other communities
Dear Editor, I have been avidly following your editorial column, and would like to express my views in support of the ones you mentioned concerning the need for agriculture diversification in order to lift communities out of poverty, and to ensure that Guyana is food secure. I have noted, with interest, the recent visit by Amerindian Affairs Minister Pauline Sukhai and USAID Mission Director Carol Horning to one of those projects operating under the Guyana Trade and Investment Support Programme (GTIS) and supported by USAID, and I was encouraged by…
Read MoreNo place for racism in our society
Dear Editor, I read in your newspaper that the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) is in the process of investigating alleged racist comments made by Mr Tacuma Ogunseye of the African Cultural Development Association (ACDA), during a public meeting on the East Coast Demerara sometime last month. Mr Ogunseye was quoted in sections of the media as making statements which, in my view, warrant condemnation by all stakeholders. I do not wish to repeat those statements, as it would not be wise to give further publicity to what was already widely…
Read MoreMore effects of higher oil prices
Dear Editor, According to a Reuters report, it would seem as if we have to brace ourselves for some more rises in prices, as the hike on the world market for oil would dictate this. Ever since the beginning of the upheavals in the Middle East and parts of North Africa, we have been warned about rising prices. The Guyana government has, however, made several interventions in attempting to keep prices of consumer items at manageable levels. But while it might not be so difficult for us in Guyana to…
Read MoreAnother potential success story for Guyana
Dear Editor, Like sugar and rice, pineapple is beginning to stake its claim in Guyana; and it has every right to do so, as it is one of the most important fruit crops in the country, and is grown right across Guyana. I often hear that Guyana’s pineapples are the most delicious in the world. If this is so, then we should be able to take advantage of market possibilities and rake in a few extra dollars for the farmers themselves. I believe that, for us to get maximum benefit…
Read MoreJagdeo – more than a decade of achievements
Dear Editor, President Bharrat Jagdeo has stated that when he demits office later this year, he would do so with the satisfaction of having achieved a lot for Guyanese. In actual fact, the president is being modest, quite modest. Those achievements are nothing short of staggering. Mr Jagdeo assumed office at a time of great turmoil in Guyana. That was the time when those who wanted “slow fiaah, mo fiaah” were rampant on the streets of Georgetown; when indeed a dangerous spectre was haunting the land. The young president came…
Read MorePower sharing will not work
Dear Editor, It seems this election season is indeed getting to a lot of persons. Those in opposition to the PPP government have reached the point of desperation, where rational thinking is no longer employed in decision-making, but is instead cast aside. Dr Prem Misir introduced this theory of desperation in politics in his Guyana Chronicle ‘Perspectives’ feature, published on April 17, 2011. I also noticed that in his analysis of ACDA’s “Riot Act”, in the Guyana Chronicle of April 21, 2011, Ricky Singh also employed the use of this…
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