Category: Letters

Dear Editor, Our benign President David Granger, in his noble address recently to the United Nations Assembly, on the matter of the current migrant crisis, noted that the situation “if left unattended or unresolved, can escalate into regional and even global crises, which can threaten the existence of larger numbers of persons in wider areas, even beyond their country’s borders.” Most of us in Guyana today are descendant of migrants who were brought from Africa or India or China and even Portugal in challenging times and conditions to work for…

Dear Editor, It was mind-boggling from the very start why the Government of Guyana (GoG) in this era of cutting edge technology and modern information systems would seek to appoint so many senior citizens to very prominent and vital positions in the country at the expense of many young, bright and patriotic persons who are finding difficulty obtaining employment and who in many instances are forced to migrate to utilise their skills. These old timers to whom I refer are from times past and are stuck in the past which…

Dear Editor, The recent announcement by China Harbour Engineering Corporation (CHEC) that it had signed a US$7.5 million contract with Suriname’s State-owned mining company, Grassalco, to supply some 300,000 tonnes of crushed stone over a 12-month period for the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) expansion project – currently being executed by CHEC – has caused public outcry by local manufacturers/suppliers. According to one local supplier, his company has been consistent with supplies of crushed stone for the CJIA project and has a more than adequate stockpile to ensure the timely…

Dear Editor, “Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, declared “I have to make an assessment by November” on the way forward with regard to the Venezuela border controversy with Guyana. This quote is taken from an article in the media, which had as its headline “Guyana/Venezuela Controversy-Decision in November – UN Chief.” I am a bit confused by that headline since the Secretary General (SG) said “I have to make an assessment”. He did not say a decision. If an assessment on the way forward is in fact,…

Dear Editor, Please permit some space in your newspaper to highlight some issues currently faced with the University of Guyana Online programme. Everything happens online these days. A quick search of the internet will deliver thousands of results of universities offering their programmes through an online platform. This has proven very useful for those universities as they can cater for more students without having to cater classroom space for them. However, it is not just the universities which have benefitted but the students as well, they no longer have to…

Dear Editor, A bank is the life blood of a community. Moreover, a bank that caters to its community in ways that cares and respects the indigenousness of that community becomes more than a centre of finance. It is no secret that the afro-Guyanese approach to finance and banking is infused with a sense of upbringing that is ethnically different from the other citizen groups. There is nothing racist about setting up an afro-Guyanese bank to lend more money to small businesses, potential homeowners and others to reinvest back into…