Dear Editor, The Stabroek Rotary Club’s literacy programme for the new school year is now truly on – it was launched with the Bagotsville Community Library when the club held its annual Education Fun Day recently. Now that September has come and gone, the challenge is to keep the spirit all year through. On the day, a lot of children were taking part in fun and educational games, all geared towards helping them to gain a better appreciation for spelling and reading. English language, like all other languages, has spelling…
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The National Youth Parliament needs more input
Dear Editor, The 13th Sitting of the National Youth Parliament (NYP) is here and I am anticipating another round of wonderful debates. Last year was good but this year must go further and higher. The ultimate expectation is going to take place Wednesday, November 6 at the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC). The build-up is going to be very interesting and I personally am looking forward to all of the preliminaries. Every Saturday, leading up to that date, will be used for a number of participatory events, particularly some vital…
Read MoreGuyana has come a very long way
Dear Editor, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds recently reminded residents of what he described as a bad period of shortages, low wages, poor electricity supply and high inflation which prevailed during the late 1970s up to the early 1990s. These were the conditions that the current government met when it gained power. Guyana is still undergoing repair. The damage that was done for almost three decades has left some bad cultural traits. One thing that I still hate is this bad approach to work. I recall one day sometime in the…
Read MoreGuyana is a land throbbing with positive energy
Dear Editor, The “I Believe Campaign” seeks to reach out to every Guyanese beyond political, ethnic and religious barriers. Despite the crime, at every level, Guyana is a very peaceful country. There is a rich mix of people in every area – schools, teams, markets and businesses. We get along really well. I went to quite a few of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) games and what I saw was very revealing – everybody manifested a spirit of congeniality. I sat next to a Digicel employee who is from a…
Read MoreThe benefits of Guyana completing the hydro project
Dear Editor, The world’s energy crisis is not only taking a toll on the Guyana Power and Light (GPL), but is also threatening the very economic vitality of the entire electricity supply industry in Guyana, which is based on fuel. This fuel has to be imported at abnormally high prices. Thus, GPL is reluctantly compelled to invoke the fuel purchase and an anticipated fuel bill escalation. Recognising the fact that the total electricity supply capability of the country is below what is required, there is need to enhance the overall…
Read MoreA Marriott in Guyana will improve Guyana’s global image
Dear Editor, The top 10 largest hotel groups in the world are Intercontinental Hotel Group, Wyndham Hotel Group, Marriott International, Hilton Hotels, Accor Group, Choice Hotels, Best Western, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Carlson and Global Hyatt (tourism-review. com). Marriot is a global quality brand hotel at number three in the world, and such a property in Guyana will immediately give confidence to the soon-to-arrive global executives. For investments in the Republic of Guyana, global corporation teams will visit Guyana for their due diligence work, discussions and investigations, and one of…
Read MoreThe attacks on Rohee are unreasonable, unfounded and without merit
Dear Editor, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee must be commended for maintaining his calm and composure in the face of relentless and sustained attacks by opposition elements with obvious political agendas. These attacks are politically motivated aimed at casting blame on Minister Rohee and by extension the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/ C) administration over the crime situation in the country. Having failed in their attempts to have him removed from office by way of a parliamentary motion, the opposition has resorted to all manner of subterfuge to discredit the…
Read MoreThe Westgate terrorists should be condemned by all
Dear Editor, This letter is in reference to your editorial, “Kenya’s Westgate Mall” (Guyana Times, September 29). Such a heinous killing must be condemned, as also the attack on a church in Peshawar, Pakistan, that killed dozens of worshippers. At Westgate, people were singled out and killed. They were separated based on their religion and executed. Scribes described it as a massacre of Kenyans of Indian origin. Our fellow Caribbean Community (Caricom) national Ravindra Ramrattan, a Trinidadian, was cut down in the prime of his life. Ramrattan was in Kenya,…
Read MoreAn open letter to President Ramotar on the brain drain situation
Dear Mr President, Each year I watch about 70 per cent of our young graduates leaving our shores. It is fast becoming a reality that, when businesses are in need for such brain-power, they are forced to look outside of Guyana. The resulting effect of this brain drain is very damaging to our country. When we are forced to bring in someone to do a job that could have been done by someone locally, we are not only increasing cost to our projects, but most notably, we are exporting our…
Read MoreTaking cricket to a higher level
Dear Editor, Growing up in a countryside school was nice, all because of cricket. We played just about anywhere. We never heard about cricketing programmes. Our interest came from listening to the game via radio, and one thing led to another. In this era, things are so different and better. Our aspiring cricketers have the opportunity to explore cricket to the fullest. Now there are all kinds of programmes. The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) now seems to have a better understanding as to what Guyana is aiming to do…
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