Letters to the Editor

Many troubling questions remain over the Amaila project

Dear Editor, Your Sunday Stabroek article of September 25 (‘Modification costs might help reduce overall cost of Amaila project’), continues to highlight many troubling questions regarding the design, specification, payments and funding for the proposed Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHEP) with claims without substantiation that design enhancement will reduce overall project costs. 

Poor English

Dear Editor, The National Communications Net-work (NCN) in Berbice while airing a ‘Bedtime Song’ was incredibly repeatedly using the word ‘hold’ instead of ‘whole’ to describe a variety of items or stocks by distributors for sale.

Rodney was a pragmatist

Dear Editor, Baldeo Persaud writing in the Stabroek News (September 23), ‘Walter Rodney must be turning in his grave,‘ chose to criticize the leadership of the WPA for being a partner in APNU that will contest this year’s general elections.

Has the engineering firm appointed to supervise aspects of Synergy contract been performing its functions professionally?

Dear Editor, In a letter published by SN on September 20 (‘The Auditor General should investigate payments under the Synergy contract’), Ms Bulkan was of the opinion that payments for construction of the access road to the Amaila Falls seems to be out of whack and that the Auditor General should conduct an investigation before taxpayers are once again burdened with the cost of a non-performing project.

A major diplomatic breakthrough

Dear Editor, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has scored a major diplomatic breakthrough at the recent UN General Assembly when he presented his bid for Palestinian statehood to thunderous applause from an overwhelming majority of world leaders.

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