Letters to the Editor

Removal of mangroves will improve the health of people living in this neighbourhood

Dear Editor, In a SN Editorial of June 7, the view was expressed that the President of Guy-ana did not seem duly concerned about the destruction of mangroves at Malgre Toute on the West Bank of Demerara for the construction of a port facility to service the oil, gas and other industries although Guyanese environmentalists have expressed a hue and cry about the proposal.

Bizarre for EPA to hold such a view

Dear Editor, Please tell me that the Environmental Protection Agency was misquoted in the article `EPA exempts two companies from impact studies for quarry licences’ appearing in the Stabroek News of June 8, 2021.

Frank Thomasson

Frank Thomasson – A Tribute to Ian’s Portrait

Dear Editor, Before Ian McDonald played the role of best man at Frank Thomasson’s wedding, little would he have known that I was asked to be chaperon while Frank was courting Carlotta Croal, who at the time was a Senior Information Officer who tutored me in radio broadcast production as a new Information Officer at the Government Information Services, then headed by Arthur Seymour.

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