Letters to the Editor

NIS should emulate best practices from other jurisdictions

Dear Editor, Retired workers in Guyana have for too long been shortchanged by entities such as the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) and Ministry of Education, institutions that can do far better when it comes to rewarding senior citizens who contributed throughout their working lives to keep them viable.

East Ruimveldt play area being converted into 12 feet wide concrete road

Dear Editor, The Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana is clear on public participation (articles 13, 38A and 149C) “No person shall be hindered in the enjoyment of participating through co-operatives, trade unions, civic or socio-economic organisations of a national character, in the management and decision-making processes of the State.”

Jagan and Oppenheimer, we are all communists

Dear Editor, Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the Oscar winning movie “Oppenheimer” is whether J Robert Oppenheimer, the American scientist who invented the atomic bomb that killed thousands in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, was a communist.

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