Dear Editor,
Despite candidate Bernie Sanders sweeping to a decisive victory in the New Hampshire Democratic primary on Tuesday in a stunning win over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, many Guyanese and Americans still believe that the United States of America would be graced with its first woman president at its upcoming general election.
Dear Editor,
Anyone who believes that sugar has a future, in terms of impacting Guyana’s social and economic strata (as in the past), is experiencing denial, and is refusing to accept reality because it is too painful.
Dear Editor,
Listening to the invited addresses and various comments from the floor at last Friday evening’s Moray House session on the Wales estate closure, has prompted me to now share with the general public a perspective from my own intimate knowledge of the industry going back to the early sixties.
Dear Editor,
The calls for care and caution put by the Leader of the Opposition (LOP) as the coalition government proceeds as announced, with the negotiations with Guyana Wind Farm Inc (GWFI) are well justified.
Dear Editor,
Government should not have initiated or announced plans to close the Wales Estate before it had a viable alternative economic plan(s) for ensuring that any attempt to close the estate would not result in pervasive unemployment and economic ruin in the affected communities.
Dear Editor,
On Thursday 6th February, 2016 a visit was made to Region 2 by Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, Minister of State Joseph Harmon and the Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix and of course other senior ministry officials.
It is almost natural that, for reasons of our historical and contemporary connections, Guyana and the other Caricom countries would have been closely following the latest stages, and now the recent agreement, on negotiations between the European Union authorities and Britain.