Last Friday, in discussing the embarrassment arising from the arrest of the former Antigua and Barbuda ambassador to the United Nations, Dr John Ashe, and the damage done to the image of CARICOM by allegations of corruption, we suggested that influence peddling was a bit of a grey area in our part of the world.
Dear Editor,
With regards to the letter captioned `EPA warning over illegal garbage dumping when NDC has made no provision for waste disposal’ published on Wednesday, October 07, 2015 in the Stabroek News, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provides the following information as requested by the residents of Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara.
Dear Editor,
The Guyana Police Force wishes to clarify misleading information published by the Guyana Times in an article yesterday captioned `No weapons linked to crime – Crime Chief’.
Dear Editor,
On the basis of the highlights in the media of submissions made to the Commission of Inquiry into the Public Service, one could not help but feel a sense of a diffusion of views on the management of the service contributed so far by the various Permanent Secretaries – to the extent that some readers and viewers may be left to wonder how these perspectives could be fused into a single coherent vision.
Dear Editor,
By all accounts Dr. Keshav ‘Bud’ Mangal, the longest serving Commissioner of the Guyana Elections Commission who died on the 2nd October, was a passionate advocate for electoral justice.
Dear Editor,
I have a question for the National Commemorative Commission tasked with planning and executing the national events in honour of our 50th Independence Anniversary and that is do we really, really and absolutely need year-long celebrations to mark this occasion?
The second reported case of physical assault of students by teachers in the Rupununi area, Region 9, for this year involves a headmaster, who, according to reports, was frustrated and allegedly lashed out.
Dear Editor,
Mr Sohan’s letter in the October 12 edition of SN `GuySuCo missed the opportunity for its economic growth and profitability years ago’ is noted.
Dear Editor,
I could not believe my eyes when I read in the October 3rd edition of the Official Gazette that the Mayor of Georgetown Hamilton Green has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA).
Dear Editor,
I write this letter out of sheer exasperation hoping that the powers-that-be at Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) read it and do something urgently and quickly to alleviate an existing water problem affecting us the residents of Schoonord, Parfaite Harmonie.