Opinion

Foreign Affairs Statement

On Friday evening the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement expressing concern over the political unrest in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and regret at the loss of life.

The sugar industry and drainage have been destroyed by incompetence

Dear Editor, In a commentary aired in January 2004 I said this: “During the years [1966 to 1976] the average rainfall per annum was 132.45 inches; the past 10 years [1993-2003] produced an average [rainfall] of less than 75 inches per year and everyone went to sleep in complacency, and this included the chairman of the D&I Board, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Agriculture and the government.” 

Informative contributions

Dear Editor, I would like to make appeal for Mr Christopher Ram, a true patriot and great contributor of insightful and informative contributions on the affairs of our beloved Guyana, to reconsider his decision about making submissions to Stabroek News.

Unless legally binding standards are established for the various professions people will continue to suffer the consequences of malpractice

Dear Editor, In an SN letter of February 11, the view was expressed that professionals such as engineers and architects were not playing a meaningful role in the construction industry to ensure that structures were designed and built in accordance with generally accepted standards (‘Professionals not playing a sufficiently prominent role in construction industry’).

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