Opinion

Does the private sector believe it has an obligation to contribute to the transformational process which is urgently needed?

Dear Editor, It is instructive that at this juncture the local private sector as a whole, conflicted as it is about what its respective relationships should be with its clients, civil society and particularly the young generations of our citizenry, does not espouse the same urgent sense of corporate social responsibility as publicly and consistently articulated by, for example, the Trinidad & Tobago Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

Gas rationing is over in New York

Dear Editor, Gas rationing is officially over in New York City and what a relief it has been for the Guyanese community in Queens, Bronx and Brooklyn, indeed all over the city, to have unrestricted amounts of fuel so they can carry on with their business.

After Chávez

The end of protracted political regimes under the control of powerful, strong-willed rulers and driven by cults of personality are almost always attended by succession struggles.

When in Rome…

Dear Editor, Just recently, while waiting for my vehicle to be washed, I witnessed a few persons (Chinese nationals, based on language and appearance), disposing of empty plastic bottles in the nearby canal.

A case of technical ‘eyepass’

Dear Editor, The statement by the source at the Guyana National Broadcast Authority (GNBA) in your Nov 29 issue that “once it could be verified that there is interference at Channel 6 the GNBA will move to investigate“ reveals their incompetence. All

Corruption, what will the gov’t do?

Inevitably, the release of the annual Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index with its continued low ranking of Guyana has sparked denunciations of the survey from the government and sections of the ruling party.

Teixeira was very wrong

Dear Editor, In his presentation at the awards dinner of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry last Thursday Mr Clinton Urling, the Chamber’s President included in his wish list for Guyana a stronger civil society.

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