Opinion

Local government elections

It is just what the country doesn’t need now. A full-blown row between the two age-old adversaries over the local government elections (LGE) scheduled to be held next year.

Face to face

Dear Editor,  That apology to the Çhair of GECOM should have been made face to face in order to gauge the sincerity, genuineness and remorsefulness of the one who made the threat in making the apology.

Land corruption

On August 7 this year, less than a week after the government had assumed office, AG Anil Nandlall issued a statement indicating that all leases, licences and permissions to occupy public lands which had been granted since December 21, 2018, were to be reviewed.

Guyana needs to programme multiple fuels in a flexible national energy-mix to assure stable economic activity

Dear Editor, An October 19th OilNow article titled: ‘LNG Company targets big benefits from Guyana gas-to-power plan’, makes a case for developing in-country liquefied natural gas (LNG) production capacity, in alignment, the LNG company states, GoG plans to introduce natural gas (NG)-to-power and countrywide pipeline utility gas service.

Deliberative democracy

Sheldin Wolin, a professor of political theory at Princeton University wisely observed that “The experience of democracy is not ultimately about winning but about deliberating and acting together.”

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