Opinion

GAWU heartened by this clarification from the NIS

Dear Editor, The GAWU refers to an article titled `NIS denies cutting benefits to sugar workers’ which appeared in the June 21, 2020 Stabroek News wherein the NIS’ Public Relations Officer (PRO) , Ms Dianne Lewis has clarified that the Scheme hasn’t suspended benefits to sugar workers from the beginning of this year.

The Tank Man

Early in the morning of June 4, 1989, Chinese troops rolled into Tiananmen Square in Beijing, and crushed a rising tide of students’ protests which had begun a few weeks earlier in mid-April.

I was simply seeking clarifications from Mr Gaskin

Dear Editor, This response is to acknowledge Comrade Dominic Gaskin’s reply to my letter published in Stabroek News June 21, 2020 edition under the caption, `Can Mr Gaskin explain what constitutes a seriously rigged election’ and to assure him that my intention was not “polemical”, but simply seeking clarification on the issues I raised by way of questions.

Key state agencies are prisoners of political crowding

By making public the fact that it has now moved the country’s agriculture sector to the top of its agenda (ahead of tourism) in terms of targeting foreign investment for the country, the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), the country’s national investment and export promotion agency, has paraded its credentials for leading rather than following, insofar as setting an agenda for the country’s foreign investment pursuits in the period ahead is concerned.

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