Is it legal to sell alcohol at weddings?
Dear Editor, The selling of alcohol at weddings is very disturbing and troublesome. For a number of years now, the selling of alcohol at some weddings has led me to believe that there is no authority that controls the sale of alcohol. However, I will be extremely grateful if someone can educate me about any [...]
Spate of power outages on W.C.D. overbearing
Dear Editor, I express my utter dissatisfaction and frustration with the recent spate of power outages experienced by residents on the West Coast of Demerara. These power outages occur at practically any time of the day, and have become intolerable. As per schedule, in my area, power outages are expected to occur on Wednesdays. However, [...]
Improvements in the Education Sector
Dear Editor, Education is a huge undertaking and one that is focused on the nurturing of skills and the talent of our people. In order to create a strong basis for the sustainable development of their countries, well-developed nations have all spent much effort formulating education policies. These education policies have been implemented to develop [...]
GINA is the designated accreditation agency
Dear Editor, Last Saturday’s Kaieteur News report titled, ‘KN reporter refused entry to President’s press conference’, is demonstrative of that newspaper’s unwillingness to subscribe to the rules and regulations governing the media profession in Guyana. It has been a long-established rule that media practitioners, including reporters and cameramen, visiting the Office of the President and [...]
Put aside politics and clean up the city
Dear Editor, The Environmental Community Health Organiastion (ECHO) is calling on the competent authorities to urgently address the increasingly worrying garbage situation in the city. The existing situation is extremely embarrassing to all decent and law-abiding Guyanese and very harmful to the health of the environment. We could not continue with this situation without damaging [...]
Messianic Populism and Adventurism
So we have two neighbouring countries – Suriname on the East and Venezuela on the west ruled by leaders – respectively Desi Bouterse and Hugo Chavez – that display(ed) definite tendencies towards populist messianic adventurism. Populism is not exactly unknown in Latin America and is generally characterised by: frustrated masses, charismatic leadership, a messianic impulse, [...]
An investment in the future
Those who are astounded by the decision of the Alliance For Change not to enter into any pre-election coalition with the PNCR or the PPP, a decision that effectively dashes any hope of a Big Tent arrangement, do not understand the AFC. The Alliance For Change was created not just to attain political power. All [...]
