Month: June 2016

Dear Editor, The crime situation continues to haunt us and many people are investing heavily to protect their properties and lives with the use of security cameras to identify criminals or raise alarms, amongst other things. Most people installing Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) security cameras would install the cameras at positions that make it impossible to identify someone unless the person could be recognised by his/her physical structure and in many cases, it’s impossible. People should not be fooled with what is shown in the CSI Television series, technology is…

Dear Editor, As a business owner I would like to express my dismay at the arbitrary imposition of a new fee/fine by the Georgetown City Council. Without publishing in the Official Gazette, local newspapers or without even sending a formal letter to business owners, the Council has just started demanding a fee of Gy$25,000 from business owners each time a container is parked outside their premises for the offloading of their goods. I believe it is time a legal challenge is made against the Council, as nowhere in the by-laws…

Dear Editor, It is with much vagueness that the Leader of the People’s National Congress (PNC) and the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), President of Guyana, David Granger, for some time, has been caressing the media circuit and public events, intimating and advocating for a more inclusive kind of Government and governance but does so without providing any specific feature of this idea. Many are of the belief that Granger’s apprehension to delve deeper into his “own” idea may be due to his inability to come to terms with…

Dear Editor, As the organisation that is responsible for conducting national elections in Guyana, the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) undertakes these procedures transparently, and in accordance with the law. While this has been explained and attested before now, it is important for us to reiterate this fact, in light of the recent protests, held by members of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C). While we respect the rights of citizens to protest, since it is a common feature of a democracy, we abhor misinformation, libellous, slanderous and boisterous assertions about Gecom…

Dear Editor, I read with some interest an article headlined “Ramotar’s son paid over Gy$32M, for ‘poor supervision’ of E-Governance Project.” It is a known fact that rambunctious headlines are what get newspapers sold. A quick look at the top five selling newspapers in the UK, for example, will show that all are tabloids. Unsurprisingly this is the path that has been taken by KN. Like all tabloids the headlines and articles are usually devoid of facts. Although I have not received a copy of the forensic audit report, which…