admin

Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.Feel free to send us your comments and/or criticisms.Contact: 624-6456; 225-8452; 225-8458; 225-8463; 225-8465; 225-8473 or 225-8491.Or by Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

Numerically, how many 18 years and older will benefit from the GY$100,000? Oct 21, 2024 Letters Dear Editor, The reconciled matrix of GY$100,000 from the $200,000 axiom now for all over 18 instead of per family is still, sadly, shrouded in mystery. Annually, a list of all 16-year-old transitioning to 17 then 18 is sent to GECOM. Therefore, a finite % of Guyana’s adult population (18 and over) is adumbrated. Ergo, the Ministry of Finance can leverage that list from GECOM and quickly arrive at the set figure and multiply by $100,000 to arrive at the dollar figure to be disbursed. Could the Ministry of Finance therefore inform the Tax Paying Public if the soon to be disbursed figure (GY$100,000 per 18-year-old) equates, exceeds or falls short of the apportioned GY$60 billion? If it exceeds the GY$60B, where will the excess funds come from? If it falls short, of the GY$60B payout, what plans are afoot to account for the excess from the GY$60B? Additionally, the Tax Paying Public is still awaiting an explanation as to the source of the original GY$60B announced by the Government of Guyana. Regards, Jonathan Subrian, Esq. Related Similar Articles

I haven’t done a poll, but I daresay that no one is taking you seriously on that  Oct 21, 2024 Letters Dear Editor, Now that Vishnu Bisram has apparently arrived at the conclusion that his self-proclaimed campaign that he was Bhagwan’s gift to Guyana to be its representative to replace the former disgraced High Commissioner to India, he has resorted (reverted?) to his crusade of vilifying the Government, the PPP and its leaders. This he did, continuing the trail set by his pal Baytoram Rambarack and others of their ilk, in his letter in Stabroek News of October 17, 2024. Bisram has long been giving the impression that he has been conducting “polls” in Guyana and coming to conclusions, but my enquiries have not been able to identify anyone who has been questioned by him, which leaves me with the concern if he’s conducting these polls in the confines of his mind, in a secluded space of his habitat, somewhere far removed from Guyana.In his first paragraph, while I agree with his assertion that the 1980 Constitution was definitely conducted in an atmosphere of fear and fraud (I clearly remember incidents on that day of ignominy), I seriously question his conclusion that the “population” has long supported its replacement since 1980. Who bestowed upon Bisram the authority to speak for the Guyanese “population”? As anyone as academically inclined, like Bisram should realise, Constitutions are not instruments to be “fiddled” with. The 1980 Constitution, approved by Parliament, was never, as far as I can remember, challenged in the courts of Guyana, either by Bisram or anyone else. I wish to support Dr. Jagan’s sensible response when in 1992 he is reported to have said that he “can’t throw away the baby with the bath water”. I’ve also observed that Bisram quoted Ralph Ramkarran that the Constitution should be completely “abrogated and replaced”. I’d like to know if Ralph had the same “suggestion” when he chaired the Committee to reform the Constitution.  In his second paragraph, he reveals his constipated mind, categorically that “political leaders (especially from third World countries) always want more powers” and went on to contrast this with “White rulers always sought or seek to reduce government powers and give more power to people”. Bisram has certainly not educated himself in many areas, including the struggles in INDIA (emphasis is for his benefit), South Africa and other countries in Africa, the Caribbean and elsewhere as well as the notorious slave trade and indentureship. I suggest he gets acquainted with those areas of power to the people bestowed by “white people”. I’ve already commented on the “baby and bath water” statement that tried to do damage to the stature of Dr. Jagan by stating that he made “tragic blunders in government” and “anyone in the PPP ever invoked morality as a reason for replacing the constitution”. What “hogwash”!!! Constitution Reforms Commissions were appointed in PPP governments between 1992 and 2015 and one during the current government. Bisram and anyone else are ENTITLED to make ANY recommendation(s) he or his like thinking fellow travellers may wish to make, and allow the Commission to deliberate on them. I challenge him to do that and let the chips fall where they would be best situated. Can Bisram once again enlighten us Guyanese on his contradictory statement of 90% in 1978/1980 “and a larger majority TODAY as per surveys SOME YEARS AGO and recent conversations with Guyanese”. You obviously mixed up today with some years ago.  Who were these Guyanese you “conversed” with? Were they in your mind, in the diaspora or in Guyana? let us have the benefit of these conversations, Mr. Pollster. In another paragraph he went on to speak for the PUBLIC by saying they “had faith in Moses Nagamootoo, Khemraj Ramjattan and the coalition”. Are you hereby exposing your flank, Bisram? Mr. Ramkarran was not alone in being disappointed with the coalition, which was evident in them being kicked out of office in 2020. I’ll close, even though much more can be said on his letter, but not without saying that hundreds of thousands of true blooded and genuine, patriotic Guyanese, some paying the ultimate sacrifice (their lives) and including many based overseas, to restore democracy to Guyana, finally achieved in 1992, with the Dawn of a New Era. Bisram, even though you MAY have, the time is long past for you and others of similar beliefs, to shout from the roof tops that you were “deeply involved in that long struggle against rigged elections”  I haven’t done a poll, but I daresay that no one is taking you seriously on that. Regards, Harry N Nawbatt  Related Similar Articles

Increase in Physical Education at private schools around Guyana Oct 21, 2024 Letters Dear Editor, There is an increase in Physical education at private schools in Guyana. Physical education is a course taught in schools that focuses on developing physical fitness and the ability to perform and enjoy physical activities. It’s good to have knowledge of fitness and wellness at an early age. It is a fun and easy subject included at the CSEC exams for the Guyanese children. It involves different sports in the curriculum such as cricket, volleyball, basketball, table tennis etc. I do hope more private schools like Camille’s Academy add physical education to their curriculum as it keeps our physical well-being in shape and help us carry good cognitive development as well. Sincerely, Amanda Sawh Related Similar Articles

Housing development Oct 21, 2024 Editorial, Features / Columnists, News Kaieteur News – Housing development in this country remains a major challenge despite the PPP/C Government’s boasts of their successes. In this year’s budget, the sum of $78 billion was allocated for nationwide housing infrastructure development, Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh had said. This he said was aligning with the government’s commitment to providing affordable housing to Guyanese. He said too that the allocated funds will be utilised for substantial infrastructure projects in both new and existing housing schemes. These include the construction of roads, drains, bridges, and the installation of utilities to meet housing demands. It is clear that this administration’s policy of allocating house lots is more of propaganda messaging rather than genuinely delivering affordable housing for Guyanese. Sometimes it is not unreasonable to believe that there is no clear plan in responding to the housing needs of low and middle-income citizens. The complaint remains that house lots are priced out of the reach of the poor working-class citizens. Yet every morning before the crack of dawn scores are gathered in front of the Ministry of Housing if only to give themselves a chance at the spinning wheel of the roulette table that is for the high stakes of a coveted house-lot. It is ironic that in a land so huge, and so much so that its neighbours’ eye large portions of it covetously, that our people born and bred here have to put up with this unending nonsense, this palpable insult and injustice for a piece of land on which to construct a house, something to call their own home. We have a mere 700,000 plus people, and we have been sharing out numerous house lots on a continuous annual basis as all Guyana is proudly reminded by one governing political group after another and yet there is this abomination and disgrace, where Guyanese must rise from their beds at 04:00hrs (or 03:00hrs) and hurry out on dangerous roads to line up for a house-lot. There has been enough time and opportunity to have a more citizen-friendly process, a more citizen-rewarding result. Of course, this is how the regular people are held hostage by politicians and their carefully chosen bureaucrats to torment and hold to ransom those who depend on them for things as routine as a house-lot. In recent months, several people have come forward with complaints about the system currently employed to allocate house lots. In addition to the thousands waiting for years for a plot of land, there is the case where house lots yet to be developed are allocated to citizens who have to wait two to three years to access them.  Of the hundreds of citizens who have received titles as part of the government’s drive to meet its manifesto promise of delivering 50,000 house lots, a sizable number of them have not even seen the land and those who have seen the land cannot put down anything on it because the place is undeveloped. This newspaper is aware of several cases where individuals were given timelines to pay off as much as $2.3M for housing units within two months of the allocation, but two years later, they are still to see the house. Many of those individuals- public servants with small salaries have had to borrow the funds to pay the Central Housing and Planning Authority for the land or risk losing it, yet the dream of owning the home is still some distance away. Something must be terribly wrong with the system that house lots are allocated with strict timelines to pay for it and yet the allottees have to wait years after to access the land. It is therefore not difficult to understand then why the system is so riddled with corruption, favouritism and adhockery. Last week at his news conference, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo spoke about how costly it is to develop one house lot. And while this might be true, this government has been wasting taxpayer’s money behind some of the many public infrastructure projects it has been undertaking – many of them mired in corruption. If they were to cut the waste and reduce the massive corruption in procurement then there might be enough funds to develop residential house lots thus reducing the high price poor citizens have to pay. Related Similar Articles

HAVANA TIMES – Some photos make us laugh, feel emotions, remember a trip, or a special moment with friends. Others show that the person who...

Motorbike bandits snatch $2M from engineer Oct 20, 2024 News Two motorbike bandits on Saturday reportedly snatched a female engineer’s shoulder bag with $2 million inside at Lombard Street, Georgetown. The victim, Natasha Lewis, was held at gunpoint, police said. She was reportedly walking to a shop on Lombard street to make a purchase, when the bandits pulled-up on a motorcycle. After sticking her up, they snatched her shoulder bag and rode away. A report was subsequently made with police. Investigations are ongoing. (Motorbike bandits snatch $2M from engineer) Related Similar Articles