Dr. Ramesh Gampat SN letter September 8, 2024 questioned the ‘credibility of inflation data’ by the Bureau of Statistics namely, the annual inflation rate for 2023. The number used lies somewhere between 1.6 percent and 2 percent. These numbers are inconsistent with financial system data. Guyana’s Consumer Price Index for January 2023 was 130.7%, ending…
Two main roads EBD and ECD. Villages formed alongside these roads. The location of this Waste Treatment Plant is at Coverden – a village alongside EBD. Couldn’t this plant have been sited a few miles inland, away from one of these villages? Penelope Howell wrote this: “While standing in front of PWSI, I felt a…
Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Column 135 This is the final part of an adaptation of a talk I gave last July at a forum sponsored by the US NGO Oil and Gas Guyana Network (OGGN). The thrust of my contribution was that the Government’s excuse for reneging on…
Concerns: PWSI Waste Treatment Plant – Coverden East Bank Demerara Yesterday, we were traumatized to be informed by Mr. Joel Bhagwandin that the PWSI Waste Treatment Plant started its operation at Coverden some five (5) months ago, which will mean that processing of petroleum waste started either April of May 2024; oblivious to Coverden and…
