Leaders need to fight societal ills

DEARMR.EDITOR, and our visiting business Grenadines During his high school dropouts, Thank you for the executives from world-class speech, Hon. Dr Gonsalves illiteracy, alcohol use and opportunity to publish this international corporations moved away from the abuse in Guyana and the missive in your daily who are seeking inroads to traditional political Caribbean. publication. fortify their pathway to discourse which is often I echo Dr Ralph

On February 14, 2023, I share in the prosperity of decorated with politics, Gonsalvesappeal,Icallupon was privileged to attend the our most rewarding natural economicsandpromises. our educators, our local civil opening ceremony of the resource. Rather, he chose to society leaders, our second International Energy One cannot dispute that redirect his thoughts and politicians,andleadersinour Conference and Expo in the Master of Ceremonies attention to the audience by religious instructions to be GeorgetownGuyana. andallthepresenterswereof highlighting the socio- cognisant of the ills and

O n c e a g a i n , t h e exceptional calibre who economic challenges which declines of the moral fabric coordinator and his astute deliveredinspiring,brilliant are prevailing in our society. ofoursociety. teamhasdoneanexceptional and dynamic speeches. He has called on the leaders Donotshyawayfromthe job at hosting the four days H o w e v e r, t h e m o s t tofocusontheimportanceof challenging issues. Work on eventinanatmospherefilled impactfulspeakertomewas the unique family structure, addressing these matters with the buzz of economic none other than the domestic abuse, assault, urgently! growth, innovations and Honourable Dr Ralph divorce, poverty, teenage Respectfully, business expansion with Gonsalves – Prime Minister pregnancy and incest, Nazar Mohamed prosperity for all Guyanese of St Vincent and the alarming rates of obesity, Businessman

to go cold turkey from all the YouTube videos about Guyana

DEAREDITOR, while purporting such as videos promote Guyanese suggest a special tax to be Therearesomanyvideos being of some sort of culture. paid to the Ministry of on YouTube about Guyana attraction for gullible Then there is the monies Tourism to be used for the thatrangefromtheasinineto viewers. received from paid production of high quality vapid. I can’t believe that I recognised the freedom advertisements and p r o m o t i o n a l someone would film inside of choice to watch these subscriptions. videos...enough about brain of a car for 10 minutes banal and ever growing Given the exponential numbing videos about about non-moving traffic self- promoting videos, but I growth in these YouTube traffic jams , filthy on the West Bank public am concerned that the videos, I am curious to municipal markets and road or one of the always Ministry of Tourism is know how the GRA go most of all minibuses clogged streets in being nonchalant about the about taxing these income Regards, downtown Georgetown delusional beliefsthat these or how they are reported.

I Keith Bernard