The claim by the National Toshaos Council (NTC ) that it is the ‘sole, legal and legitimate’ body that represents the interests of Amerindians in Guyana (Department of Public Affairs, ‘NTC affirms its position as legitimate representative body of Amerindians’, 24 November 2023) has no legal basis. This claim is an unreasonable/erroneous extrapolation of the…
You extracted from a press release by the Office of the Vice President in your article ‘APA withdraws from Carbon Credits appeal process’ (SN October 30, 2023). The Vice President’s Office is yet again misleading the people of Guyana by implying that the National Toshaos Council (NTC) has authority to surrender control to the Guyana…
Dear Editor, Reference is made to Mr. Joel Bhagwandin’s letter entitled `The sale of carbon credits to offset carbon emissions does not breach the Amerindian Act’ (see Stabroek News, July 4, 2023). The author is colossally missing a key point of the carbon credit trade business and he is falling short of understanding the arguments…
I write to comment on one issue in your well-argued Editorial titled ‘Hess’ carbon offset deal’ which begins: ‘You have to give it to Bharrat Jagdeo. He has been trying to “sell” Guyana’s rainforest since the early 2000s going around the world saying if you don’t buy our trees they may have to be chopped…
