It is long past the time for the Transport and Harbors Department (T&HD) to draft and rigorously enforce strict safety policies on speedboats plying the many waterways of Guyana. Failure to efficiently and effectively monitor the safety standards of speedboats in Guyana, particularly those traversing very large commercial waterways, will only continue to result in the tragic loss of life. In these modern times, Guyanese need not be exposed to primitive speedboat conditions that place their lives at risk.

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Georgetown cannot remain the stink dump it is while government continues to argue that it is serious about tourism. Once boasted to be the ‘Garden City’ with its beautifully manicured parapets and clean flowing drains and canals, Georgetown has since become the ‘Garbage City’. Unless serious work is done to tackle the obvious solid waste management problems of Georgetown and its immediate environs, then poor aesthetics will not be the only problem citizens will face; diseases will become notorious. Garbage and disease are not viable tourism products.

After hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent by government on the electricity sector, Guyanese are still plagued with frequent blackouts and power fluctuations. It appears as though the government and its administrators at Guyana Power and Light (GPL) are incapable of providing Guyanese with stable and reliable power 24/7. In 2013, 21 years after the PPP government have been in control of Guyana, blackouts remain a very dark and frustrating part of life in Guyana.