Dear Editor,

WE, the residents of DeVeldt and Gatroy of the Berbice River, would like to bring to your attention a matter of dire importance to our communities.

For the past three months, the phone service in our communities has not been working, which is a huge setback, in the sense that this is our only and main source of communication. The absence of this service is causing major setbacks, namely: no access to family members, following up on important correspondence, giving in medical reports, notification on important meetings, business transaction and the list goes on.

We would be grateful to GTT to have this service re-instated as early as possible, as it is crippling our communities’ population of the 507 residents that the phone serves. If this can’t be done, maybe, the company can deliver cellular service for which we would also be grateful.

Yours co-operatively,
Leah Lepps-Kertizous
Secretary of the De Veldt
Community Development Council (CDC)
This letter was also signed by 262 residents of the communities