Opinion

Dear Editor, The Bureau of Statistics (BoS) is Guyana’s premier statistical entity. 

Dear Editor,  The people of Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, have spoken, and they have made their stance clear: they want progress.

Dear Editor, I am Rajin, a frustrated resident of Sisters Village, West Bank Demerara.

Dear Editor: There is a grossly misleading headline in the news that “UG credits ‘now’ recognised by foreign universities,” that “The University of Guyana (UG) has reached a historic moment by earning institutional accreditation for the first time in its 62-year history” (GT, Jan.

Dear Editor, My emotions rose to unprecedented levels when I learnt that an indigenous community could have defied all the odds and achieved a first in the history of football in Essequibo.

Dear Editor, If I come across again those two words now politically fashionable, I swear that I will lead a picketing exercise or march in front of the Office of the President.

Dear Editor, I am livid and upset as I read the ongoing debate about holding a Commission of Inquiry into the deaths of Guyanese souls during the crime spree which lasted from 2002 to 2008.

Newspaper cartoonists often employ the figure of ‘Father Time’ – the personification of time – in their end of year or new year illustrations to capture the passing of another year.

Dear Editor, If  those among us who  promise to conduct themselves with  the highest standard of morality when seeking  elected office, would approach  Guyana’s elections with decency, there would be no need for more  ‘security‘  within the system.

Dear Editor, On May30, 2024 following a commission decision, GECOM’s CEO submitted a written presentation entitled ‘Feasibility Study for Introducing Digital Fingerprint Capture during Registration and Biometric Fingerprint Identification for Voting in Guyana.’

Dear Editor, In a published Article which appeared in News Media on Jan.

Dear Editor, The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is a movement that brings together key global figures from government, extractive industries, and civil society representatives to monitor developments in the vital extractive sector.

Dear Editor, As a public-spirited citizen of our country, in the light of the seemingly copious allocations in the present budget, I would like to propose the following improvements to our public systems which would serve to enhance the quality of life of our citizens.

Dear Editor, I write to suggest that the Government of Guyana consider sending approximately 200 members of the Guyana Defense Force (GDF) to Haiti as part of an international effort to address the ongoing crisis there.

Increasingly, reports in sections of the media, have been alluding to occurrences that imply (or at least so it seems) unwholesome relationships between the narcotics trade and law enforcement.

Dear Editor, It is with measured consideration that I address a recent letter, authored by Mr.

Dear Editor, We must question why the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), through its Chair, Ret’d Justice Claudette Singh, announced at the 11th hour the agency’s claimed inability to enable a biometric system for the upcoming elections when it knew about the importance of this act more than five years ago.

Dear Editor, There were a few comments around the $100,000 budgeted to be given to Guyanese mothers upon the birth of each child.

Dear Editor Kindly allow me to respond to Antonio Dey’s letter titled “We must not take the Venezuelan government for granted as more mischief is afoot”.