Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) acknowledges and appreciates the concerns raised in the letter published in the Stabroek News on Monday, April 14, 2025, titled `I have questions about GPHC following a recent colonoscopy examination minus anesthesia.’

Dear Editor, The circus at the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) continues.

Dear Editor, Joel Bhagwandin’s “Nothing unusual about Bank of Guyana’s US$135M injection into forex market”, a thesis of 1,172 words, 1 large table with 56 data points, to boot, 2 diagrams, concludes with a rather trite conclusion (which is not even the key issue).

Dear Editor, It is with sadness I learnt about the passing of famous, popular umpire Baksh.

Dear Editor, I Shaun Smith am a sitting APNU Councillor at the Region 6 RDC and a community Development Officer in Region Six.

Dear Editor, When the history of this country is written comprehensively and objectively, the name Eusi Kwayana must feature prominently. 

Dear Editor, As I move through our communities and engage in public communications, I am increasingly witnessing a troubling trend: elderly citizens being abandoned, or their caregivers becoming overwhelmed by the immense responsibility of caring for them.

Dear Editor, The two recent deaths of children in their early teens, one dying by suicide, who was reportedly being sexually abused in her home, and one who was shot dead as he attempted to rob a business place is troubling.

Dear Editor, It’s easy to talk about policy from behind a desk – to frown at a policy announcement and call it irresponsible.

Dear Editor In the case filed by Christopher Ram to block the 2019 house to house registration exercise, Justice George ruled (at paragraph 145 of her decision) that “Residency … is only important in the context of identifying where one would be registered to vote, that is to say, for a determination of one’s polling place or station.”

Dear Editor, “When a child is abused, the silence of adults is its own kind of violence.”

Dear Editor, Following the announcement of the US tariff prospectively applicable to Guyana—and the foreign exchange (forex) intervention in the market by the Bank of Guyana (BoG), there has been a slew of letters in the mainstream media on the subject.

Dear Editor, I am sorry I was not in Guyana for the weekly mini carnival in East Street under the theme of ‘Torment the Commissioner of Information’.

Dear Editor, I have said it once, and I will say it again because it is important for our country and our creatives.

Dear Editor, The PPP/C has repeatedly accused the opposition forces of evoking racial discrimination as a political tool.

Dear Editor, Guyana continues to experience one of the highest suicide rates globally, with an estimated 40 per 100,000 people affected—more than triple the global average (WHO, 2023).

Dear Editor, I write to clarify the statement attributed to former President Donald Ramotar in your story “Gov’t does not intervene in work of Commissioner of Information – President,” which appeared in yesterday’s Sunday Stabroek.

Dear Editor, I am writing to stress the importance of ensuring that anesthesia is routinely used during colonoscopies at Georgetown Public Hospital Coroporation.

Dear Editor, The NIS onetime cash payment looks flawed just like the one off cash grant which was announced as $200,000 per family, then changed to $100,000 per person over 18 years – after realizing the logistical nightmare.

Dear Editor, The PPP Government money machine is on the move.