Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The Minister of Education has lamented about the high rate of absenteeism among teachers.

Dear Editor, On the morning of Tuesday, November 13, 2024, just after my devotion at approximately 05:45hrs, I decided to check in with my phone and read a  posting by Big Smith News Watch, ‘President Irfaan Ali this morning called a 5:30 meeting with Government Ministers, their Permanent Secretaries, their Engineers and Contractors at State House, his official residence in Georgetown.’

Dear Editor,  The level of foreign investment reported for the Caribbean in the most recent update from the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) does not augur well for the region’s future economic growth.

Dear Editor, For someone who writes to the editor a lot, Mr Keith Bernard, judging from his letter in SN of 12 November (under the title “How many more strategic meetings must the PNCR have before they learn that spin doesn’t win elections”), could justifiably be accused of insufficient reading or, possibly, of having a political axe to grind.

Dear Editor, Leading up to the May 5, 2015, regional and national elections in Guyana, several PPP/C supporters advanced a theory that America was likely to interfere with the 2015 elections.

Dear Editor, Three weeks ago, I was silent when an interviewer visiting me said off the cuff, “Guyana does not need another hospital.”

Dear Editor, Every once in a while, one of Guyana’s most famous and reputable journalist would accuse the Stabroek News of being anti-PPP. 

Dear Editor, I am writing to voice a concern about the use of the $100,000 handout allocated to individuals.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to an article which appeared in your newspaper on Nov 11th, 2024, titled `Auditor contracted for third ExxonMobil audit has licence suspended’.

Dear Editor The recent tragic loss of the talented young attorney, Mark Conway, who collapsed while riding in the National Park in Georgetown, should trigger action in his name, to ensure that defibrillators are installed in major public recreation centers and national sports centers; and that the portable ones are available during major sporting events.

Dear Editor, Pension books will soon be distributed to pensioners who will have to go through the musical chairs once more.

Dear Editor, Suppose I tell you, dear Editor, that Guyana is rich but Guyanese are relatively poor.

Dear Editor, As the elected District Leader, and the highest ranking official of Guyanese origin here in Little Guyana, Richmond Hill, Queens, New York City, I have been asked by my Guyanese-American constituents to respectfully request that the Guyana Government disburse the promised GY$100,000 in Richmond Hill, and in Flatbush, Brooklyn.

Dear Editor, I loved the cash grant. Psst: didn’t collect, so the past tense (loved) has to do with the announcement made with a clatter of chariots, fanfare of bugles, and then…. 

Dear Editor, Once again, I find myself reading yet another article on the People’s National Congress-Reform (PNCR) gearing up with a “strategic plan” for the upcoming elections.

Dear Editor, Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo during his weekly press conference last Wednesday, October 30, was as comprehensive and incisive as one could be in response to the seemingly inexorable attacks on the administration of the Guyana Police Force, blasting the Opposition parties for their duplicity and accusing them of clutching at straws in a desperate effort to remain relevant.

Dear Editor, The viability of the export market for Guyana’s liquified natural gas (LNG) has been recently confirmed by a new report from Wood MacKenzie.

Dear Editor, It is necessary that I revisit the proposed construction of this long anticipated twelve storey office complex.

Dear Editor, Desmond Trotman, Charles Corbin and Vincent Alexander (GECOM Commissioners) wrote that “PPP`s capture of GECOM (is continuing unabated).

Dear Editor, Reference is made to your editorial “Mr. Trump and Guyana” (Nov 10).