Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor Soulless is a nation that mistreats and oppresses its teachers and when a government tramples on the livelihood and rights of our nation’s educators, the entire country must stand up to that government and stand with the moulders of our nation’s children.

Dear Editor, It is very lamentable that there is the on-going teachers’ strike facing the nation.

Dear Editor, Reports of a current event affecting Trinidad and Tobago have reached our shores.

Dear Editor, Well it was confirmed; some, to gain the reins of government, are prepared to go the rigging route.

Dear Editor, I do not want to drag on and make this a lengthy letter.

Dear Editor, A country’s success does not depend on its natural resources, otherwise since Independence the people of Guyana would have been rich from Guyana’s gold, diamonds, bauxite, agriculture, forests, fish, etc.

Dear Editor, I write in response to the headline, “You can’t build roads and teachers hungry”, attributed to the GTU President.

Dear Editor, Refer to statisticsguyana.gov.gy: Data table; Merchandise Imports Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF) value by category.

Dear Editor, I wish to express my gratitude to the Guyana Registrar Office for responding to two of four applications for birth certificates posted on October 16, 2023 under transmittal number 213-10-07 from the Wales Post Office.

Dear Editor, I write with great apprehension and angst both as a seasoned educator (in Guyana and the US) and journalist with 40+ years of experience having written for publications in the Caribbean, North America, and the Middle East and elsewhere.

Dear Editor, I am concerned what knowledge and practice of obeah does Minister Priya Manickchand understand and know that led her to believe and state that the actions of a person last Thursday (February 15, 2024) in front of the Ministry of Education was an obeah act?

Dear Editor, I have been a strong advocate for better salaries and benefits for teachers both in Guyana and in North Carolina where the North Carolina Constitution prohibits collective bargaining and strikes for public sector workers.

Dear Editor, The union wants a formal invitation from government on meaningful talks on salaries before ending its strike action. 

Dear Editor, There had been apparent controversy regarding both prices and incomes data generated by official reports purportedly measuring the Guyana Cost of Living, reflected  by the Consumer Price Index, CPI and the Nominal Gross Domestic Product, GDP.  

Dear Editor, Over the last month I have seen dozens of reports from Guyana and received several social media posts forwarded to me about Guyana’s immense wealth, as measured by independent external agencies.

Dear Editor, I listened with keen interest the last edition of “Issues in the news “ presented by Attorney General, Anil Nandlall.

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Education’s blatant hypocrisy demands immediate condemnation.

Dear Editor, Recent reports of efforts to mechanise sugar  can target the main item that negatively impacts the cost of production.

Dear Editor, The passing of Mohan Nandu (3/9/1936 – 8/2/1924), the iconic Guyanese Indian singer, marks the end of an era in local “Indian” music.

Dear Editor, The period of the Cold War was the most important geopolitical episode of the last century.