Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Heroin is being transshipped through Guyana, according to the compilers of the Global Organized Crime Index, in this, we are being asked to believe that a product from Asia is being shipped to South America for onward distribution to Europe and North America; not a great business model.

Dear Editor, Recently I overheard a conversation in a public office whereby a public officer said the government is building roads.

 Dear Editor, Do the PNC and AFC want to be treated seriously as an opposition?

Dear Editor, As an old PNC member, one of the things I was most grateful for during the Burnham era, was the relative absence of major and recurring crimes. 

Dear Editor, Relatively, Indigenous month 2023 could be described a success in the Amerindian communities throughout Guyana.

Dear Editor, When one hears of the disputes between Governments and a) Guyana Public Service Union, b) Guyana Teachers’ Union respectively, one has to wonder about the lack of sympathy of the former, who in the same breath endorses GAWU’s settlements of remuneration packages’ in new Collective Agreements.

Dear Editor,  I categorically condemn the blockage at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport of Member of Parliament and senior member of the Alliance for Change (AFC), David Patterson. 

Dear Editor, “….there is a collective consciousness and understanding and realization that the current educational construct must be reimagined, reformed and repositioned, particularly educational assessment,” Dr.

Dear Editor, Kindly permit me to publicly express congratulations to the Guyana Amazon Warriors, for winning the 2023 CPL Championship.

Dear Editor, NCN radio has advertisements for a ‘One Guyana Diwali Jalsa’ to be held in Corriverton.

Dear Editor, The building of a second world-class cricket stadium at Palmyra, East Berbice makes Guyana ripe for a second Caribbean Premier League franchise; all of the prerequisites for a successful move of one of the existing franchises or (unlikely) an expansion franchise.

Dear Editor,  Members of the Guyana Police Force somehow believe they have plenary powers to arbitrarily violate the civil liberties of citizens.

Dear Editor, A recommendation for the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports and CPL Promoters for 2024, Sunday’s win was quite a momentous occasion for all Guyanese.

Dear Editor, I write in response to a letter contained in your letter columns of the 27th September 2023 titled “The classroom grant for teachers.”

Dear Editor, I commend attorney and Chartered Accountant, Chris Ram, for his well-researched and revealing piece titled “Exxon has engaged in dodgy accounting going all the way back to Shell transaction” (SN, September 27, 2023). 

Dear Editor, In September the Environmental Assessment Board held a public hearing into the EPA’s exemption of an EIA for Schlumberger Guyana (SLB).

Dear Editor, The Venezuelan President is speaking from both sides of his mouth. 

Dear Editor, On Wednesday, September 27, 2023, a letter was published in the Stabroek News titled `Ministry of Education needs to rethink its approach to creating content’.

Dear Editor, Richard Madeley’s name hardly rang a bell to Guyanese until a few days ago when he made headlines for his disrespectful interview with the President of Guyana. 

Dear Editor, Maya Angelou, American literary giant and civil rights activist once said, “When people show you who they are, believe them the first time”.