Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, At the recent Emancipation Symposium, Eric Phillips, head of the Guyana Reparations Committee, and Executive Member of the African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA) stated that Africans are in a state of “total crisis” and “benign neglect” partially because African political leaders in Guyana are “smoking pot” when they should be “educated about our history and about an eye for an eye,” instead of “turning the other cheek.”

Dear Editor, I write regarding the editorial captioned “Safeguards against elections skullduggery” (Stabroek News, August 12, 2024) on the AFC’s questions of GECOM on the bloated Voters List and the use of biometrics for voter identification.

Dear Editor, Ravi Dev is at it again. He and his Indo Caribbean Diaspora Network (ICDN) friends (see icdn.today)

Dear Editor, I’m writing to express my deep concern over the continuing disregard for the sport of cycling in Guyana by the Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport, the National Sports Commission, and the Guyana Olympic Association.

Dear Editor, Following the spectacular opening ceremony of the XXXIII Olympic Games in Paris, France, home of the baguette and croissant, I turned my attention temporarily away from following the depressing and sensational news beamed to us through international TV news channels’ with reports on the Israeli-Gaza and Russia/Ukraine wars as well as the US election campaign.

Dear Editor, I wish to attract to your attention that in the Sunday issue of Kaieteur News, a notice purportedly published at the instance of Mr.

Dear Editor, The recent proposed 6% to 9 % salary increase for teachers in 2024, followed by 8% increases in 2025 and 2026, has been met and rightfully so, with widespread disappointment among fellow Guyanese educators.

Dear Editor, The concept of diplomatic immunity was recently in the news (mainstream and social media) locally and in the diaspora.

Dear Editor, Kindly permit me an opportunity to respond to a letter published in the Stabroek News dated August 11, 2024, captioned “President could achieve more for city by collaborating with council.”

Dear Editor, Lelon Saul, the City’s Finance Committee Chair, has penned a humorous propaganda piece in Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, There is merit to Robin Singh’s argument. Keep GuySuCo running at an annual subsidy of $US40 million.

Dear Editor, The Indigenous population of Guyana is currently around eighty thousand and growing from nine different nations in the country’s interior.

Dear Editor, Both the PPP and the PNC have conceived programmes designed to satisfy the poor’s need for adequate shelter.

Dear Editor, Throughout the modern world, nations recognize the commercial importance of facilitating international trade and encouraging security in international transactions and permit enforcement of international arbitration awards where parties breach their obligations under those transactions.

Dear Editor, On Wednesday, August 7, President Irfaan Ali mingled with the common folks at Bourda Market.

Dear Editor, During one of the Emancipation Day commemoration activities, Eric Phillips, the head of the local Reparations Committee, once again repeated the slander he has been making over the past decade that   the Amerindian Act of 2006 was an act to give them reparations.

Dear Editor, GuySuCo and its eight thousand plus employees (8000+) got another round of financial support from the government ($4 Billion) as it works towards reviving the sugar industry and hopefully viability and economic stability in the future.

Dear Editor, Virtually every major contract has or had some kind of corruption.

Dear Editor, The recent approval by the government for an additional $40 billion Guyana dollars is a troubling development, reflecting a worrying trend in how our oil revenues are being managed.

Dear Editor, President Ali becomes unduly exercised when his government is called to book for failing to help Guyanese as they grapple with a horrendous cost of living crisis.