Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Kahlil Gibran once said, “We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them”.

Dear Editor, In the wake of the 2023 European Union Election Follow-up Mission’s Final Report on Guyana, Recommendation 9 has cast a spotlight on the urgent need to overhaul the nation’s electoral register.

Dear Editor, About two weeks ago images were posted on our President’s FB page showing repairs to the Iwokrama – Annai corridor along the GT-Lethem road.

Dear Editor, The most egregious election fraud case in Guyana’s history has reached new, unprecedented lows.

Dear Editor, As we mark four years of President Irfaan Ali’s leadership of Government, it is ideal to reflect on the progress of our country since the tumultuous 2020 General and Regional Elections.

Dear Editor, It is time that we start publicly honouring our icons.

Dear Editor, It was Rabindranath Tagore who said, “Emancipation from the soil is no freedom for the tree.”

Dear Editor, An article appearing in Stabroek News on Monday (05/08/2024) reported that Ashni Singh, Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance and the Public Service, tabled in Parliament “an amendment of the Export Finance Facility Agreement dated June 14, 2022, between the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, and UK Export Finance as the Lender, and the UniCredit Bank Austria AG as the Agent and Arranger, for an amount of €161,016,949.15 for the Guyana Paediatric and Maternal Hospital Project.”

Dear Editor, I am a primary account holder at Republic Bank, D’Edward Village Branch, and went there to initiate the process of  adding an authorized user.

Dear Editor, Please permit me to thank Elton McRae for his letter highlighting an atrocity to the people of B.V.,

Dear Editor, Speak about corruption and cost of living in this country and government wrath flares. 

Dear Editor, Amidst the noise of the Alliance for Change asking for a 2am curfew and the objections to the curfew, there was a quiet story from the Department of Public Information on August 2, 2024.

Dear Editor, I wish to comment on the Private Sector Commission’s (PSC) statement that enforcing littering law is a sustainable solution to Guyana’s solid waste management woes (Stabroek News August 5, 2024).

Dear Editor, The stability, security, and well-being of any population rely on prioritizing national interest, or the common good, over individual or business gains.

Dear Editor, I support Justice Gino Persaud’s decision on enforcing the arbitral award from the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Award 2019.

Dear Editor, The concept of ‘no one is above the law’ was seemingly forgotten by the author of the Stabroek News Editorial of 5th August 2024, for great umbrage is taken that the GPF entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, arrested an employee and seized electronic devices belonging to the employee and the ministry.

Dear Editor, I was surprised at the poor traction my letter of July 23 attracted re the sad state of the Guyana Police Force and the need for remedy.

Dear Editor, I wish to highlight an online shopping experience I had with an online shopping company.

Dear Editor, The Minister of Education was kind enough to respond on Facebook to CRG’s recent letter on “No Fault Divorce”.

Dear Editor, As I read Lincoln Lewis’s letter “President Ali, and his cohorts, using state privilege and resources to miniaturize the Africans’ Day of Emancipation was quite distressing” (Stabroek News, August 5, 2024) I am reminded of the expression “now the shoe is on the other foot”.