Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Within three years of the start of oil production and exports in 2019, Guyana has become the third largest economy in the English-speaking Caribbean, after Trinidad and Toba-go, the largest by a wide margin, and Jamaica.

Dear Editor, I am writing to propose the formation of a dedicated planning committee to seriously consider the relocation of Guyana’s capital city.

Dear Editor, A recent headline reported that “Education Ministry to tackle teacher absenteeism – current situation ‘unacceptable’ in light of massive government investments, says Manickchand (Chronicle, June 1, 2024).”

Dear Editor, A letter, “The significance of May in Guyana’s history is still unknown to many” (SN, June 2, 2024) by Dr.

Dear Editor, In response to my labelling as anachronistic and destructive Lincoln Lewis’ fond reminiscences of violent action against people who appear to be scornful of and uncaring for strike action and his suggestion that the same should apply now, and his open encouragement for teachers not to go back to work during formal talks thereby breaching the GTU’s 1990 Agreement with the Government for the resolution and avoidance of disputes, all while he was comfortably receiving his guaranteed income through pensions, the goodly gentleman pens a nine-paragraph letter.

Dear Editor, The first person said it was “tough.”  The second one started and closed things out with “hard.” 

Dear Editor, Transporting cane from Skeldon to Albion, some distance to trek, seems unrealistic. 

Dear Editor, Two daily newspapers prominently carried a letter penned by Dr.

Dear Editor, The Minister of Education in a Facebook post recently shared her pride for the services being provided to a school.

Dear Editor, I am writing to highlight the pernicious effects of political party duopolies in the CARICOM Region, particularly in Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, and Jamaica.

Dear Editor, Last Friday, after attending a funeral service, I stopped to purchase two packets of envelopes.

Dear Editor, I am writing to express my deep concern about the current economic climate in Guyana, which has recently led to the unfortunate closure of two beloved establishments, Outside Bar and Kosmos.

Dear Editor, We, the members of the Department of Public Information’s team responsible for leading major out-of-town assignments, strongly condemn a letter published in the Kaieteur News on June 2, 2024, by an unknown individual claiming to be a ‘Concerned Staff’ of DPI leveling a series of unfounded, baseless, crass and scandalous allegations against our Director, Mr.

Dear Editor, We can only cross our hearts and hope for the best with the next common entrance batch as we watch our learners suffer so much learning loss once more.

Dear Editor, The Government of Guyana has over the years dating back to 2000 or 2001, the last year of the multi-year award by the 1999 Arbitration panel, failed, and has been willfully negligent in its constitutional duties of meeting with the bargaining agent for teachers, the Guyana Teachers’ Union, to arrive at salary adjustments commensurate with Guyana’s economic realities. 

Dear Editor, Again, was the cart put before the horse?  Shouldn’t interpreters have been provided to deal with the language barrier before the Cubans were deployed to the sugar corporation?

Dear Editor, I have been trying to follow the ongoing U-15 female football tournament presently but with two same age tournaments – Exxon & GFF-BLUE WATER – running concurrently it has become quite difficult.

Dear Editor, Your editorial ‘Govt and the Indigenous’ (SN 02 June 2024, https://www.stabroeknews.com/2024/06/02/opinion/editorial/govt-and-the-indigenous/)

Dear Editor, At the recent 4th Annual Conference of Small Island Developing States 2024, UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivered what can only be described as the punchline to a cosmic joke: major risk rating agencies, those bastions of financial wisdom, are apparently biased against our charmingly diminutive Caribbean nations.

Dear Editor, It was a pleasant and nostalgic walk down the shaded Samaan lined Main Street Avenue in the ‘Main Street Landmark’ Editorial (SN May 29).