Dear Editor,
SN is commended for a well written, balanced editorial (DEC 6), “Royalties for Everyone”, on the decision by the government of Suriname to grant a savings note (royalty shareholding certificate) of US$750 to each of its citizens, payable after 2028 with 7% interest and a contrast with Guyana’s grant.
Dear Editor,
The cash grant process in Region 9 was chaotic and shambolic to say the least.
Dear Editor,
A schedule put out by the government on December 4 on distribution of the $100,000 grant lists several masjids and community centers.
Dear Editor,
I am puzzled by the manner of our Administration re the $100,000.payout
Dear Editor,
We all know the wait for the 2025 budget for some to get their entitled $100,000 cash gifts can feel endless, especially when there are bills to pay or plans for Christmas.
Dear Editor,
On 18th November, 1978, I was sitting in Guyana’s Consulate Office in New York City as Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister when Forbes Burnham called to inform me that people had been killed in Jonestown and that he would advise me as he learnt more.
Dear Editor,
I attended a funeral this afternoon. Afterwards, many of us began to talk about the coming general elections next year. There
Dear Editor,
As the debate on the need to implement biometrics for voter identification in Guyana’s general elections continues, it seems that the focus is really on electronic verification of fingerprints and not facial recognition, voice recognition, or iris (eye) scan.
Dear Editor,
ANUG/TNM/LJP formed an alliance through the joinder list provision to contest the elections.
Dear Editor,
Yesterday, I read a letter in the paper urging the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) to honour the original deadline for their film competition.
Dear Editor,
The outgoing chairman of ICC Mr.Greg Barclay recently questioned the sustainability of Cricket West Indies which has received less than 5% of ICC revenue under the 2024-2027 model, pointing out that CWI can barely balance their books.
Dear Editor,
I will not visit the NIS Office at Pouderoyen Region 3 to register for the Cash Grant because I will be endangering my life at the age of 76 in consequence of the extremely high number of registrants per day in the course of the 5 days allocated
making the whole exercise a nightmare for me.
Dear Editor,
I wish to respond to the idea that the oil companies are granting Guyana a fair deal with their 50/50 billboard in which Guyana is getting one-half of the profits from sale of crude oil.
Dear Editor,
On December 27th, 2023, Stabroek News posted an article on the inability of the Guyana’s National Archives to provide travel records of indentured servants from India, who landed on the shores of Guyana over one hundred and fifty years ago.
Dear Editor,
I would like to comment on a letter by Mr Carl Parker in yesterday’s Stabroek News in which he complained about the poor system of distribution of the $100,000 grants to Lethem residents.
Dear Editor,
I write with a deep sense of commitment to the preservation of Guyana’s history and heritage and in light of recent developments surrounding the National Archives of Guyana Digitization Project.
Dear Editor,
I am writing to express my concern about the growing issue of irresponsible driving on our roadways.
Dear Editor
Now that Guyana’s greatest ever cricketing icon Sir Clive Lloyd has guided the Global Super League to fruition with the final today, is not time for the young minister of sport Charles Ransom Jnr to announce that the Providence Stadium will be renamed in Clive’s honour?
Dear Editor,
The words of the late Jim Elliot “He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose,” were made popular by Gospel artiste Twila Promise.
Dear Editor,
Is The New Movement (TNM) representative’s refusal to vacate the seat in parliament not a shameful act?