Dear Editor,
I read Ras Marcus` letter, in the Stabroek News, of April 20, 2024 captioned: “Afro-Guyanese groups skeptical of Alexander’s attempts to sway public opinion”.
Dear Editor,
Monday April 22 marks eighteen years since the assassination of Minister Satyadeow ‘Sash’ Sawh, two of his siblings and his security guard.
Dear Editor,
The Government of Guyana needs to increase the budgetary allocation for technical education by 300%, especially for direct skills training if it is serious about creating jobs for our people.
Dear Editor,
Reference is made to an article carried in the Stabroek News edition of April 21, 2024, with the caption “AFC calls for gov’t nominees on PPC to step down over Tepui decision”.
Dear Editor,
It is understandable that Guyanese people should feel euphoria over the discovery of oil in our waters and the prospects which this presents, but what this means for our future is an open question.
Dear Editor,
In the current climate of racial tension and division, it is imperative that we approach our discourse with clarity, honesty, and fairness.
Dear Editor,
Mr. David Patterson, then Minister of Public Infrastructure under the APNU+AFC Govern-ment, was found by the Public Procurement Com-mission (PPC) to be directly in breach of the Procurement Act when in or about 2016 he took an “unsolicited proposal” procurement request directly to Cabinet, bypassing the open tendering process mandated by law.
Dear Editor,
My Company ‘GEMS Theatre Productions’ just concluded the staging of Twelfth Night for 6 performances at the National Cultural Centre which was sponsored by the Ministry of Education.
Dear Editor,
In response to my letter in SN on April 16, regarding the acquisition and placement of steel sheet piling (SSP) around his property in Lodge, Elder Hamilton Green, a Minister in the former PNC Government under the late President Burnham, claimed that the information I gave therein was unfounded and a distortion and total untruth.
Dear Editor,
I have noticed that over the last few days, after the collapse of a section of the Stabroek Market Wharf, the Guyana Chronicle has dedicated a significant percentage of column inches in that newspaper, to criticise the management of the Georgetown City Council.
Dear Editor,
I note a letter from Joel Bhagwandin in yesterday’s SN titled “The summary of the PPC’s Tepui contract findings indicates that there was no breach of the Procurement Act” which explains the rationale behind their recent report.
Dear Editor,
When last, on 22nd March, 2024, I publicly commented on Venezuela’s claim to the Essequibo region of Guyana in a letter to the media, I concluded by pointing out that Venezuela’s President, Nicolas Maduro, “has obviously become a desperate man, cannot be relied upon to honour his word nor his signature on any agreement and that Guyana must now be prepared to address the consequences of any action which Maduro may decide to take”.
Dear Editor,
The recently concluded Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) graduation, the numerous complaints, pre- and post-graduation, made by the students and were posted on the infamous Melly Mel’s Facebook page, have caused quite a stir in the education sector.