Letters to the Editor

Insufficient recognition was given to the teachers who formed the core of Queen’s College

Dear Editor, On Tuesday morning, while reading the newspapers, I came across the article Queen’s College celebrating 180 years of excellence and I bemoan the fact that in that lovely picture where I see maybe 1000 heads gathered at the Cultural Centre depicting current and past students of Queen’s College gathered at the National Cultural Centre (Photos, Ministry of Education), I was not there and was not even invited. 

Without a bipartisan approach to oil driven immigration there is an inevitability that the remnants of a Guyanese way of life and culture will erode

Dear Editor, Guyana is now an established oil and gas producing country but there remains no system in place that will manage the influx of people, with different cultures and backgrounds from all over the world, and to develop infrastructure and other supporting services to cater for the demands of the rising numbers.

Safeguard human capital for Guyana’s future

Dear Editor, The Government truly deserves to be commended for its decision to remove university fees from January 2025, in keeping with the PPP/C manifesto promise and also as is mandated by Guyana’s Constitution.

Complete overhaul of NIS ought to be under consideration

Dear Editor,  Recently His Excellency announced interventions that would attempt to address some of the miseries of contributors that have been plaguing the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), but would these satisfy the other complaints experienced by contributors? In

The age of retirement

Dear Editor, Every student knows that he/she would only be eligible for an NIS pension at age 60, unless of course there are exceptional related circumstances.

Skirmishes over cash grant credit

Dear Editor, Can Guyanese ever agree on something again?  What hopes exist that there ever again will be some degree of consensus on anything at the political level? 

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