Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Retired workers in Guyana have for too long been shortchanged by entities such as the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) and Ministry of Education, institutions that can do far better when it comes to rewarding senior citizens who contributed throughout their working lives to keep them viable.

Dear Editor, The First Peoples of our beloved country are presently undergoing political and ethical dilemmas, lacking in genuine and sincere representation and sub-standard leadership by the state’s senior officials.

Dear Editor, Refer to the NRF 2022 Annual Report (Bank of Guyana).

Dear Editor, The perceived head of the list in the controversial continued parliamentary seat occupation has awoken from a long slumber and has written about loss of confidence (SN Mar 16).

Dear Editor, It is no trivial matter that the “People’s Progressive Party/Civic Government is partnering with key stakeholders to ensure TVET skills reach our young people and general workforce.”

Dear Editor, The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) has a moral and legal obligation to stand by the nation’s public school teachers and all society.

Dear Editor, The Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana is clear on public participation (articles 13, 38A and 149C) “No person shall be hindered in the enjoyment of participating through co-operatives, trade unions, civic or socio-economic organisations of a national character, in the management and decision-making processes of the State.”

Dear Editor, Alistair Routledge has been too long in Guyana.  In Guyanese speak, ‘he tink dat he alone gat sense.’ 

Dear Editor, As a Civil Society advocate, I want to bring to the attention of the Government the issue of the enormous difficulties citizens face in having a document notarized in Guyana.

Dear Editor, The Caribbean Voice is thrilled that the Friendship Bench concept for mental health has finally been introduced in Guyana.

 Dear Editor, Confucius advised us to:  “Chose a job you like, and you would never have to work a day in your life.”

Dear Editor, I am in complete agreement with Kit Nascimento that “Musings of a Poet” produced by the National Drama Company and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport was an extraordinarily impressive production (see letter to the Editor, March 13, 2024 `This was an extraordinarily impressive production’).

Dear Editor, The birth and death of Cheddi Jagan coincidentally occurred in the month of March.

Dear Editor, Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the Oscar winning movie “Oppenheimer” is whether J Robert Oppenheimer, the American scientist who invented the atomic bomb that killed thousands in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, was a communist.

Dear Editor, The proposed 300 MW Gas to Power plant will be the largest project (single capital expenditure) in Guyana’s history hence there should be “no room” for errors, delays or failures.

Dear Editor, Over the last few months, the letters pages of our newspapers have bared a heated debate on the role of ideology and Dr Cheddi Jagan during our independence era.

Dear Editor, In a letter which was published in Stabroek News on March 14, Mr.

Dear Editor, There have been varying responses to my recent letter which highlighted that;  1.

Dear Editor, It gets more bizarre daily.  First cop fatally shot by colleague,  being deemed unintentional, an accident and ‘friendly fire’.

Dear Editor, I refer to two letters in the SN newspaper recently, one letter from former GuySuCo Chairman Vic Oditt who wrote “The change to raw instead of refined sugar and other factors led to the failure of the Skeldon modernization project.”