Opinion

Dear Editor, The fire that has engulfed Amelia’s Ward in Linden for days—now declared a regional disaster—lays bare a deeper, long standing problem: Guyana’s centralized disaster management apparatus is ill-equipped, under-resourced at the regional level, and dangerously slow to respond.

Dear Editor, What China had eluded before has now come down on its head full blast.

Dear Editor, I noted with interest the announcement that President Irfaan Ali yesterday accepted the Letters of Credence from the People’s Republic of Bangladesh’s Non-Resident High Commissioner, His Excellency Asad Alam Siam, at the Office of the President.  While diplomatic relations between Guyana and Bangladesh are welcome, I believe it would be timely and appropriate for President Ali to engage Ambassador Siam in a dialogue concerning Bangladesh’s position on the plight of the Rohingya people — a humanitarian issue that continues to demand urgent international attention.  The Rohingya have faced longstanding persecution and discrimination in Myanmar, where they were denied citizenship, subjected to violence, and forced to flee en masse.

Dear Editor,  I don’t believe the talks have collapsed but rather back on life support. 

Dear Editor,  While I was trying to understand the rationale for the opposition parties (mainly PNCR and AFC) contesting the upcoming elections, INDEPENDENTLY, I came up with the “arrangement” introduced into our political “landscape” by the alliance of ANUG, JLP and that obscure party whose doctor is wickedly denying an MP from ANUG taking up a seat in Parliament, by being allowed to squat in that forum.

On April 16th at a press briefing at the Chinese Embassy, Charge d’ Affaires Huang Rui was asked about matters connected to the border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela and his response was most unacceptable and unsettling. 

Dear Editor, Does the USA have oversight powers similar to what the Governor-General exercised under a monarchical constitution?

Dear Editor, China’s tilt towards Venezuela once again was declared last week when its Chargé d’Affaires of the Chinese Embassy was asked to comment on the Venezuelan warship’s incursion into Guyana’s EEZ last month to accost the Exxon/Hess/CNOOC’s FPSO. 

Dear Editor, As we celebrate and extend congratulations to four outstanding media workers Gordon Moseley, Michella Abraham-Ali, Michael Jordan and Paul Vanvield recognized with the Guyana Press Association (GPA) lifetime achievement award, this significant contribution was fittingly to commemorate World Press Freedom Day.

Dear Editor, There was an announcement on Thursday that the AFC and the PNCR-APNU will be contesting the 2025 elections separately.

Dear Editor, This is in reference to your news report (Apr 17) from China’s representative in Guyana that China will not become involved in the border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela.

Dear Editor,  A sawmill fire in the mining town erupted and has been burning for several days, with the latest being a declaration of a regional disaster.  

Dear Editor, Guyana’s diversity is a point of pride, but it is no secret that disparities exist across our ethnic communities.

Dear Editor, As we celebrate Easter—a time of hope and renewal—I feel compelled to speak about what still breaks my heart in this country.

Dear Editor, China’s offer to aid with Venezuela and the Ministry’s rash response, which pushes China aside may be a missed opportunity for our country.

Dear Editor, The political scene in Guyana is changing by the day.

In this malodorous, rubbish-strewn capital of ours, where the drains are clogged, the electricity supply is erratic and an uninterrupted water supply is contingent on owning an overhead tank with a pump, the skyline is now to be transformed.

Dear Editor, Further to the court case filed by Chris Ram (Apr 16) and a commentary ((Apr 17) on the constitutional challenge of the right of adult citizens to run for national office as independents, challenges are also needed to the legality of the constitution itself and the right of Members of Parliament (MPs), geographical ones in particular, to take an independent role (position) in parliament without being removed by the head of the party list.