Opinion

On Sunday, the University of Guyana (UG), in keeping with its tradition of conferring honorary degrees on outstanding individuals, announced the names of recipients of honorary doctorates for this year’s convocation exercises.

Dear Editor, I have expressed questions and recommendations on the anticipated payout of $100K to ‘resident and non-resident Guyanese,’ over eighteen years of age as announced by Chief Spokesman for the PPP/C regime, Mr.

Dear Editor, The Republic Bank, Guyana Ltd has been running an advertisement in newspapers advising its Debit Card holders to have their cards upgraded to a new “Chip and PIN Visa Debit Card” that would carry enhanced security features.

Dear Editor, I watched a section of the last AFC’s press conference on Friday, November 1 during which Nigel Hughes, when asked whether the party should apologise for its role in attempting to rig the 2020 elections, responded, “Apologize for what?

Dear Editor, The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) is dismayed by the comments from AFC Member of Parliament (MP) Khemr.aj

Dear, Editor It will be remiss of me to not offer congratulations to Miss Tirishata Semple for being elected President of The University of Guyana Student Society (UGSS).

To state that the image of the Guyana Police Force has descended to worrisome depths – which we may not have thought conceivable even a few years ago – is to indulge in considerable understatement.

Dear Editor, The cash grant is on, that’s for sure. Whether $200,000, or $100,000, or some later fraction of that, because both Excellency Ali said so, and Dr.

Dear Editor,  I believe it will be useful to remind ourselves of the Fiscal Management and Accountability Act (FMAA) which is one of the framework laws that guide the process for the “Payment Authority” (see Section 31), “Payments from the Consolidated Funds” (see Section 52) and the “Accounting Procedures” (see Section 54) associated with all payments from the government coffers.

Dear Editor, The rejection and silence on the proposed referendum to vote on changing the PSA with Exxon is confirmation of the lack of concern for our citizens’ purse.

Dear Editor, Just when I thought that SN’s equivalent of “60 Minutes”, its closely followed cost-of-living series, would have to be wrapped in cottonwool and mothballed, the PPP Government came and gave it an extension on life.

Dear Editor, ‘Apologise for what’ is being asked?  For several things, like, having the country go all the way to CCJ regarding 33 is not the half of 65 and causing the delay in the holding of elections by the constitutional due date following the successful passage of NCM in 2018.  

Dear Editor, Minister Ramson and his team need to answer about the 2021 promised redesigned multi-purpose facility for Cornelia Ida Cricket Club Ground.

Dear Editor, In a few weeks, both Guyana and America will remember the tragic events of November 18, 1978, when Congressman Leo Ryan was killed investigating Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple in Jonestown.

Apart from the perplexing and injurious unwillingness of the PPP/C Government to bring ExxonMobil and company back to the negotiating table to staunch the haemorrhaging of money due to Guyana and its people, it is also failing on accountability for the auditing of the massive expenses claimed by the Stabroek Block venturers.

Dear Editor, One reads in the second paragraph of the Bank of Guyana’s Half Year Report 2024, “The Guyanese economy buoyancy continued with a real oil GDP growth of 49.7 percent and non-oil GDP growth of 12.6 percent” (p.

Dear Editor, Everyone has a story to tell, and we invite you to reflect on your own experiences—whether it’s a time when you might have been a bully, witnessed bullying, or found yourself on the receiving end.

Dear Editor, My empathy is with the residents of Crane who are currently suffering from the effects of ‘some form of hydroxide’ the source/origin of which is unknown.

Dear Editor, As Guyana’s economy experiences unprecedented growth, the demand for a skilled workforce has never been more critical.