Opinion

Dear Editor, On 18th November, 1978, I was sitting in Guyana’s Consulate Office in New York City as Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister when Forbes Burnham called to inform me that people had been killed in Jonestown and that he would advise me as he learnt more.

Dear Editor, I attended a funeral this afternoon.   Afterwards, many of us began to talk about the coming general elections next year. 

Dear Editor, As the debate on the need to implement biometrics for voter identification in Guyana’s general elections continues, it seems that the focus is really on electronic verification of fingerprints and not facial recognition, voice recognition, or iris (eye) scan.

Dear Editor, ANUG/TNM/LJP formed an alliance through the joinder list provision to contest the elections. 

Dear Editor, Yesterday, I read a letter in the paper urging the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) to honour the original deadline for their film competition.

Dear Editor, The outgoing chairman of ICC Mr.Greg Barclay recently questioned the sustainability of Cricket West Indies which has received less than 5% of ICC revenue under the 2024-2027 model, pointing out that CWI can barely balance their books.

Guyana, a country rich in natural resources and cultural diversity, is home to a significant Amerindian population, whose communities have experienced centuries of marginalization and exploitation.

Dear Editor, I will not visit the NIS Office at Pouderoyen Region 3 to register for the Cash Grant because I will be endangering my life at the age of 76 in consequence of the extremely high number of registrants per day in the course of the 5 days allocated making the whole exercise a nightmare for me.

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to the idea that the oil companies are granting Guyana a fair deal with their 50/50 billboard in which Guyana is getting one-half of the profits from sale of crude oil.

Dear Editor, On December 27th, 2023, Stabroek News posted an article on the inability of the Guyana’s National Archives to provide travel records of indentured servants from India, who landed on the shores of Guyana over one hundred and fifty years ago.

Dear Editor, I would like to comment on a letter by Mr Carl Parker in yesterday’s Stabroek News in which he complained about the poor system of distribution of the $100,000 grants to Lethem residents.

Dear Editor, I write with a deep sense of commitment to the preservation of Guyana’s history and heritage and in light of recent developments surrounding the National Archives of Guyana Digitization Project.

Dear Editor, I am writing to express my concern about the growing issue of irresponsible driving on our roadways.

Dear Editor Now that Guyana’s greatest ever cricketing icon Sir Clive Lloyd has guided the Global Super League to fruition with the final today, is not time for the young minister of sport Charles Ransom Jnr to announce that the Providence Stadium will be renamed in Clive’s honour?

Dear Editor, The words of the late Jim Elliot “He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose,” were made popular by Gospel artiste Twila Promise.

Dear Editor,        Is The New Movement (TNM) representative’s refusal to vacate the seat in parliament not a shameful act?

Dear Editor, Reference to my letter published on Tuesday, December 3, 2024; where several issues were highlighted regarding the functioning of the Twelfth Parliament of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, including Minister Zulfikar Mustapha’s refusal to provide responses to questions posed by me on salary and benefits of the new Chief Executive Officer of GuySuCo, Mr.

Dear Editor, Recently, I toured Portugal and the observations I made left me wondering as to what is really going on in our country where, for example, a citizen who goes out for a dinner or a lunch has to pay more money (almost double) than in Portugal for an equivalent meal; where the service at restaurants in Portugal leaves us way behind; where the quality of the food leaves us way behind – all because the Portuguese economy is greatly more self-sufficient (84% self-sufficiency index) than our economy.