Opinion

Dear Editor, Refer to statisticsguyana.gov.gy: Data table; Merchandise Imports Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF) value by category.

Dear Editor, I wish to express my gratitude to the Guyana Registrar Office for responding to two of four applications for birth certificates posted on October 16, 2023 under transmittal number 213-10-07 from the Wales Post Office.

Dear Editor, I write with great apprehension and angst both as a seasoned educator (in Guyana and the US) and journalist with 40+ years of experience having written for publications in the Caribbean, North America, and the Middle East and elsewhere.

Dear Editor, I am concerned what knowledge and practice of obeah does Minister Priya Manickchand understand and know that led her to believe and state that the actions of a person last Thursday (February 15, 2024) in front of the Ministry of Education was an obeah act?

Dear Editor, I have been a strong advocate for better salaries and benefits for teachers both in Guyana and in North Carolina where the North Carolina Constitution prohibits collective bargaining and strikes for public sector workers.

Dear Editor, The union wants a formal invitation from government on meaningful talks on salaries before ending its strike action. 

Well, who can argue against the Georgetown Seafront and Resort Convention Centre to be built along Carifesta Avenue over the next three years?

Dear Editor, There had been apparent controversy regarding both prices and incomes data generated by official reports purportedly measuring the Guyana Cost of Living, reflected  by the Consumer Price Index, CPI and the Nominal Gross Domestic Product, GDP.  

Dear Editor, Over the last month I have seen dozens of reports from Guyana and received several social media posts forwarded to me about Guyana’s immense wealth, as measured by independent external agencies.

Dear Editor, I listened with keen interest the last edition of “Issues in the news “ presented by Attorney General, Anil Nandlall.

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Education’s blatant hypocrisy demands immediate condemnation.

Dear Editor, Recent reports of efforts to mechanise sugar  can target the main item that negatively impacts the cost of production.

Dear Editor, The passing of Mohan Nandu (3/9/1936 – 8/2/1924), the iconic Guyanese Indian singer, marks the end of an era in local “Indian” music.

Dear Editor, The period of the Cold War was the most important geopolitical episode of the last century.

Dear Editor, The Labour Act of Guyana Chapter 98:01, Sections 30, 31, and 32, identifies the mechanism of “collective agreements”, provides guidance to the parties to such agreements, and emphasizes the “binding enforceability” of such agreements. 

Dear Editor, The minority arm of the coalition made the valid point that the Tobago oil spill should serve as a wake-up call for us. 

Dear Editor, In my letter of 14 – 02 – 24 I wrote: “There is no reference in the reports of the Auditor General up to 2022 to suggest that financial statements of NAACIE were audited in the past five years.”

On Tuesday we published information contained in a February 9 report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies about Venezuela’s military build-up in Ankoko as well as on its Atlantic coast.