Opinion

 Dear Editor, One sees so many brains – on either scale of the divide – storming about salaries, budgeted scales that pretend to represent the value of jobs in the Public Service and the Teach-ing Profession, respectively.

Dear Editor, The pressing issue of equitable prosperity in Guyana amidst the backdrop of its burgeoning oil industry has been publicized ad nauseum.

Dear Editor, On Friday February 23, 2024, the Macedonia Joppa Voluntary Committee (MJVC), a registered non-profitable organization on the Corentyne will mark 44 years since Guyana became a Cooperative Republic with the largest Mashramani celebrations ever in Region 6.

Dear Editor, There is a significant oil spill in Caribbean waters off the coast of Tobago which should have galvanized our local environmentalists into action!

Dear Editor, Democracy is one strange animal, an unending fascination.  Perhaps, it is the understanding and practices of democracy in Guyana that are strange, in that they are unique to here. 

Dear Editor, Let me commend your newspaper for the series on cost of living published weekly at various markets and other places – the photos of respondents and comments on the impact of the cost of living on the standard of living as well as on quality of life.

Dear Editor, Teachers are like parents at school. A labourer is worthy of his hire.

Let’s get one thing straight. However and whenever the teachers’ strike ends, the lesson learned will include the fact that around here nothing really changes, and the maxim that talk is cheap truly applies.

Dear Editor, By a quirk from pre-Independence days, the accounts of trade unions are audited by the Auditor General of Guyana, although the Constitution makes the Auditor General the auditor of the country’s public accounts. 

Dear Editor, The teachers’ strike raised issues of accountability via the submission of audited financial statements.

x Dear Editor, In his letter published in the February 9, 2024 edition of S/N, Vishnu Bisram sought to have readers believe that had Jagan abandoned his ideological convictions, not hooked up with the Soviet Union and, had he hitched his wagon to the USA, he would have remained in office following the 1964 election.

Dear Editor, When we contemplate on the effort that Indo-Guyana have made over the years to preserve and foster their culture, under trying circumstances, we would appreciate the significant role of Mohan Nandu, one of Guyana’s greatest musicians and cultural leaders. He

Dear Editor, The ongoing teachers’ strike bring back memories of the school strike on the Corentyne exactly 47 years ago.

Dear Editor, Spin a yarn often enough and soon it becomes a mantra. 

Dear Editor, In 2016, Guyana’s per capita GDP was about US$6,000 while its growth rate was about 4%. 

Dear Editor, Reference servicecommission.gov.gy, a trained teacher (TS3) had a minimum salary of $100,886 in 2017.

On the morning of the 19th January, while the West Indies were still licking their wounds from the First Test defeat by Australia at the Adelaide Oval, Cricket West Indies (CWI) CEO, Johnny Grave was on a Zoom call with former England captains Mike Atherton and Nasser Hussain, joint hosts of the weekly Sky Sports cricket podcast.