Opinion

Dear Editor, It is an irrefutable fact that one of the biggest drivers of our economy is the housing and industrial estates campaigns of the current Government of Guyana.

Dear Editor, On 2nd February, 2024, the PPP/C Government used their all-important control of the thirty-third seat in Parliament to amend the Natural Resource Fund Act to empower itself to remove a much larger portion of the money currently held in that Fund to use as they deem fit.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Teachers’ Union can trace its origins back to 1884 when it was established as the British Guiana Teachers’ Association during British colonial rule (reference: Commonwealth of Nations).

Dear Editor, I was privileged last weekend to attend a diaspora Guyana Speaks gathering to hear Guyana’s prize historiographer Professor Clem Seecharan launch his book Cheddi Jagan and the Cold War to a packed room in London’s Elephant and Castle.

Dear Editor, We live in a world where we assume that those persons who have been elevated to positions of decision-making on matters affecting the lives of citizens are possessed of a level of acumen and a knowledge of history to allow them to make decisions in the interest and welfare of the people they represent.

Dear Editor, I am writing to express my deep concern and disappointment regarding the recent decision of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to call a strike.

Dear Editor, Sometime last week an official government release stated that the increase in Old Age Pension and special assistance won’t be available until March 2024.

Last Friday, the United States Supreme Court ruled that US prosecutors had overreached their boundaries when they applied United States laws to groups of people, many of whom were foreign nationals, who allegedly defrauded FIFA, a foreign organisation based in Switzerland.

Dear Editor, Your editorial ‘Eradicating Poverty’ published in your January 20, 2024 edition sought to address the universal problem of poverty in a Guyanese context.

Dear Editor, Red Thread stands in solidarity with all categories of low-wage workers, be it nurses, domestics, teachers, security guards, waitresses and bartenders.

Dear Editor, CRG supports the Guyana Teachers’ Union‘s right to collective bargaining and encourages our fellow Guyanese to embrace the rights provided to all citizens as stated in the Constitution.

Dear Editor, I write in support of the contentions of a letter writer, Soorji Bishun, to SN on Friday 2nd instant.

Dear Editor, It is baffling that monies approved for new offices for Ministry of Housing and Water at Houston (INews Feb 1), while a massive multi-storey office complex saw funding also approved (Guy Std Feb1). 

Dear Editor, My husband, who is employed at GPL, informed me that the eighteen (18) used power generators that were purchased in Trinidad arrived before Christmas.

Dear Editor, I am writing to advocate for a crucial step in ensuring the transparency and accountability of public servants in Guyana.

Dear Editor, An issue happened to me on 3th February 2024.

Dear Editor, So our government has gone back to Parliament without consultation and can now dip further into the Natural Resource Fund (NRF), a reckless and irresponsible move.

It was always inevitable that, at some stage, Banks DIH Ltd.,