Opinion

Dear Editor, In “A Teacher,” Claire Wilson (played by Kate Mara) ignores her own loving husband in favour of high school senior, Eric Walker (Nick Robinson), her student.

On Sunday, after hinting recently that such a project was in the pipeline, President Irfaan Ali turned the sod for the construction of the latest New Amsterdam General Hospital.

Dear Editor, The recent announcement of a 12-storey building for the new police station seems overly ambitious and may not serve the people of Guyana in its intended purpose.

Dear Editor, Elections are and will continue as an important aspect of our governance system.

Dear Editor, The Ghanaian oil expert Mr. George Owusu rejects the idea of cash grants and contends: “I do not believe in subsidies and giving people cash.

Dear Editor, I commend the Guyana Government on the principled position it is taking on a number of international issues, the most recent being its condemnation of attacks on shipping vessels by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea at the United Nations.

Dear Editor, I am beginning to feel my age, check the calendar some more, look at the clock ever so often. 

Last Friday, 5th January, the International Cricket Conference (ICC) revealed the fixture list for this year’s highly anticipated T20 World Cup.

Dear Editor, It is 2024 and the Paris Olympics looms.  What is the state of Guyana’s preparations to bring home medals this year?

Dear Editor, The distinguishing feature of any good management/leadership is the ability to anticipate future difficulties and to take corrective measures before those difficulties burgeon into immediate problems and even become catastrophes.

Dear Editor, A small band of the usual suspects are on a mission, not for the first time, to gag Bharrat Jagdeo, Guyana’s Vice President and the Leader of the PPP. 

Dear Editor, The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) notes with concern an article in Yesterday’s edition of the (January 8, 2024) Stabroek News, page 13 where the contributor sought to portray the image that “a pound of sugar that cost $120/$140 a couple months back; now costs $200”.

Dear Editor, Guyana is sadly lagging behind other countries where digitization of indentureship records is concerned.

Dear Editor It was worthwhile listening to that interview with the VC of UG on the “Dr.

Dear Editor, Twenty-five years in one place is an incredible achievement.

Dear Editor, A friend of one of my daughters spotted this floral tribute to Dr.

Dear Editor, The decision by the PPP/ C administration to construct a new $US161M state-of-the art hospital at New Amsterdam is a welcome development that will impact the quality of health care not only in Region Six but the country as a whole.

At his year-end press conference Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha, disclosed that the planned Barbados/Guyana Food Terminal, supposedly a critical cog in the wheel of regional food security is, after more than a year, still awaiting approval from the Town and Country Planning of Barbados and that the project will see development work this year.