Opinion

Dear Editor, CRG had previously clarified why there is a need for ring fencing in the oil sector, but the recent news in the press makes it necessary to provide a reminder as to why it is important.

Dear Editor, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves must do the decent thing and remove himself forthwith from the long-term position as interlocutor of the Argyle Agreement dated 14th December 2023, an agreement that aims to navigate a relationship between Guyana and Venezuela that this country shares a border issue with.

Dear Editor, The National Jobs Bank (Guyana National online job centre) was the brainchild of President Irfaan Ali.

Dear Editor, In his recent address, President Irfaan Ali spoke passionately about his vision for transforming Guyana and a better quality of life for its people.

The good news is that the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) has finally issued  a decision on a complaint before it, almost 18 months after it was constituted.

Dear Editor, The year 2023 has ended and many Committees of the National Assembly have not completed their assignments.

Dear Editor, With reference to an article in SN dated January 6, 2024, captioned `US$35m contract sealed for MacKenzie-Wismar bridge’, the Minister of Public Works is reported in the article as saying the former APNU+AFC Government proposed to build a new two-lane bridge across the Demerara River to the tune of US$30 million.

Dear Editor, On January 3, 2024, his birth date, my friend Earl John… currently transitioning to the ancestors, promised himself that he would stand on his own two feet, and miraculously – he did.

Dear Editor, Basdeo Panday, the fifth Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, lies in state at Red House in Port of Spain.

Dear Editor, Last year the President ordered the NIS to process all backlogged cases by year end.

The main interlocutor at Argyle, Prime Minister of St Vincent Ralph Gonsalves, found himself in an embarrassing situation last week when an image of him standing behind a papier mâché map showing Essequibo as part of Venezuela appeared on social media.

Dear Editor, The divisiveness in Guyana’s politics commenced in the years leading up to the 1964 general elections with the machinations to prevent Cheddi Jagan from leading the country into independence.

Dear Editor, The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) has finally issued a report based on a complaint from a contractor.

Dear Editor, Two issues have been dominating the headlines in Guyana for months – the flawed Exxon Oil Contract and the Essequibo border issue.

Dear Editor, January 1st 2024, marking the 74th anniversary of the founding of the PPP quietly went by.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition politicians yesterday extended the functions of a committee administering the country’s overseas assets, which replaced the now-eliminated interim government, for 12 more months.

Dear Editor, While I believe that auditing everyone (especially politicians) to keep their fingers out of the cookie jar is the way to go, the question needs to be asked about whatever happened to the audits instituted by the David Granger Administration?