Opinion
Skeldon 2.0?
What was clear from the Ministry of Public Works’ end of year press conference is that there are a number of infrastructure projects that are suffering serious delays.
Nothing further on Mahdia CoI
Dear Editor, Several days since it was reported the Report of the CoI into the Mahdia fire was completed and to be handed over to the President.
Guyana’s coconut industry is increasing as its products are growing in popularity globally
Dear Editor, I hope that we can all see the value inhering in the reality that “Guyana (is anticipating) 1,000 acres of coconut production this year.”
The will to root out this cancer at the ministry is not there
Dear Editor, It just seems baffling that with known years of corruption and fraud scandals at the ministry, now only one person was fired and to be charged, in the latest round of investigation. It
2023 will be remembered as a year with high death toll
Dear Editor, 2023 will be remembered for the year Guyana was consumed, devoured and maligned by a society intoxicated with venomous characters and sanitized with benign personalities.
Give serious consideration to state media privatization
Dear Editor, Using taxpayers’ monies to prop up state media gives them an unfair advantage against the free and independent media.
Ali’s phased-in free university education approach sounds more like political electioneering
Dear Editor, President Irfaan Ali’s announcement his regime will phase in free university education is an insult to the university fraternity- past, present and potential students.
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Prisoner rehabilitation
The public has tended to see prisons primarily as places of retributive justice and as such they consider inmates should find the incarceration experience both disagreeable and austere.
It is in our nation’s best interest to maintain a peaceful path
Dear Editor, When it comes to wars rooted in religious beliefs, ethnic identity and economic philosophy we must as a nation avoid getting involved, especially when the repercussions can result in internal conflicts and economic problems on our own soil.
Argyle was a band aid that favoured Maduro
Dear Editor, I cannot disagree with those who see Argyle as a triumph of diplomacy.
Our elderly are not cared enough about
Dear Editor, I am responding to the letter, in your newspaper, captioned: “Senior citizens can hope” published on January 3, 2024”.
Family, Friends and Favourites
Dear Editor, The opposition has been very vocal about their concerns with favouritism shown by the PPP when it comes to access to revenue.
Any society that does not eliminate murder and brutality against women must be seen as a society that enables it
Dear Editor, As long as we have leaders who do not respect the value of women, our nation’s females will continue to be slaughtered at the hands of men.
Woodlands in my opinion is the best run medical facility in Guyana
Dear Editor, I refer to a letter from one Ramcharitar in August 2023 about poor service at Woodlands Hospital, and he condemns that medical institution, which I personally admire.
More of the same
In many ways, it’s really nothing more than the nature of the beast.
Cartoon
Natural Resources Fund is essentially an Extra Budgetary Fund
Dear Editor, The Natural Resources Fund (NRF) is essentially an Extra Budgetary Fund, established pursuant to Section 39 (1) of the Fiscal Management and Accountabi-lity Act 2003.
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