Opinion

Dear Editor, I would like to bring to your attention a pressing concern that has been plaguing the residents of Mon Repos North and surrounding communities on the East Coast of Demerara.

Dear Editor, Guyanese may be glad to hear of the PPP’s recent announcement of the $200,000 one-off payment for families among other `prags’.

Dear Editor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is making a Caribbean visit in November; Guyana has been chosen as the host.

Dear Editor, A “Conference on Hindu Issues in the Caribbean and the Diaspora” is scheduled to be held next Saturday at the National Convention Centre. 

Dear Editor, Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance Dr.

While President Irfaan Ali was in full flow in Parliament on Thursday, the opposition was demonstrating outside.

Dear Editor, Since the dawn of Guyana’s political Independence on May 26, 1966 successive leaders and Governments have publicly dreamed about “One People, One Nation, One Destiny”.

Dear Editor,  I noted in the Stabroek News on Friday, October 11, 2024 that President Dr.

Dear Editor, I have a sense of great reward in my letter of last week on, “not depriving ourselves of joy in Exxon’s discovery of oil off our shore.”

Dear Editor, I am writing to express my deep concern and disappointment regarding the recent response I received from the Ministry of Human Services &Social Security, stating that my niece is too old to be adopted.

Dear Editor, I couldn’t help but chuckle when I read about President Ali announcing $200,000 for each household.

Dear Editor, Every day on television whether it is on the BBC, CNN, or one of the American networks, NBC, CBS, ABC or Fox, if we have any interest at all as Guyanese in the world in which we live, we see and hear about the horror of the violence and loss of life precipitated by the country of Israel’s violent confrontation with the Palestinian population which surrounds it. 

Dear Editor,  The public announcement by President, Irfaan Ali, in Guyana’s National Assembly, today, Thursday October 10, 2024, about the one-off cast grant distribution of $200,000 to each household is an extremely thinly vailed political ploy aimed at winning favour ahead of Regional and General Elections, here, in Guyana slated for 2025.

It goes without saying that the money being disbursed or committed by this government is the entitlement of all of the people of this country.

Dear Editor, I took a trip out of town to Parliament – only that when the President is present remember pedants – to renew my impressions from years ago.

Dear Editor, The ‘talk of the town’ is about the proposed confirmation of Clifton Hicken, the extended acting Commissioner of Police as Commissioner.

Dear Editor, As discussions about democracy and governance dominate the national conversation, we must not forget the far deeper crisis that many Guyanese face on a daily basis: abject poverty.

Dear Editor, The things that will only take place in Guyana… like having fuel bonds, selling gasoline and diesel, in the midst of hotels, restaurants, grocery store, night club, even a pharmacy… all places where people congregate, mix and mingle.