Opinion

Dear Editor, A non-government US team was scheduled to arrive in Guyana from the United States on November 13, 2023, on a so-called fact-finding mission.

On Saturday, 9th December, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will hold its Electoral Congress at the GFF Training Centre at Providence, East Bank Demerara.

Dear Editor, The opposition is commended for unanimously supporting the government on the border issue in which Venezuela is (wrongfully) claiming some two-thirds of Guyana’s territory and planning a referendum to ratchet up the claim.

Dear Editor, Vice-President Delcy Rodriguez is a shrewd, skillful and experienced diplomat, a star who has previously risen through the ministerial ranks to Minister of Foreign Affairs and then President of the Constituent Assembly.

Dear Editor, Lincoln Lewis asks “What if some time down the road, Venezuela turns up with a document (real or contrived), with Jagdeo’s signature and Guyana’s seal that states such a discussion was had and agreed on?”

Dear Editor, I am writing to express my concern and to seek clarification on the status of the enhancement project in Durey Lane, Campbellville, announced with much fanfare in January 2022.

Dear Editor, Benjamin Franklin, known as one of the founding fathers of the United States of America was an inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. 

Dear Editor, I just saw a very disturbing documentary on YouTube called “How Exxon stole a 3rd world country”.

Dear Editor, The rise in Guyanese’s concern about immigration levels is likely tied to the record numbers of Venezuelans coming to Guyana the past two years.

We wait in a condition of frustrating powerlessness for a definitive medical determination as to whether sixteen year-old Golden Grove Secondary School student, Jamal Reid, the victim of last Thursday’s gruesome school yard attack with a cricket bat, will survive his injuries, recover fully, go on to sit his CXC’s and afterwards, get on with the remainder of what, hopefully, will be a productive life.

Dear Editor, The front page of the Stabroek News, October 27, 2023 screamed with the shocking news.

Dear Editor, People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary and Guyana’s Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo, at his press conference last Thursday sought to cast aspersion that yours truly is an extremist for holding him to account for his government’s discussion to grant Venezuela “a channel to the sea” when that country is coveting two-thirds of our land, settled by the 1899 Arbitral Award.

Dear Editor, Were the ICJ to rule favourably on the provisional requests of Guyana, and Venezuela still proceeds with its unlawful referendum, would world bodies such as UN and OAS suspend or expel that country from membership of those organizations?

Dear Editor, Recently, President Ali and Prime Minister Mark Phillips have been preoccupied with addressing the border controversy and briefing the opposition on the false and illegitimate claims by President Maduro of Venezuela.

Dear Editor, Many letters have appeared in your letters’ column on the Israel/Gaza conflict but most, if not all, embrace a mindful gap of the global impact arising out of Hamas’ actions on October 7, 2023; among the 1,200 hostages held in Gaza are those who either hold dual citizenship or are citizens of 40 countries.

Dear Editor, The calls have been coming from more than a few quarters in Guyana. 

Dear Editor, I wish to commend the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha for yet another display of cultural extravaganza.