Opinion

The matter of reparations has raised questions of history, yet again because there is a suggestion that indentureship should be included in the claims, and not just slavery.

Dear Editor, The 2006 Amerindian Act makes provision from Sections 48 to 53 for dealing with mining in the Amerindian Villages and provides safeguards for the villagers if they allow mining activities within the boundaries of their Titled Villages.

Dear Editor, With regards to its “ambitious” infrastructure projects, the PPP government has no hesitation in going on a spending splurge.

Dear Editor, Recently, the World Bank, using the Gross National Income (GNI) per capita measure, reclassified Guyana as a high-income country.

Dear Editor,  I am intervening as the mandated representative of a  Guyanese  family resident  in Canada.

Dear Editor, Local mainstream newspapers recently referenced a report from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) entitled: ‘Global and Regional Economies at a Crossroads‘.

Much like the polymer it was named for, Plastic City seems destined to be a forever issue.

Dear Editor, The writer should not be surprised or perturbed that constitutional adherence by the political party he supports is seemingly being flouted with the biennial congress being floated to be held later than constitutionally due (SN September 12), thus extending the incumbent’s executive time in office.

Dear Editor, False narratives on matters of public importance must never be left on the public record unrepudiated.

Dear Editor, Mankind’s exploitation of mankind has existed from the beginning of mankind, whether in one form of slavery, enforced labour and brutish cruelty or another.

Dear Editor, His Excellency, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, must be commended for his stewardship of the economy.

Dear Editor, I begin my letter not wishing all my Guyanese Indigenous brethrens a happy heritage month, because I don’t like what I am seeing.

Dear Editor, On the afternoon of September 11, 2023 at approximately 16:00 hrs, along the Annandale Market Road, the owner and driver of bus # BZZ 2813, was brutally attacked and stabbed about his body by an unknown assailant.

Dear Editor, The efforts by the police to curb lawlessness and recklessness on the roads have shifted gear, in response to the continuing carnage, with a name and shame publication of top offenders. 

Dear Editor, In connection with the matter of the misuse of the Indian Immigration Fund I join in full support and add my voice to the calls for the state to compensate the East Indian Community  for  the misappropriation of funds.

Dear Editor, This letter is in response to the letter published on September 11, 2023 in your letter column titled `Seeking information on Islamic conference.’

As we are fast becoming totally consumed by the subject of oil, its accompanying distractions – profits, barrels, taxes, etc – and the politics for the control of the coffers, our level of awareness of who we are, as a people and a nation, is quietly seeping through our fingers.