Opinion
Caribbean more integrated than ever, Caricom notwithstanding
Dear Editor, Over the five decades of Cari-com’s existence, our leaders have signed successive agreements committing our region to ever stronger cooperation, all the while implementing policies that are more and more divergent.
The AG must publicly say why the appointments of the Chancellor and Chief Justice have not happened
Dear Editor, It was with some surprise that I noted the recent statement by our Attorney General to the effect that power-sharing and shared governance in our circumstances is not an option.
The offensive label of this YouTube video needs to be changed since its intent is to mislead
Dear Editor, I recently viewed a video ‘Why Guy-ana Is Hindu’.
We seem committed to reinforcing a pathology of inferiority
Dear Editor, Is there an implication that the University of Guyana and counterpart institutions in CARICOM have insufficient capacity to teach foreign languages?
Lame-brained explanations
Dear Editor, It is beyond understanding that the lame-brained explanation offered by community officials to residents for a large sum of unaccounted cash as being discovered only when they returned to their hotel room and the commercial bank “had robbed them”.
Politikles
Deaths, lives and statistics
At his press conference on July 12, President Ali made some grand claims about the progress his government has made in the area of healthcare, backing these up with a series of statistics on life expectancy and child and maternal mortality rates.
To ignore the views of either gov’t or opposition can be to our disadvantage
Dear Editor, Some Guyanese hold the view that it is a waste time to listen to Glen Lall, David Hinds, Kidackie Amsterdam, Sherod Duncan or Henry Jeffrey.
There are ranks who wish to serve and protect amidst an untrustworthy hierarchy
Dear Editor, So our Hon. Minister of Home Affairs has stated that the public has confidence in the Guyana Police Force.
A point system for violations and strict licence suspensions would make drivers more conscious of their responsibilities
Dear Editor, In recent years a number of road users have lost their lives needlessly in Guyana-and the rate keeps increasing.
Tinted vehicles parked around the Leonora Police Station
Dear Editor, No doubt, with the recent spate of accidents caused by trucks, especially, the Guyana Police Force would embark on some temporary comedy show, which would yield some results, but because of inconsistency, no doubt, the situation would return to normal gradually.
Sugar workers’ strike action flies in the face of good faith
Dear Editor, Is this for real? Sugar workers striking and demanding compensation as some were re-assigned to the soon to be reopened estate?
Politikles
1823
Today marks the two hundredth anniversary of one of the Caribbean’s great uprisings.
Our Shadow Ministers must now come out of the shadows
Dear Editor Many of our opposition politicians in Guyana have had a taste of governance.
Our vehicle duties system defies logic
Dear Editor, Our vehicle duties system, which charges citizens based on the year and engine size, defies logic on multiple fronts.
Any national entity draining our taxes is a form of massive injustice
Dear Editor, Someone drew to my attention a strongly worded letter appearing in the Chronicle newspapers of Monday August 14, 2023 titled “Hamilton Green owes the nation an apology.”
Excessive expansion of multistoried structures has created challenging issues
Dear Editor, If perchance there has been a mistake, two not unrelated incidents of disrespect were reported to have occurred in Region 10 recently.
Grievance with GT&T goes back to almost 2 months
Dear Editor, I would be grateful for the publication of this letter, with the hope that through this medium GT&T could address my concern.
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