Opinion

Dear Editor, I have noted the shadow finance minister describing the recent increase in the debt ceiling as “reckless borrowing”.

Dear Editor,  I am motivated to pen these few lines on the late Dr.

The advent of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry-staged Small Business Week provided a platform for local small businesses, across the sectors, to showcase both their creative skills and their entrepreneurial strengths in a country where state support for micro and small businesses remains well below what it ought to be.

Dear Editor, I had just read a BBC article (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66406137.amp) forwarded to me by Paul Tennassee regarding the recent Niger coup.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Stabroek News of June 8, 2023.,

Dear Editor, I am an engineer by profession so I will try to make my point in a succinct manner and not “beat around the bush”!

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Dr. Randolph Persaud’s letter titled: ‘Suggestion that Exxon is Guyana’s new slave master is baseless .

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Health’s Community Health Care Workers concept is indeed a good one, especially given that it emphasises that Georgetown and Region Four are not Guyana and it embraces communities across the nation.

Dear Editor, Editor, the raping of a country’s wealth is usually facilitated by corrupt officials.

Dear Editor, The perceived de-recognition of the organisation born out of the U N Decade is peeved and up in arms against a recently formed ethnic organisation, which it sees as having the support and blessings of the government of the day, as government officials were present at the launch.

Ninety percent (3.1 billion) of the women in the world today live in countries where there is a mammoth women’s empowerment deficit and the gender gap is a yawning chasm.

Dear Editor, The weekend of July 21 to 23, the period of July 30 to August 1, 2023, and August 5, 2023 will go down as seminal moments in the ongoing chasm between the current Government and the People of African Descent.

Dear Editor, The main private newspapers must be commended for often explaining the complex reports on Guyana’s economic performance, even as credible, accurate, timely, and adequate official information on the economy remains a challenge, if not a deliberate obstacle.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the letter, `The alarm bells at Gold Board were going off during Lall’s tenure’ (SN, August 05). 

Dear Editor, The sign reading `Exxon is Guyana’s New Slave Master’ published in the Guyanese media on August 3, 2023, is unimaginably offensive to the descendants of slavery, and to Exxon.

Dear Editor, The recent sitting of Parliament has provided a healthy debate on the country’s economic development.

The killing of Dr Olato Sam on Friday morning has focused public attention yet again on the danger which lurks on our streets, the prevalence of guns in the society and the continued inability of the Guyana Police Force to keep citizens safe.