Opinion

Dear Editor, As reported in Stabroek News, July 4, 2023, the  Government Of Guyana (GOG) signed a US$150 Million loan with Saudi Arabia’s – Saudi Fund for Development ( SFD).

It was Trinidad Prime Minister Keith Rowley who told the University of the West Indies last week that it had fallen away from its mission in scientific research.

Dear Editor, The ear-catching announcement that both sets of Pensioners’ Payments will be made at the same time, with effect from July 1, may probably have caught some relevant agencies by surprise.

Dear Editor, I thank Mr. Timothy Jonas SC, General Secretary ANUG, for his useful contribution on the hot-button Guyanese issue of the day (https://www.stabroeknews.com/2023/06/23/opinion/letters/dharamlall-the-minister-has-a-duty-to-answer-a-host-of-questions/).

Dear Editor, The state media continues its propaganda blitz and as recently as Wednesday in a stoutly worded Editorial in the State controlled publicly funded newspaper it claimed that the PPP has fulfilled all of its 2020 manifesto promises, including the thousands of new jobs.

Dear Editor, Schools, health facilities, government buildings, homes…the construction juggernaut marches on.

Dear Editor, As I grieve for the passing away of my brother Pandit Chandrecca Persaud of Patentia, West Bank Demerara, I reflect on his life in consistent service as a Hindu Priest, Justice of the Peace, Commission-er of Oaths.

Dear Editor, The ‘Titanic’, that super, luxury liner, which plunged into the depths of the Atlantic, over a century ago, taking with it over fifteen hundred lives, has taken five lives on a catastrophic voyage to the wrecked site. 

December 17, 1903. On a small island off the coast of North Carolina, a contraption made of not much more than wood and cloth with a small engine and propeller strapped to its front flew a distance of 120 ft along the sand dunes.

Dear Editor, The reaction to the results of LGE 2023 has been mixed as well as perplexing.

Dear Editor, Nigel Dharamlall has invoked his right to be silent so as not to incriminate himself in the pending investigation of rape.

Dear Editor, The annual celebration of United Nations Public Service Day on June 23 of every year is undertaken to “celebrate the value and virtue of public services, emphasizes the contribution of public service in the process of development, recognizes the work of public servants, and encourages young people to pursue careers in the public sector”. 

Dear Editor, First, they said that a phantom thrived; a chuckle resulted. 

Dear Editor, With the now prime time event of Mr. Nigel Dharamlall’s alleged moral turpitude and reprobate behaviour in chromatic display, proffered opinions are voluminous.

Dear Editor, The Golden Arrowhead needs to be redesigned. Guyana’s landscape has changed considerably since independence, hence, the flag which reflected Guyana’s environment at that time should be changed accordingly.

Dear Editor, The prompt, on-the-spot and swift decision to align NIS and Old Age pensions payments on the first working day of the month effective July, is being described as: ‘leadership is about listening’, ‘We listened and we acted’. 

Dear Editor, During the second week of June 2023, several articles were published about the national football head coach and the national team in relation to preparations for the Gold Cup Tournament.

Britain’s former Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has been compared to America’s Donald Trump.