Opinion

Dear Editor, With the completion of the access road east of the University of Guyana, hundreds of drivers have been using it in the mornings and afternoons to pass through Sophia and escape the bumper to bumper traffic on the Railway Embankment.

Tomorrow Guyana goes to the polls for Local Government Elections.  In numerical terms the PPP/C always does better in these than does the opposition simply because there are 70 Neighbourhood Democratic Councils and ten municipalities, albeit of varying sizes and consequently with varying numbers of council representatives.

Dear Editor, Since the implementation of the Local Content Act [LCA], the local content spend in the procurement of goods and services, and employment have increased substantially relative to the revenue generated by the oil companies, namely, EEPGL, Hess and CNOOC, when compared to the previous years.

Dear Editor, The leaders of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) holds the responsibility of those 20 Mahdia Dorm fire victims in their hands.

Dear Editor, The UNICEF Report on the state of dorms countrywide was revealing as it was damaging. 

Dear Editor, What good news! It is that “There has been active interest from Brazil to bring Guyana’s Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) into fruition.”

There have been in the past decade numerous fires and deaths of hinterland students including three boys from the Aishalton Secondary School or that of a girl who drowned in a pit latrine at Santa Rosa Primary along with several fires at schools since 2020.

Dear Editor, Thank you for the opportunity to respond to false assertions made by Vice President (VP) Bharrat Jagdeo during a recent TV interview.

Dear Editor, The current administration should be applauded for its improvements to the EPA permit.

Dear Editor, Why replace the old Christ Church Secondary School instead of building a vocational school for teaching information technologies including coding, programming and 3D printing?

Dear Editor, The BEA ‘Business Pitch’ Competition is a clear indication of the Organisation’s seriousness to uplift businesses and business persons in this section of the populace. 

Dear Editor, I noticed a news item in SN on June 07, where Guyanese born, Dr.

Quite apart from the human dimensions of what happened at Mahdia, the tragedy brought home with a vengeance structural problems in relation to the regional system of governance in this country.

Dear Editor, In a democracy, the three branches of government, the Executive, the Legislative and the Judicial branches must be kept separate, to ensure that the checks and balances necessary to a healthy democracy, are maintained.

Dear Editor, On Tuesday, June 6, 2023, we were greeted with the news of Guyana’s election as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), having picked up a total of 191 votes.

Dear Editor, The tough reality of the high cost of living has been a source of favourable commentaries and criticisms, political defenses and pushbacks, and occasional hopes and lingering disappointments. 

Dear Editor, The election of Guyana as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council is indeed a big boost to the country from the standpoint of its own national security interests and that of the wider international community.