Opinion

The ills of new-found wealth

Dear Editor, In the present circumstances in Guyana, when our economy has been so upgraded in the past few years, mostly because of our fortunate acquisition of the revenue we are reaping from the oil discoveries, I would like to caution my fellow Guyanese of the bad impact this new-found wealth can have in the way we feel, think and behave, and in our well-being.

The reports of the observer missions lend no support to claims by opposition-appointed GECOM commissioners

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter “PPP has embarked on the capture of GECOM” (SN – 31 October, 2024).  The three authors of that letter – APNU+AFC GECOM Commissioners Vincent Alexander, Charles Corbin and Desmond Trotman and – after lobbing accusations at their counterparts from the PPP, accusations since addressed by letter writers representing that party, made the following curious claim:  “The malpractices at GECOM are a daily vindication of all of the reports of the Observer Missions as of 2006.

Bullying in schools

Two weeks after a troubling incident at the St Joseph High School where two boys were attacked by older students in a toilet, the Ministry of Education is still to offer some assurance to the public that it has handled this matter to the satisfaction of the aggrieved and that the incident and the manner in which it was reported to have been treated are not widely prevalent across the education system.

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