Opinion

One imagines a number of jaws dropped on Monday when PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo submitted that party’s list for the June 12 Local Government Elections, inclusive of the name Patricia Chase-Green.

Dear Editor, During the President’s Cup tournament in 2022, His Excellency President Irfaan Ali is on record as publicly stating that one of his main aims for promoting the President’s Cup football tournament  was to have Guyana qualify for the soccer world cup.

Dear Editor, This is a response to an article in the Stabroek News on April 17, 2023, under the headline “Linden seems to be ignored in ‘One Guyana’ theme – Mayor”, where in a press release, the Mayor of Linden, Waneka Arrindell, is quoted as saying “the town of Linden appears to be excluded from the government’s ‘One Guyana’ theme as numerous requests for assistance for its annual week of activities have been ignored.”

Dear Editor, We live in a world where the only consistent thing about some people is their inconsistency.

Dear Editor, The organisers of  Linden Town Week are lamenting and questioning the One Guyana concept and the perceived lack of it in its upcoming activities. 

Dear Editor, Please permit me space in your column to introduce myself to the Constituency which I will be contesting.

Dear Editor, Whenever I am playing music and have my headphones on, it is usual for me not to take calls.

The Guyana contingent to the 50th Junior Carifta Games, held in Nassau, The Bahamas from 7th to 10th April, returned home last Thursday evening basking in the glow of their fifth place finish, to a rousing welcome of drumming, confetti and bouquets of flowers.

Dear Editor, The price of grain from Ukraine is extremely attractive, and given that member countries of the European Union are preferring not to use Ukrainian grain in lieu of local production, the increasing price pressure should result in a very favourable deal for Guyana.

Dear Editor, Over the past month verbal attacks, denigrating comments, erroneous accusations, name calling and threats against journalists, NGOs, environmental activists and human rights defenders have mushroomed.

Dear Editor, It is difficult for most persons to contend that the NIS has a record of providing consistent reasonable satisfaction.

Dear Editor, There is no FARA filing by US Public Relations Lobby firm, BGR Group, for Nazar ‘Shell’ Mohamed; there are also no records of any document submitted to the US State Department by BGR for Shell or GoG.

Dear Editor, By now, the people of Guyana would have grasped to varying degrees of understanding that the PPP’s economic and political thinking will not, for the vast majority of citizens, eliminate poverty, inequality, and economic insecurity, will not lift living standards, and will not create a society where shared prosperity and good governance prevail.

Dear Editor, Please allow me to join Carl Greenidge in recalling the warmth and friendship of the late Stanley Moore. Stanley

Dear Editor, The Offshore Technology Conference recently announced the recipient of its 2023 OTC Distinguished Achievement Award for Companies, Organizations and Institutions.

Dear Editor, Woke up this Monday morning, Nomination Day to boot, with a breathing problem that scared me and sent me to the Lethem Hospital.

Dear Editor, Human kind and nature have always, throughout history, maintained an interesting relationship.