Opinion

Dear Editor, Just to add to what Ravi Dev penned (SN Sep 15), Mr.

Dear Editor, On behalf of our entire family, we were pleased to see the Place of the Seven Ponds look resplendent during yesterday’s solemn funeral for Sir Shridath Ramphal.

Dear Editor, I was intrigued and interested in the piece on September 8th about the return of distinguished British educationalist Sir Dexter Hutt to the land of his birth last month.

Dear Editor, I have been following, with much interest, the exchanges on the Guyana Constitution between Attorney General Anil Nandlall and former Chancellor of the University of Guyana Dr.

Dear Editor, After reading Prof. Nigel Westmaas ‘comparative perspective’  of Sept 8 between the Berbice rebellion of 1763-64 and that of the Haitian revolution of 1791-1801, it became clear ‘history repeats  itself’, and I felt another comparative perspective is required between the then Haitian revolution and that of current events in the Middle East, specifically the on-going brutal responses on the Palestinians in the Gaza and West Bank by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant  following the attack by Hamas fighters who attacked a music festival in Israel on October 7, killing hundreds.

Guest Editorial President Irfaan Ali’s recent comment embracing concerns over Guyana’s performance or underperformance at Mathematics based on the recently released results of this year’s CXC examinations and his call for an urgent probe into what he rightly appears to believe is the country’s decided math’s deficit comes against the backdrop of previously expressed concerns over what is now seen across the region as an obdurate crisis that refuses to go away with the passage of time. 

Dear Editor, I take note that the Minister of Health, Dr.

Dear Editor, The US government seized Venezuela’s Air Force One used by Nicolas Maduro.

Dear Editor, The recent allegations of the firing of both a production manager and head lab technician at GuySuCo’s Rose Hall Estate raise disturbing questions about the potential for coordinated fraud within the company.

Dear Editor, In response to Mayor Mentore’s letter dated 15th September titled – “Paltry Central Government Subvention to City is Insult to Citizens” – I seek to clarify and highlight the missing facts regarding the government’s interventions for the city of Georgetown. 

While no-one can reasonably gainsay the importance of the sugar industry to the country and its historic impetus in the development of Guyana, it doesn’t mean that citizens and watchdogs must turn a blind eye to what is transpiring and to write a blank cheque for unlimited expenditure.

Dear Editor The Chief Citizen is at it again.  This time speaking from the other side of his mouth about the paltry government subvention, labelling it ‘an insult to the residents’, allocated to purchase a garbage truck and a dump truck (SN September 15).

Dear Editor, The Georgetown City Council is compelled to address recent developments regarding the allocation of a meagre subvention of GYD 30 million from the central government’s budget.

Dear Editor, Happening to be in New York earlier this year I was asked to offer some remarks at  the 40th anniversary of Indo Caribbean Federation –which had launched its flagship activity, the annual “Indian Arrival Day” commemoration, at Smokey Park in 1984.

Dear Editor, Stabroek News’ Editorial of August 17th, 2024 had, as its opening paragraph, “In an August 11th letter brimful of nostalgia and social history, Claudius Prince outlined elements of the self-help housing scheme which had been pioneered under the Forbes Burnham administration in the 1970s and 80s and which resulted in several well-developed settlements.”

Dear Editor, `The police and the Matthews Ridge bust’ editorial (SN, September 14, 2024) stands as a gem in tapdancing. 

At the beginning of this month President Irfaan Ali addressed the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association at the Umana Yana, saying that the foremost challenge in protecting parliamentary democracy was ensuring respect for free and fair elections.