Opinion

In the initial hours of entering Guyana, first time visitors and those travellers, including returning Guyanese, who have not been here in a while, are greeted with a high-level of energy permeating the society.

Dear Editor, We share the pain of the passing of Snr.

Dear Editor, It appears that the minibus operators in Region 3, especially some of them plying the Parika to Vreed-en-Hoop route, are above the law – particularly, those who do not join the line at Vreed-en-Hoop or Parika.

Dear Editor, I listened to a recording from November 2019, when Bharrat Jagdeo was Guyana’s Leader of the Opposition. 

Dear Editor I learned with much grief about the death of Senior Superintendent Edmond Cooper.

Dear Editor, With the exception of a few, most of the themes and issues addressed by the Members of Parliament (MPs) from both sides of the isle during the budget debate were to some extent not too impressive mainly because most of the MPs focused on political issues and did not deal directly with matters in the budget.

What appears to be a significant reconfiguration of some of the longstanding administrative arrangements that inform the working of the country’s Public Service is reflected in the recent disclosure that the Office of the President, is, in effect, being decentralized.

Dear Editor, The oil world-producers, operators/contractors, traders, and vendors, among others-are all paying the keenest attention to that business of a balloon now shot down over the Atlantic. 

Dear Editor, I am writing to follow up on my letter from January 2017 regarding the adoption of a basic income guarantee tied to a dividend payment from our natural resources, including oil and gas. 

Dear Editor, I write with reference to Melinda Janki’s Letter to the Editor – “I did not represent Exxon in the 1999 Petroleum Agreement” (SN, February 3, 2023).

Dear Editor, ‘2023 Year of Youth’ was officially launched by the Commonwealth Secretariat in keeping with a mandate of CHOGM in 2022 to declare 2023 as focusing on youth empowerment. 

Last week, the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) succeeded in its appeal over a judge’s decision to reject its attempts to seize the assets of two families of central Trinidad allegedly linked to drug trafficking.

Dear Editor, The residents of Hill Foot along the Linden-Soesdyke highway are grateful for the restoration of water by GWI to the village It is a sign of gratitude for the long months of patience without any public complaints.

Dear Editor, The criticism of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) by the Opposition and opposition elements, and calls for their “professionalization”, have now become a standard feature of their political polemics.

Dear Editor, Good governance requires enlightened leadership, possessing progressive visions, grounded in a commitment to act morally, the right persons who are best-qualified to implement that vision and who are effectively resourced.

Dear Editor, Readers would recall that I had questioned Melinda Janki’s modus operandi in challenging ExxonMobil’s operations in Guyana wherein she is seeking to sue that company together with the Government of Guyana (GoG).

Dear Editor, Guyana succeeds in its pursuit of a ‘Flawed Democracy’ as headlined in SN of February 4.