Dear Editor,
The fact that so much media space, time and resources are devoted to inflation speak in one voice, which is that most Guyanese wage a daily battle to put food on the table.
Dear Editor,
“The lack of proficiency in [mathematics and English] is not just an academic issue but one that could have long-term socio-economic consequences”; the words of Dr Wayne Wesley, Chief Executive Officer of the Caribbean Examinations Council, reported in the Barbados Nation newspaper of August 21.
Exactly what Caricom heads of government will be doing at their next meeting discussing the CXC Mathematics performance this year is not something which is altogether comprehensible.
Dear Editor,
I write today regarding the dark side to the construction of highways and bridges, which has often had an entrenched racial segregation motive, especially in the United States, where these infrastructures became physical barriers separating white and minority neighbourhoods.
Dear Editor,
While meetings which facilitate discussions surrounding US Exim ‘Bank’s support towards Guyana’s transformational Gas-to-Energy project’ continue but before ExxonMobil completes the approximately US$1B pipeline would the Environmental Protection Agency kindly inform whether the contractual obligations in the Environmental Permit 2021528-NGPLE have been upheld.
Dear Editor,
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has assured us that the new Demerara River Bridge, with its shiny modern design and futuristic materials, will practically maintain itself—so much so that tolls will be a thing of the past!
Dear Editor,
I am a democrat. I abhor dictatorship. This is why I strongly condemn attempts to stifle the democratic aspirations of the Venezuelan people by the Maduro regime.
Not for the first time, a major discovery of cocaine on land here has raised serious questions about control over the vast hinterland and whether the authorities are doing enough to gain ground on traffickers.
Dear Editor,
I am eternally grateful to have been given the opportunity to commence my working life at the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC), on completion of my Secondary Education, several years ago.