Opinion

Recently, readers were informed through a Stabroek News editorial (1/23/2025) about the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport’s plan to host, for the second time, a Jamaican artform, dancehall, competition as part of Guyana’s 2025 Mashramani celebration.

Dear Editor, In the early part of 2019, I accompanied my mother to file for her NIS benefits.

Dear Editor, The Prime Minister has requested funds for GPL at an oil price of US $104 per barrel when the current price is less than US $77 a barrel.

Dear Editor, SN reported on November 12, 2024 that the government aimed to reduce road fatalities to just 53 deaths per year by 2030, under the banner ‘Do the Right Thing.’

Dear Editor, Much of what was stated in your editorial on “Trump’s tariffs smokescreen” is applicable right here at home in terms of attempts to stifle independent press and to quell criticism and critique of government.

Dear Editor, In a SN Article of Jan. 29, it was reported that the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has identified a Japanese company which will be given authorization to provide certification of mechanical and other elements of worthiness for used vehicles to be exported from Japan to Guyana.

Dear Editor, The recently announced $175 billion allocation to the Ministry of Education in Guyana’s 2025 national budget, I believe is bloated and wasteful.

Dear Editor, Can one citizen make a difference! Terrence Campbell is his name; shaking people and things up his claim to fame.

Dear Editor, In 2019, an ambitious and transformational road project commenced to link the villages of Central and North Rupununi and was expected to benefit four thousand people.

Late last month, this newspaper carried a report on a 40-year-old domestic violence survivor who was down on her luck.

Dear Editor,   Ken Corsbie, actor, writer and story teller whose huge fan base included me for the thrill he instilled in our souls sadly, died this week, at the age of ninety four.

Dear Editor, Please allow me space to share the daily plight we the commuters traversing the West Bank Demerara Public Road (from the Demerara Harbour Bridge to Patentia) face with great frustration and trepidation.

Dear Editor, We appreciate your article discussing the potential introduction of Uber in Guyana.

Dear Editor, Amazingly, Facebook produces memory moments annually and strangely enough, I am bombarded by memory moments from 5 years ago – the year 2020. 

Dear Editor, The poor working-class folks waiting for their pensions welcome the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (GCCI) recent expression of its consternation and dissatisfaction with what is sees as the high level of inefficiency, incompetence and complacency in the operations of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS).

Dear Editor, I have noted that the opposition parties are at it again.

Dear Editor, I write about a recent article titled “GDF to acquire new assets, enhance capacity with $50 billion allocation”, which underscores the government’s commendable commitment to modernizing the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).

Over the last week, the world’s media has been fixated on the placement of tariffs by the US Government on goods originating from its North American neighbours, Canada and Mexico – subsequently halted for a month – and its arch-rival on the world trade stage, China.