Opinion

Dear Editor, The infallible ones are at it again. In a letter in today’s Stabroek News (SN), the letter writer sought to justify the PPP’s past decision to construct a floating bridge crossing the Berbice River.

Dear Editor, The announcement of a state-of-the-art fixed high-span bridge across the Berbice River by the Guyana government is another example of addiction to “steroids” induced progress.

Dear Editor, I note with some alarm, the statement or rather decision of the present administration, the PPP to build another bridge across the Berbice River.

Dear Editor, Why are Guyanese current or lapsed affiliations with political parties used to discredit them but someone’s recent lengthy employment at ExxonMobil is used in their favour?

Dear Editor, The SN editorial of August 28, referring to the CXC results of the 2020 examinations, states inter alia that “Two days after the release Guyana’s Minister of Education Priya Manickchand challenged the CXC over the discrepancies of the grades which were awarded to students across the country in particular subject areas.

Dear Editor, From Dr. Ramcharan’s pen: “It would help us to navigate our way inside Demo-cracy Inc.

Dear Editor, I’m only writing to keep my writing skills, such as they are, honed.

Dear Editor, I would like to take this opportunity to write on the subject of religion.

Dear Editor, Our deepest condolences on the passing of our esteemed sister, Dr.

Dear Editor, The M&CC, on one hand speaks of securing revenue from billboards, as it should, but on the other hand has passed a motion reducing rates and taxes for political parties. 

Dear Editor, My family and I left for Guyana on August 26, 2024.

Dear Editor, I am an avid reader (and writer for) your letters columns.

Anyone traversing Mandela Avenue, Ruim-veldt in the vicinity of the DSL outlet on August 17 last would have been privy to the latest Ministry of Public Works-led cleanup campaign featuring President Irfaan Ali, which the Department of Public Information (DPI) was happy to let us know, was a country-wide affair that saw members of the Cabinet dispatched to other regions to work along with citizens.

Dear Editor, We write in solidarity with Cover-den and its community advocates, Penelope Howell and Audreyanna Thomas, who have exposed alleged breaches of the Environmental Protection Act (EP Act) and rule of law in the awarding of an environmental permit to Professional Waste Solutions Incorporated (PWSI) by the EPA to operate an on-shore oil and gas waste processing facility in their community.

Dear Editor, It is important to learn that the revenues generated from the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) are being directed to Indigenous communities in Guyana.

Dear Editor, In these days of astronomical food prices, I find myself reflecting on the sheer genius of that pivotal decision back in 1985—the one where the Guyana Marketing Corporation, in a dazzling display of foresight, decided to stop buying and selling agricultural goods altogether.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the Alliance for Change’s (AFC) press statement issued on August 27, 2024, in respect of the Government of Guyana’s (GoG) proposed new bridge across the Berbice River.

Dear Editor, The COI into the Mahdia fire came and went, yet no one at the Ministry of Home Affairs has been held accountable.