Opinion

Dear Editor, In recent years, the treatment of indigenous communities by the PPP government has revealed a troubling pattern of exploitation and neglect.

Dear Editor, You cannot change something, with any degree of credibility or commitment, if you failed to understand it and give it a chance to work.

Dear Editor, There have been two major activities this week of note – the National Toshaos Conference and the releasing of the CSEC/CAPE results.

Given that we are in the year 2024, nearly five years into oil production and with an average annual input into the budget from petroleum revenues of U$1b – $200b – there is surely unanimous agreement that pit latrines at schools should be a thing of the past.

Dear Editor, I believe that the world is bracing itself for a transformation.

Dear Editor, Over the past few days, I have been engaged in several conversations with both individual and corporate shareholders in Banks DIH Limited who, like me, received from the company correspondence informing them that their shares in the company had been invalidated, and providing them with a “replacement share certificate” for an equal number of shares in a new holding company Banks DIH Holdings Inc.

Dear Editor, My association with Dave Martins goes as far back to the 1980’s  and it was through theatre and not music.

Dear Editor, Tacuma Ogunseye (SN, 8/23/24) has taken it upon himself to chastise a couple of individuals who seek to offer a supportive voice to Indians in the public space.

Dear Editor, The negotiation outcomes and moreover the now signed agreement between the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and the government leave much to be desired and it has ignited a wave of grave disappointment and frustration among our educators.

Dear Editor, I write this letter with the hope to get the attention of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and other similar international organisations.

Dear Editor, Multiple individuals, business people, media folks, and others in the diaspora and in Guyana asked a most relevant question: Isn’t it embarrassing for the police force when foreign law enforcement trace and find wanted criminals and also know the corrupt and can sanction thieving officials and business persons in Guyana?

Dear Editor, In my years of service in the education sector in Guyana (1968-2019) I have been blessed by the presence of so many accepting and understanding me with encouraging words and guidance.

Dear Editor, I recently had the joy of witnessing my niece achieve something that many, including myself, found surprising—she passed nine subjects in the CSEC exams.

Dear Editor, The statement by the Honourable Sam Hinds about the Asian Tigers GDP growth rates and spending on infrastructure without an oil bonanza, invites a response.

Dear Editor, The CARICOM circus has outdone itself yet again! In what can only be described as a masterclass in diplomatic dodging, the once-proud regional bloc has now morphed into a bygone version of “CARIGONE,” vanishing from the scene just when its voice was most needed.

Dear Editor, A question that needs to be answered is whether patriotic Presidents such as Forbes Burnham or Cheddi Jagan or Desmond Hoyte would acquiesce to the demands of a foreign country using sanctions against Guyanese businessmen?

In the perception of the ruling party there is no heterogeneity or variety in the local world in which they function; whatever external appearances might suggest everyone and every organisation within our 83,000 square miles is political in character.

Dear Editor, I have been musing on the purpose of those expensive high commissions/embassies in foreign capitals like London.