Opinion

Dear Editor, The US government seized Venezuela’s Air Force One used by Nicolas Maduro.

Dear Editor, The recent allegations of the firing of both a production manager and head lab technician at GuySuCo’s Rose Hall Estate raise disturbing questions about the potential for coordinated fraud within the company.

Dear Editor, In response to Mayor Mentore’s letter dated 15th September titled – “Paltry Central Government Subvention to City is Insult to Citizens” – I seek to clarify and highlight the missing facts regarding the government’s interventions for the city of Georgetown. 

While no-one can reasonably gainsay the importance of the sugar industry to the country and its historic impetus in the development of Guyana, it doesn’t mean that citizens and watchdogs must turn a blind eye to what is transpiring and to write a blank cheque for unlimited expenditure.

Dear Editor The Chief Citizen is at it again.  This time speaking from the other side of his mouth about the paltry government subvention, labelling it ‘an insult to the residents’, allocated to purchase a garbage truck and a dump truck (SN September 15).

Dear Editor, The Georgetown City Council is compelled to address recent developments regarding the allocation of a meagre subvention of GYD 30 million from the central government’s budget.

Dear Editor, Happening to be in New York earlier this year I was asked to offer some remarks at  the 40th anniversary of Indo Caribbean Federation –which had launched its flagship activity, the annual “Indian Arrival Day” commemoration, at Smokey Park in 1984.

Dear Editor, Stabroek News’ Editorial of August 17th, 2024 had, as its opening paragraph, “In an August 11th letter brimful of nostalgia and social history, Claudius Prince outlined elements of the self-help housing scheme which had been pioneered under the Forbes Burnham administration in the 1970s and 80s and which resulted in several well-developed settlements.”

Dear Editor, `The police and the Matthews Ridge bust’ editorial (SN, September 14, 2024) stands as a gem in tapdancing. 

At the beginning of this month President Irfaan Ali addressed the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association at the Umana Yana, saying that the foremost challenge in protecting parliamentary democracy was ensuring respect for free and fair elections.

Dear Editor, Fuad Rahaman’s comment in the online edition of SN is as follows: “Surrendering of our sovereignty has nothing to do with the PPP Gov’t.

Dear Editor, We had approximately two months of holiday so I don’t understand why contractors chose to start construction work now during school hours at New Diamond/Grove Primary School  rather than when the kids were not in school.

Dear Editor, A few days ago, I encouraged a friend in Guyana to get a colon-oscopy, as I was preparing for mine.

Dear Editor The fallacy that food inflation in Guyana mirrors (8%) or the true rate of inflation is 1.6% in our country is (deceptive).

Dear Editor, The recent revelations by Teshawna Lall, General Manager of the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC), regarding the audit she initiated after detecting irregularities within her agency, demand the nation’s full support.

Dear Editor, Thousands of Guyanese and other Caribbean people congregated last Saturday September 7 at a large public park in Schenectady, Upstate New York, for a splendid day of entertainment and summer picnic.

Dear Editor, Sand trucks operators seem to be like the vendors – no place for them.

Two weeks after the anti-narcotic authorities with the assistance of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) unearthed 4.4 tonnes of cocaine in bunkers at Matthews Ridge there has been virtual silence on who might have been responsible and what is to be done to root out such operations.