Opinion

Dear Editor, When the people fear their government, there is tyranny.

Dear Editor, I write in response to Mr. Mark Archer’s letter published in the Stabroek News (December 18, 2024), in which he attempts to discredit the remarks of Lieutenant Colonel Earl Edghill, Aide de Camp (ADC) to His Excellency President Mohamed Irfaan Ali.

Dear Editor, Quick comment on Mr. Chris Ram’s “Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Column 146 – December 17, 2024, Part 1: Canadian Sanctity of Contract case offers hope for Guyana” Thanks to Mr.

Dear Editor, I would like it to be known and acknowledged as the one and only solution to all the problems that we human beings face in our actions in all spheres of our living.

Dear Editor, While working on a development project in Jamaica, the topic of vocational skills training in high schools (and for “vulnerable youths,” including school dropouts) often surfaced.

Dear Editor, SN’s December 17, 2024 editorial captioned, “Guyana’s petro status and the 2025 general elections” has its moments. 

Dear Editor, Dr. Jailall was kind enough to join the discussion on our education system and has suggested that “Guyana should probably be benchmarking its educational system to high achievers such as Singapore, not Caricom”.

Dear Editor, I categorically refute the claims made by Mr. Nigel Hughes, Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), during a press conference and reported in Stabroek News on December 18, 2024.

Dear Editor, As one of two persons who was involved in several aspects of Jonestown that is still alive, and who Forbes Burnham assigned the responsibility to deal with the many post Jonestown tragedy events, I absolutely support the contents of the letter titled “No justifiable comparison between Auschwitz Memorial and what Ms.

There was a time when firefighting, law enforcement and the military were considered the only occupations in which people faced a high probability of dying on the job.

Dear Editor, In reflecting on the state of political discourse in Guyana today, it is hard not to lament the erosion of civility that once characterized our national debates.

Dear Editor, Yesterday morning, Tuesday December 17th 2024, I saw a video circulating on social media of Lieutenant Colonel Earl Edghill, an officer of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) who is currently performing the duties of Aide de Camp (ADC) to His Excellency Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, doing something that in the almost six decades history of the GDF has never been done.

Dear Editor, Since Wanderlust Adventures GY, in the person of Ms.

Dear Editor, I was horrified to open the December 15 edition of the Sunday Stabroek to find a cartoon depicting the First Lady of Guyana standing in a champagne glass next to a bottle of champagne labelled ‘oil money,’ and next to her a tilted over and spilling rum bottle labelled ‘rum shop’.

Dear Editor, A recent letter by one Changlee, `Talent at Bishops’ should not be used for vocational education,’ (SN, Dec.

Dear Editor, India’s arrival in the Caribbean began in 1838 when two ships landed in British Guiana (now Guyana) with a cargo of indentured servants to work on the sugar plantations.

On Monday, at Mar-a-Lago, US president-elect Donald Trump stated to reporters, “There is talk about the postal service being taken private, you do know that — not the worst idea I’ve ever heard.