Opinion

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter headed “Math intervention must begin at the primary level”.

Dear Editor, I would like to respond to an article in yesterday’s paper, “Time for us to do what is right – teach only language and math in primary school,” (SN, Sept.

Dear Editor, The current national concern regarding the dismal math test results, which has prompted presidential commentary, underscores a pressing need for a more profound and analytical approach.

Dear Editor, On May 5, 2008, some 15 years ago, I wrote an article which was carried by the Stabroek News, entitled “We need a national conversation on literacy” in Guyana.

Dear Editor, Those who know something of Greek history and about the Trojan War might not have come across the name Glaucus.

Dear Editor, Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali on 5 September announced that CARICOM had put the dismal performance of Caribbean students in Mathematics on its agenda.

Dear Editor, There is a perceived spat brewing in who ordered the audit/investigation at the state marketing agency. 

Dear Editor, Congratulations are due to Attorney General Anil Nandlall for ‘vehemently’ rejecting Dr.

Dear Editor, Please permit me space in your publication to write on a matter that has national, regional and international implications for the Guyana Police Force, Guyana and bilateral cooperation on transnational and other crimes.

Dear Editor, My view of our world is aligned with that of our Indigenous brothers and sisters, “The earth does not belong to us; we belong to the earth” (Low, 1995).

Dear Editor, When one believe Guyana cannot get any lower now in addition to the deep rooted corruption and the ‘friendism’, cronyism and nepotism, we have a female, because of a small issue re payment for a 10 days’ worker placed in the lock up at the Springlands Police Station and stripped naked.

Dear Editor, The Britcham launch at Lords Cricket Ground was a rip roaring success.

Dear Editor, On the eve of May 25th, 1966, the lowering of the Union Jack, a symbol of the colonial past, welcomed the hoist of the Golden Arrowhead, the emblem of a new nation.

For a small country Guyana has produced a remarkable number of eminent scholars who have made valuable contributions in a variety of fields, but of these only Shridath ‘Sonny’ Ramphal who died on August 30 had an impact on the course of world events. 

Dear Editor, The upcoming general elections in the USA will not be close as the pundits are predicting because of one important factor which has always meant the most in circumstances which are complicated and difficult to comprehend like the situation when Harry Truman, a virtual unknown Vice President who succeeded Roosevelt in 1945, went on to become a great US President;  or Ronald Reagan, a movie star, became Governor of California and then President of the USA  when  low  expectations of his rule proved wrong and he delivered the fall of communism; or John F.

Dear Editor, In the late ‘70s, a governmental decision was made to have primary school students taught not just language and math but also subjects like science and social studies.  

Dear Editor, This letter is mostly for Mr. Ally, who proudly stated he lives in Fort Lauderdale I assumed in the state of Florida, USA.

Dear Editor, The Demerara Waves article titled, “Georgetown upgrade, modernization, being planned – President Ali” (September 10, 2024) is well-received.