Opinion

“Ease the pounding of my heart          By the quieting of my mind.          Steady my hurried pace          With the vision of the eternal reach of time.

Dear Editor, President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, is contesting elections in that country due to be held on the 28th of this month, that is, this coming Sunday, for a third time in office.

Dear Editor, A loud voice went still on Saturday July 20th. 

Dear Editor, Reference is made to missive of Mr. Tony Vieira outlining the failure of Skeldon sugar factory (July 20).

Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force is in crisis, inside a vicious circle of corruption and more from which it seems impossible to escape.

Leaving aside – for the moment – the just ended seventy-odd days of industrial action by state-employed teachers, which eventually gave way to discourses between the Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers’ Union on the matter of teachers’ emoluments, there had been much earlier indications that large ‘chunks’ of our education system that had to do with the condition of ‘good order’ that is indispensable to an amenable teaching/learning environment had, across a wide swathe of the state-run education system, deteriorated.  

Dear Editor, Through a family friend who had cancer surgery and needs radiation therapy I was made aware of the fact that the Cancer Institute of Guyana, in order for the radiotherapy to commence, demands full payment.

Dear Editor, Back in May 2022, the World Health Organisation, via the World Report on Vision, estimated that without urgent action, the number of people who are blind could triple by 2050.

Dear Editor, The current Traffic Chief seems to have accepted the role of barking with no bite.

Dear Editor, President Joe Biden should go gracefully to pasture. If he is as is today, there is no telling how he will be a year from now. 

Dear Editor, I wish to join with others in expressing my deepest condolences to the relatives and friends of the late Ramon Gaskin popularly known as ‘Rambo’ because of his courage to speak his mind and stand up for what he believed in.

In a Project Syndicate column in the July 19 edition of Stabroek News, the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB’s) Chief Economist Eric Parrado addressed  what he called political short-termism in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) where policymaking and planning are not consistent between different administrations.

Dear Editor, I am writing to express my deep disappointment and concern regarding the recent appointment of Trevor Bassoo as the Executive Director of the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS).

Dear Editor, Inflation (price appreciation) around the world is measured by a physical basket of goods people rely on for sustenance (monthly, yearly), shelter and the cost for services are also included.

Dear Editor, In a nation where the natural splendour of our landscape is only rivalled by the sparkling prowess of our gold, it seems almost poetic that we now find ourselves collectively holding our breath, waiting to see if the rule of law will glitter just as brightly.

Dear Editor, The attempted assassination of Donald Trump’s made his nomination four days later as the Republican candidate for the US November election  a formality but also practically assures him of a second term as President; notwithstanding who the Democrats select to oppose him.

Dear Editor, In a letter published in the July 16, 2024 edition of the Stabroek News, Joel Bhagwandin admitted to being under contract with Exxon Mobil Guyana Limited  (EMGL).

Dear Editor, The recent letter in the press by Mr. Vieira was very revealing as to the extent of incompetence and inexperience involved in the Skeldon factory failure.