Opinion

Dear Editor, The Guyana Market Vendors Union (GMVU) was registered #261 on the 28th July, 2016 as the representative organization for the National Vending Sector and more so, Georgetown vendors.

Dear Editor, The decision by the 32nd congress of the PPP to remove references to Marxism-Leninism and socialism in its constitution has, expectedly, triggered debates in editorials, by columnists, in letter columns of mainstream media and to some extent, in social media.

On May 30th, the major artery Thomas Lands was closed for two weeks for the latest in several attempts to comprehensively repair defects on the road.

Dear Editor, The image of a section of an approach to the highly touted concrete bridges along the Kurupukari – Lethem corridor being completely washed away was as unsurprising as it was inevitable.

Dear Editor, I write this letter as Patron of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) because I was astonished to read in the Sunday Stabroek Sport, 26th May, 2024, that a straightforward request from the Rugby Union to the Protected Areas Commission (PAC) to rehabilitate the changing rooms and showers at the National Park Rugby Ground to enable the hosting of an International Rugby Match and subsequently made to the Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sport for support by the Protected Areas Commission (PAC), “is currently before Parliament and awaiting approval from Cabinet”.

Dear Editor, I think it is true to say that every right thinking person appreciates progress, real progress; not the one that takes you one step forward and two steps backward.

Dear Editor, The mining town is in dire need following flooding, but the same ole game of trading blame and finger pointing is in full flow between the sides.

Dear Editor,  In his recent letter published in the Stabroek News on May 26, 2024, under the caption “City Still to Present and Approve Budget for 2024,” Councillor Alfonso De Armas expressed concerns over the city’s delayed budget presentation and approval process.  While

Dear Editor, I am writing to offer a rebuttal to the article titled “AG Nandlall Sets Record Straight on Peter’s Hall Properties Acquisition,” recently published in the Guyana Chronicle.

Dear Editor, The recently highly publicized call for violence against key members of the Cabinet is yet another in recent times.

Dear Editor, To have money sitting in the NRF (invested abroad, generating employment abroad) for future generations when Guyanese today are facing hardship is ludicrous.

Dear Editor, History will show that there exists a conflict of interest with GECOM commissioner Vincent Alexander who has earned many accolades and national respect for his exemplary work fighting for the holding of credible elections in Guyana.

Dear Editor, It is with profound sadness that the New York PNCR Group pays special tribute to the late Party stalwart, Oscar Eleazar Clarke, CCH.

Dear Editor, My generation grew up with the understanding that those elected to political leadership are bound by the constitution, our tradition and encircled by honesty, propriety and truth.

For those in the Linden area who awoke after 48 hours of non-stop rain to find their furniture and belongings under water and their electrical goods damaged, there can be little consolation in the accusations being traded between the government and the local authorities.

Dear Editor, On May 14, 2024, the Ministry of Finance announced a debt-forgiveness initiative that would see about $11 billion in loans taken by some 13,000 students who attended the University of Guyana (UG) being written off.

Dear Editor, On the occasion of Guyana’s 58th Independence Anniversary, President Mohamed Irfaan Ali is reported to have said that from 2020 to now (2024), the country’s life expectancy has increased by two years overall to 70 in males, and 74 for females.

Dear Editor, Threats were made against a sitting, one time president, resulting in major shakeup of law enforcement, even banishment of a crime chief.

Dear Editor, I am writing to express my dismay regarding the recent visit of U.S.