Opinion

Dear Editor, As the Guyana government deliberates over regulations for social media platforms to curb cybercrime, it has generously gifted us a far more innovative solution: the National Defence Institute (NDI).

Dear Editor, Reference is made to editorial “Democracy v autocracy” (Sep 1), drawing from Dr.

Dear Editor, After a seven year wait, the Report on the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy 2017 of London was released, detailing a damming ‘web of blame’ and ‘decades of failures’ by successive governments (Al Jazeera September 4).

Dear Editor, I write in response to Mayor Mentore’s latest attempt at obfuscating the facts around this most reprehensible policy aimed at exempting the PNC+AFC from paying their fair share of rates and taxes.

Dear Editor, The 2024 Amerindian Heritage Sports are scheduled to be held in Georgetown over the period 11th-15th September.

Dear Editor, I read with both disgust and a sense of pity, a letter penned by Patricia Chase-Green titled.

President Irfaan Ali wants to think of Guyana as a truly progressive society with a government committed to ‘development.’

Dear Editor, Yesterday, we were traumatized when informed by Mr. Joel Bhagwandin that the PWSI Waste Treatment Plant started its operation at Coverden some five (5) months ago, which meant that processing of petroleum waste started either April or May of 2024; oblivious to Coverden and the surrounding districts.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Mr. Jai Lall’s letter in your Sept 4, 2024 news print.

Dear Editor,  Please refer to a letter which appeared in your Stabroek News issue of Tuesday, September 3, 2024: “The institutional rates’ policy pushed through the Georgetown city council expressly omits non-governmental organisations.”

Dear Editor, The decision by the EPA to not do an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the establishment of a waste treatment / processing facility at Coverden is a serious misstep.

Dear Editor, I was intrigued by the President of Guyana’s recent attempt to redefine “true democracy” at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference.

Dear Editor, As a councillor and as a former mayor of Georgetown, I wish to address a matter of significant concern regarding the recent decision by the current council to approve a 25% institutional rate.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to a letter by Mr. GHK Lall in the Stabroek News edition of September 3, 2024, captioned “that 1.6% CPI stat that flies in the face of every market experience by many Guyanese”.

When American comedian Kevin Hart pre-launched his current world tour “Acting My Age” at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey at the end of June, patrons were warned that there would be no cellphones allowed.

Dear Editor, Peaceful Guyanese are convinced that the relevant authorities are only lip servicing the noise nuisance issue in this country and that this problem will not die a slow death, nor be eradicated completely, nor even experience a noticeable reduction.

Dear Editor, True to form, the editorial delivered by Stabroek News (SN Saturday, August 31, 2024) is replete with hyperbole and reproof, reflecting a profound misunderstanding of President Irfaan Ali’s announcement to remove tolls on key bridges.