Opinion

The report by the Media Institute of the Caribbean  (MIC) on Guyana’s Access to Information Act of 2011 underlines again the shortcomings of this piece of legislation which was meant to be a critical adjunct to transparency in government but which has barely functioned.

Dear Editor, On the heels of World Press Freedom Day, observed on Friday, May 3, the Netanyahu Government has voted to shut down the operations of the renowned Al Jazeera in Israel (SN May 5).

Dear Editor, Senior Counsel Mr. Ralph Ramkarran’s column in the Sunday Stabroek last week on presidential immunities under Article 182 of the Constitution was quite hard hitting.

Dear Editor, Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Inc. has contracted a floating electric power station (‘power ship’) from UCI, a subsidiary of UCC Holding, a Qatari company, to provide additional electricity to Guyana’s electric power grid, which has recently been failing in a spectacular manner resulting in multiple hours-long power blackouts for GPL customers.

Dear Editor, With regards to SN’s Editorial on Saturday, 4th May, titled `Fifty thousand jobs’, I wish to offer six additional considerations.

Dear Editor, As Guyanese observe Arrival Day, in this piece I look at the experience of Indian-Guyanese in Canada following the second migration of people of Indian origin. 

Dear Editor, On behalf of Guyanese, I thank ExxonMobil’s Guyana Country Head, Mr.

Dear Editor, The DPP never seems to surprise me. It is so depressing to read her “recommendations”.

Dear Editor, On the occasion of the commencement of the 3rd session of the United Nations (UN) Permanent Forum on the People of African, I noted that the PPP/C had gone into an accelerated propaganda drive in their effort to push back on the exposure of their hypocrisy in relation to the UN Decade for the People of African Descent.

The Guyana Teachers’ Union strike which began on February 5th this year lasted for a month.

Dear Editor, It is my heartfelt hope that this letter will cause some visible changes in order to stymie the “suicides” and murders occurring on our roads.

Dear Editor, In 2022, permission to host a national exhibition at a public building in honour of that year’s Independence Anniversary observances was belatedly withdrawn to the organisers (KN May 24 2022).

Dear Editor, This May 5th, 2024, will mark 186 years since the arrival of the first East Indian indentured immigrants to set foot on Guyana’s soil.

Dear Editor, I wanted to share my thoughts on the current state of affairs in Guyana’s burgeoning oil industry, which seems to resemble a high-stakes game of “One, Two, Three Red Light.”

Dear Editor, I attended the last four PPP Congresses but am not going to the present one at the Convention Center in Liliendaal.

Dear Editor, Maintaining political integrity is of utmost importance. All political parties and their supporters must wholeheartedly denounce all forms of corruption, especially in light of the two significant party congresses.

Dear Editor, I write to extend support for the call by Mr.

Dear Editor, Today, I visited Citizens Bank to transact some business.