Pres. Ali’s $200k cash grant well-intended but many questions linger
Dear Editor,
My initial reaction to President, Dr. Irfaan Ali’s address is that it was comprehensive and ambitious, addressing a range of national challenges such...
Structures in education system causing “deferred failure” need urgent address
Dear Editor,
The reports emerging from Beterverwagting Secondary School in Guyana should concern anyone who takes education policy seriously. What is being described is not...
Exxon’s new US$160M office necessary, not an added burden on Guyanese taxpayers
Dear Editor,
Reference is made to a letter in the Stabroek News edition of February 18, 2023, with the caption, “the Exxon HQ budget is...
LETTER: A call to PNCR members ahead of 2024 Delegates’ Congress
Dear Editor,
As the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) prepares for its biennial Delegates’ Congress in 2024, the anticipation and energy within the party are...
City Revival Plan should be supported by all but, “the devil is in the...
Dear Editor,
The government has announced an ambitious “City Revival Plan” which aims to transform our Capital into a sustainable “Garden City”. This is a...
Average annual salary increase for period 2021-2023 period is actually 15.4%
Dear Editor,
Further to my letter published in the Guyana Standard online news outlet on December 11, 2023, and in the print media on December...
Cash-strapped city council putting interest of PNC above citizens
Dear Editor,
I write with a profound sense of disappointment and outrage over the Georgetown City Council's recent decision to pass a motion reducing rates...
AFC, PNC’s positions on Local Government Elections leave their sanity open to questioning
Dear Editor,
It saddens me to see the madness that has taken over politics in a country that I so love.
Most recently, the AFC back-peddled...
Dr. Gampat misrepresented World Bank’s Statistical Capacity Index
Dear Editor,
It was not my intention to engage Dr. Ramesh Gampat in a debate out of pure respect for his outstanding scholarship and contribution...
Govt. has not ceded legislative sovereignty to Exxon
Dear Editor,
In his usual unsurprisingly reckless and unsubstantiated “aspersions”, University of Guyana Lecturer, Lalbachan Chris Ram, equates the “stability clause”, as per Article 32...
