Opinion

If this is not to say that the recent collapse of the roof of the Stabroek Market wharf was, in considerable measure, the result of years of official inattention to its progressive deterioration, there was little doubt that the first official government response to the occurrence would have been to make the ‘political point’ about the tragedy occurring on the municipal ‘watch’ of an APNU-led local government administration.

Dear Editor, The small wooden building was located at First Street, Silvertown.

Dear Editor, Monday April 22 marks eighteen years since the assassination of Minister Satyadeow ‘Sash’ Sawh, two of his siblings and his security guard.

Dear Editor, One does not have to be an attorney to know that a valid collective bargaining agreement (CBA) binds the parties. 

Dear Editor, The Government of Guyana needs to increase the budgetary allocation for technical education by 300%, especially for direct skills training if it is serious about creating jobs for our people.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to an article carried in the Stabroek News edition of April 21, 2024, with the caption “AFC calls for gov’t nominees on PPC to step down over Tepui decision”.

Can it possibly be the case that the historic constitutional reforms of over two decades ago conceived of a Public Procurement Commission (PPC) that would be toothless?

Dear Editor A little kingpin is at work in a small commumity in that hotdog for cash grant balderdash.

Dear Editor, It is understandable that Guyanese people should feel euphoria over the discovery of oil in our waters and the prospects which this presents, but what this means for our future is an open question.

Dear Editor, In the current climate of racial tension and division, it is imperative that we approach our discourse with clarity, honesty, and fairness.

Dear Editor, This year’s Earth Day theme is “Planet vs. Plastics”.

Dear Editor, Mr. David Patterson, then Minister of Public Infrastructure under the APNU+AFC Govern-ment, was found by the Public Procurement Com-mission (PPC) to be directly in breach of the Procurement Act when in or about 2016 he took an “unsolicited proposal” procurement request directly to Cabinet, bypassing the open tendering process mandated by law.

Dear Editor, My Company ‘GEMS Theatre Productions’ just concluded the staging of Twelfth Night  for 6 performances at the National Cultural Centre which was sponsored by the Ministry of Education.

Dear Editor, In response to my letter in SN on April 16, regarding the acquisition and placement of steel sheet piling (SSP) around his property in Lodge, Elder Hamilton Green, a Minister in the former PNC Government under the late President Burnham,   claimed that the information I gave therein was unfounded and a  distortion and total untruth.

Dear Editor, First the siblings’ deaths were ruled as dengue-related complications. 

Last week a Venezuelan schoolgirl attending Queenstown Secondary School was physically assaulted by a group of her female classmates while students from the same school as well as others cheered on the bullies.

Dear Editor, I have noticed that over the last few days, after the collapse of a section of the Stabroek Market Wharf, the Guyana Chronicle has dedicated a significant percentage of column inches in that newspaper, to criticise the management of the Georgetown City Council.