Opinion

Dear Editor, The ‘oil-minded’ are enjoying the use of a new buzzword ‘Appraisals’; they want to be told the proven oil reserves of the Stabroek Block.

Dear Editor, Mr. Eusi Kwayana’s 99th birthday was recently celebrated and I offer my belated best wishes for him to score a century and more.

Dear Editor, I felt very relieved when I read that “President Dr Irfaan Ali has pledged investments by his Government into clearing the backlog of surgeries in the public health sector with a focus on women and children.”

Dear Editor, I would like to add my piece regarding the services that are provided to patients at the Intensive Care Unit at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

While President Ali has earned plaudits for  his push back to questions recently from the BBC’s Hard Talk host, Stephen Sackur, there are several issues which require a refining of Guyana’s position so that it doesn’t endanger its forest legacy or bequeath a carbon bomb to the planet.

Dear Editor, While I hasten to welcome the recent establishment of the Constitutional Reform Commission, it is rather unfortunate that it has taken so long following the passage of the Act back in 2022.

Dear Editor, I read with interest an article from GTA that Guyana continues to captivate and inspire travelers from around the globe.

Dear Editor, I met the Attorney General (Mohabir Anil Nandlall) on two occasions, the most memorable was during the (2020) recount at the Sleep Inn Hotel on Church Street.

Dear Editor, Following your publication of my complaint, “No refund for Mismatched Slippers” (Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, I am writing to highlight the recurrent pattern of reactive responses rather than proactive measures from the current government in handling crises in Guyana, notably the recent widespread power outages.

Dear Editor, VS Naipaul once observed that Indians have historically lacked what he referred to as the “ideas of inquiry and the tools of scholarship.”

Dear Editor, I commend President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali for swearing in members of the Constitutional Reform Commission.

If there is any expression in the government’s lexicon which best captures the concept of mañana, it is the word ‘soon’.

Dear Editor, When I read the President’s statement that “This year alone in addition to the shortfall which we have in generating capacity we are projecting another energy demand of 35 megawatts so that will take total demand by the end of this year to 220 MW that is on the system right now,” I was immediately reminded of Lord Keynes’ famous aphorism, “In the long run we are all dead.”

Dear Editor, We read the March 25, 2024 installment of your weekly Accountability Watch by Anand Goolsarran, titled “The audit report on Exxon’s post-contract costs”, and found several inaccuracies and incorrect statements which we would like to address here.

Dear Editor, What is going on in Guyana? In the past few days I have seen and heard complaints and accusations from many important sections of our society and it’s very disturbing.

Dear Editor, The recent statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on April 3rd concerning the serious and escalating situation with Venezuela was utterly useless.