Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, It appears, from reports, the long hours of intense negotiations and compromises, in brokering the CARICOM/international partners transitional council deal for Haiti, is in tatters and falling apart.

Dear Editor, In the March 7th, 2024, issue of the Stabroek News there was a letter penned by one Jhagroo Persaud.

Dear Editor, I fully support the Education Minister examination into the rationale and justification for GTU’s demand for 20% salary increase for teachers during the pandemic period from 2020 to 2022.

Dear Editor, Imagine the government and City Council are squabbling over a tract of land, which, if scientific modelling and prediction is correct, may not even exist in the near future due to global warming and rising sea levels.

Dear Editor, To resolve the dispute and ensure a fair and transparent decision, City Engineer Mr.

Dear Editor, It is my privilege to share good news today about the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). 

Dear Editor, Reference is made to “Important to note that pump stations were advertised under open tendering conditions and awarded by  NPTAB” (Mar 12) from Janell Cameron of Ministry of Agriculture in response to complaint about wasted resources at the Ministry of Agriculture and the higher prices Guyanese pay for local foods when contrasted with imports.

Dear Editor, The continuing dry season has seen a high incidence of wildfires as well as grass fires over the past months. 

Dear Editor, I applaud the recent successful work of the law officers, who were able to report that a total of 44 female foreign nationals were rescued, following a Trafficking in Persons (TIP) operation at a popular nightclub along Robb Street, Georgetown.

Dear Editor, The Peruvian scholar, Anibal Quijanio’s concept of “coloniality of power” is of great relevance to the relationship between Western academia and the Third World.

Dear Editor, For the past year, I have travelled several times from Crabwood Creek to Parika and observed the exploitation of illegal immigrants just like what happened in Trinidad during the oil boom in the 1970’s.

Dear Editor, It seems like the mission of the NIS is to frustrate contributors to the point where they do not submit claims just to avoid the unpleasantness of the process.

Dear Editor, Re recent letters /articles in the press on GuySuCo and the Skeldon Sugar Estate SSMP, and as the Chairman of GuySuCo for the period 1993-2003, I would like to give a background to this project.

Dear Editor,  Recent reports on the (1) murders of a popular gold miner, Mr.

Dear Editor, It has been months since I have written on the plight of our senior artists.

Dear Editor, We seemed to be embroiled with another contentious matter about the rights and wrongs of the Qatari Hotel.

Dear Editor, The Indo-Caribbean Federation held its bi-annual election last Sunday to choose its executives to run the affairs of the organization for the next two years.

Dear Editor, Since 2018 under the APNU+AFC coalition to now, Guyana has been downgraded from the status of an “electoral democracy” that is descending towards ‘autocratization’ (authoritarian rule under a strong man) based on a new report released by the Gothenburg-based V-Dem Institute that tracks democratic freedoms worldwide.

Dear Editor, At last some positive movement on the Haiti crisis. 

Dear Editor, I have noticed news reports, on my actions with respect to the Cease Work Notice, in at least two of our dailies, the Kaieteur News issue of Tuesday, March 12, 2024 headlined: “City Hall issues stop order to Qatari Hotel” and the Stabroek News issue of Tuesday, March 12, 2024 headlined: “Mayor blasts City Engineer for not issuing cease order on Qatari Hotel works -says court action imminent” However, those reports contained a number of inaccuracies, which if not corrected, could mislead readers, and create the wrong impression about the work and intention of the City Engineer’s Department.