Opinion

Dear Editor, This is directed to Guyanese everywhere: On the eve of the visit by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Guyana, it is useful to look at our history.

Dear Editor, I reference your article, “APNU+AFC has not said how much of US$18m signing bonus spent on border controversy fees”, which was published in Stabroek News, 2020.09.07. 

Dear Editor, At the end of the reign of the APNU+AFC defeated in a no confidence Motion in December 2018 and at the March 2, 2020 elections, Guyana has been severely divided.

Dear Editor, Extremely cautious – and also somewhat scared – not to add to provocative speculation, hostility, insensitive opinion or downright racist-oriented incitement, I thought hard about sharing these personal sentiments about the current incarnation of the People’s National Congress (PNC).

Dear Editor, The Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) of Trinidad is very concerned about the motives and the timing behind the visit by US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, to Guyana later this week.

Dear Editor, Would it make sense to both the US and Guyana for the US Secretary of State to visit Guyana if indeed there is a planned “October surprise” invasion of Venezuela, especially utilizing Guyana as a launching pad?

Politicians the world over mistakenly think that they, and they alone, have the sole rights and reserved privileges to expound on matters of national interest.

Dear Editor, In Stabroek News of 2020.09.14, you published a letter by Deodat Indar, Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, under the headline, `Emergency budget is a step in the right direction.’

Dear Editor, This year marks the 75th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War.

Dear Editor, It is with great reluctance that I drew up a petition to defund the Ethnic Relations Commission.

Dear Editor, In a letter which appeared in SN on Sept.

Dear Editor, The people of Guyana must now come out and boldly say “No to Payara & yes to renegotiation”.

With preparations now underway to facilitate the visit here later this week by the United States’ Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, there has been a brisk burst of chatter in some quarters over the significance of his coming here and just what the key issues on the agenda for the visit might be.

Dear Editor, I am obliged to respond to the former Minister of Finance Winston Jordan in relation to his statements in the Stabroek News of  September 12th 2020 in the news item `‘Private sector’ budget has eroded revenue base, pumped up deficit – Jordan’ Mr.

Dear Editor,  I have to admit that my eyebrows could not be raised any higher by the initial brief reporting on Saturday afternoon by the Stabroek News of the planned visit of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Guyana, that “The two-day trip would be seen as an expression of confidence in the PPP/C government and a signal of deeper cooperation between the two countries.” 

Dear Editor, A few things are on my mind as I write this letter but I will limit it to two issues.

Dear Editor, Something has been incrementally transforming the Guyana I once knew.

Dear Editor, John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Church, proclaimed that the Methodist Church was raised up to spread scriptural holiness for the reformation of the nation.