Letters To The Editor
President Irfaan’s extraordinary diaspora crowd and what it meant
Dear Editor, A visceral manifestation of geopolitical gravity unfolded on a sidewalk in Queens Village amongst the diaspora.
Opinion
Letters To The Editor
Electrical inspections could play important role in reducing preventable fires
Dear Editor, As a public analyst, I am increasingly concerned about the number of fire-related incidents being reported across Guyana in 2026.
Guest Columns
2026 Mid-Year Report – Confusion, omissions and Ashni Singh – Part 3
Introduction The 2026 Mid-Year Report raises serious questions about the quality of economic and financial stewardship under Dr.
Letters To The Editor
MV Barima families must not be coerced into signing away their rights
Dear Editor, The reported attempts to condition compensation to the family of MV Barima Chief Engineer Paul Seepersad upon signing documents absolving the Government of responsibility is deeply disturbing.
Letters To The Editor
Guyana’s judiciary now operates in fear, it is detectable
Dear Editor, At last! At last, someone with the courage. To contemplate and question, even challenge, the mighty American Eagle.
Letters To The Editor
Was the embrace between Kamla and Delcy simply diplomacy or a slap in the face to Guyana?
Dear Editor, The warm meeting between Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodríguez on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly raises some serious questions for Guyana and, indeed, for the wider Caribbean.
Editorial
MV Barima and the President’s credibility
Many editorials and public commentaries have appeared since the MV Barima tragedy expressing growing unease over the Government’s handling of both the disaster and its aftermath.
Letters To The Editor
Perhaps the time has come for President to take a hard look at his Cabinet
Dear Editor, There comes a point in the life of every government when somebody has to look around the room and quietly ask the question that nobody seems particularly eager to ask: Is everybody really sitting in the right chair?
Letters To The Editor
More needs to be done to help Afeefa Ally reach her fullest potential
Dear Editor, For the first time in the history of our country, we have a student with a vision disability who has done extremely well in the CSEC Examinations.
Letters To The Editor
President needs to clarify this 39.8% oil share figure
Dear Editor, President Irfaan Ali indicated on August 18 that Guyana’s share of oil from the Stabroek Block has increased from 12.5% to 39.8%.
Letters To The Editor
Deeply concerned about Berbice power outages
Dear Editor, I am writing to express my concern about the ongoing power outages in Berbice.
Guest Columns
From manufacturing consent to manufacturing discontent
….the builder the stones now refuse…. By Kojo M Parris Political machinery exists to win continuously, and that is the primary metric of a political party.
Letters To The Editor
Irfaan and Kamla have been have acted wisely in supporting US strategies on regional security
Dear Editor, President Trump and leaders of a group of Latin American and Caribbean countries gathered in Miami on March 7, 2026 to discuss regional security.
Editorial
The dormitories are now Ms Manickchand’s responsibility
When Priya Manickchand was Minister of Education, she wrote to Stabroek News to settle a question about who was responsible for children living in regional school dormitories.
Letters To The Editor
Two red flags from the Mid-Year Report
Dear Editor, Guyana’s 2026 Mid-Year Report gives us plenty to celebrate: GDP is soaring, oil production is booming, and the economic numbers look so good that even the calculator might need a vacation.
Letters To The Editor
Chinese Landing residents doing the work the state should be doing
Dear Editor, I write with immense pride in the residents of Chinese Landing, who have once again stood their ground against the intrusion of mining equipment onto their titled lands.
Letters To The Editor
All Guyanese should organize themselves to benefit from Development Bank
Dear Editor, President Irfaan Ali has signed into law the Guyana Development Bank, creating a new institution through which Guyanese can seek access to financing and other support for economic activity.
Guest Columns
Mid-Year 2026 Report – Confusion: Berbice Bridge, Ashni Singh and Non-Sanctity of Contract
-Business and Economic Commentary by Christopher Ram Yesterday’s commentary on the 2026 Mid-Year Report dealt with how housing was reported.
Letters To The Editor
When a leader promotes a new mega project while the first is still bleeding public funds he is not offering hope
Dear Editor, President Irfaan Ali wants to talk about GTE 2 and that seems to be the new snake oil being sold to the Guyanese people.
Letters To The Editor
Trump administration faces uphill task if it intends to reduce China’s footprint in Guyana
Dear Editor, Per your September 22, 2026 headline story, “US EXIM commits to financing GtE 2,”Guyanese would do well to read into US Exim Bank’s commitment to financing Phase 2 of Guyana’s Gas-to-Energy ventures as a potent signal to the PPP government that the Trump administration is on a tidal wave push to rid the Western Hemisphere of Chinese or, at least, reduce such investments to a tolerable ‘nuisance’ level.