Dear Editor, At the risk of being tedious I cannot help expressing disgust at the way Captain Price of the MV Barima, Roberts and Granderson employees of the Transport and Harbours Department have been held for murder.
Dear Editor, As Canada strengthens its partnership with the European Union, we too as a nation must also pursue a similar strategy to diversify and strengthen our trade partnerships.
On Monday, President Irfaan Ali announced that his Government had disbursed $123 million to some 750 persons affected by the MV Barima tragedy and that twenty turnkey houses would be provided to affected families.
Dear Editor, A quick perusal of the core definition of parliamentary sectoral committees – of which many exist in countries that were once colonies – shows it is to help the legislature manage its workloads and hold the government accountable in specific policy areas.
Dear Editor, In a recent interview His Excellency President Irfaan Ali stated that he wanted Guyana to be the most powerful food producer in the world in 10 to 20 years.
Dear Editor, I write to provide some historical background and give clarity to comments in a missive captioned, “Setting the record straight on Guyana’s position on the Chinese seat at the UN” (Kiskadee Watch September 13) by Hamilton Green on Guyana’s position of replacing Taiwan with China with the Permanent Seat on the UN Security Council.
At his press conference on Monday, President Ali sought to paint a dire picture about the generating capacity of GPL and how dangerously close it was to peak demand so as to leave the country without a spinning reserve.
Dear Editor, President Ali’s recent interview on Al-Jazeera was embarrassing. He does not seem to understand the difference between renegotiation and sanctity of contract.
Dear Editor, At some point, political opposition stopped being principled scrutiny and became obstruction for obstruction’s sake.
Dear Editor, The following statement has become a national anthem: Guyana stands today as the world’s most dynamic emerging petrostate.
Dear Editor, Guyana has arrived at a defining moment in its history. The country is becoming extraordinarily wealthy from its natural resources, while its people remain politically and ethnically divided and increasingly confronted with decisions that will determine who benefits from that wealth and how it is used.
Dear Editor, President Ali had a moment of insight visit. The Exxon contract is bad (“Ali again agrees Exxon contract was bad, but still rules out rejigging” -KW, Sept 14-2026).
According to the BBC, the highest paid political leader is Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong with a monthly salary of US$233,333, followed by John Lee, the Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong – U$$60,000, and Switzerland’s President – US$50,500.
Amerindian Heritage Month was opened with the usual fanfare by a befeathered President Irfaan Ali, who addressed the Indigenous gathering as he would any coastal group.
Dear Editor, The Mid-Year Report dated August 28 (?) contains a figure that deserves attention. In paragraph 3.64, the Minister responsible for Finance projects petroleum deposits into the Natural Resource Fund of US$6,497.6 million for 2026.
Dear Editor, As the APNU Members of Parliament serving on the Foreign Relations and Economic Services Committees, we have no difficulty participating in a properly planned and organised meeting with the President aimed at advancing the interests of the Guyanese people.
Dear Editor, As a public communications analyst and a citizen who has lived outside of Guyana for more than twenty years, I believe we need to have a serious national conversation about the labour crisis currently developing in Guyana.
Dear Editor, In our President’s recent interview with Al Jazeera, he stated that he wanted Guyana to be “the most powerful food producer in the world” in 10 to 20 years.
The government’s proposed social housing programme is being presented as an intervention for some of the most vulnerable people in Guyana.
Dear Editor, A young man was shot and killed by a security guard on Saturday night, in front of the Smiling Supermarket on Triumph Line top.