Dear Editor, Stabroek News reported in September 2011 that a leaked United States diplomatic cable described the links between convicted drug trafficker Roger Khan and then Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy as “strong.”
Dear Editor, I have read carefully in the media, the Government’s announcement that Guyana has concluded an agreement to receive a limited number of skilled, non-criminal third-country deportees from the United States.
Flush from the decapitation of the Venezuelan regime by the capture of President Nicolas Maduro in a slick, midnight, military raid on Maduro’s residence in Caracas, in which 32 Cubans who were defending Maduro were killed, the US Government felt a similar strategy in Iran, but killing not capturing its leadership, would succeed. Almost
By Melanie McTurk Melanie McTurk is a Guyanese tourism and conservation leader whose work spans cultural heritage, biodiversity and community development.
Dear Editor, On September 5, Denis Chabrol’s Demerara Waves reported that six Cubans and Afghans had arrived in Guyana the previous day under an arrangement for the United States to transfer third-country nationals here.
Dear Editor, My prompt for writing this letter is to make a small contribution to the letter exchanges between Keith Bernard and Chris Ram.
The Inter-American Development Bank recently released its latest quarterly economic review in which it warned that Guyana’s macroeconomic outlook is highly uncertain, given the impact of ‘persistent geopolitical tensions on oil prices’.
On September 1, 2026, two significant events occurred simultaneously in Guyana. Thousands of pupils and students returned to their classrooms for the beginning of the 2026–2027 academic year, while Amerindian Heritage Month was formally launched with the customary prayer service at the Umana Yana.
Dear Editor, I must rap Kiskadee Watch. It’s not lyrics of pathos. It’s a slight tap-a rap-on the knuckles of KW.
Dear Editor, I have found Keith Bernard’s earlier letters illuminating and helpful. His latest (KW 02-09), however, is mistimed and misdirected.
Two headlines this week deserve to be read together. The first was President Irfaan Ali’s update on the MV Barima salvage process: several companies, the President said, have expressed interest and the State has now reached the stage of discussing costs.
Dear Editor, Let me be absolutely clear. This is no longer simply a question about a toll.
Dear Editor, Guyana needs truth and accountability for the MV Barima tragedy. But justice cannot be driven by grief, public outrage or political convenience.
Dear Editor, A sober reminder for those who need to be reminded of the importance of Guyana’s untainted history.
Dear Editor, So, with great pomp, the self-appointed commission of inquiry into the MV Barima tragedy is up and running.
The extent to which the President feels under pressure was exposed on Tuesday when at the opening of Amerindian Heritage month he launched into an address which veered from biblical admonitions on the one hand to Greek mythology on the other.
Dear Editor, I congratulate the young people of the local, Catholic Church on the successful conclusion of their Diocesan Youth Convention.
Dear Editor, Barbershops are bars and hang-out spots in disguise. These licensed and non-licensed business places are permitted to operate (as they think) after midnight with non-enforcement of the law.
By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Previously Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and Fellow of the LSE.
Dear Editor, On 1st September 2026, Local Government Minister, Manickchand, wrote the Linden Town Clerk, instructing that the Linden Mayor and Town Council “cease and desist immediately from the imposition and collection of any toll/charges at Kara Kara Public Road.”