Dear Editor, Within weeks of each other this summer, two catastrophic ferry disasters claimed over 160 lives across the Global South: at least 92 died in Zimbabwe after the ferry on Lake Kariba capsized, and 77 were killed when the MV Barima capsized and sank off the coast of Guyana.
Dear Editor, I refer to a letter from Mr. Kamal Ramkarran, which clearly appears to be designed to drown us all in a sea of foreign case law and wishful thinking which appears to conveniently ignore the spirit and intent of the Guyana Constitution.
Dear Editor, Guyanese were made aware as early as July that the nation was entitled to a 50 percent share of oil profits from ExxonMobil.
Dear Editor, I have some important questions about the proposed four-lane road for the Essequibo Coast.
It is disgraceful and disrespectful to the estimated 100 lives lost, those still missing and the traumatized that the Commission of Inquiry is still to begin into the MV Barima disaster.
Dear Editor, Freshly released cabinet documents have raised serious questions about the management of public contracts at Guyana’s National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA), particularly the decision to seek substantial increases to contracts that had already been awarded through competitive procurement.
Dear Editor, Mr Terrence Campbell asserts in a letter titled `No limitation on Opposition Leader’s power to withhold agreement on positions of Chancellor, CJ’ published in Kiskadee Watch on 17 August 2026 that the power of the Leader of the Opposition to withhold agreement to the appointment of a Chancellor and Chief Justice is subject to no limitation.
Dear Editor, I am writing regarding an article authored by Freddie Kissoon and published in the Guyana Chronicle on August 4, 2026, titled “Raising the MV Barima: Urgently a Political Trap.”
The current pace of infrastructure projects in Guyana is unprecedented. This administration is spending money as if it is being shaken off of a tree somewhere, to use a local colloquialism.
Dear Editor, The issues raised by the other five Judges of the Caribbean Court of Justice (the CCJ) about the President of the Court, Justice Anderson, in the leaked emails, is very troubling.
Dear Editor, Let me begin by saying that I totally disagree with the position taken by Mr.
Dear Editor, I have written previous letters on the Mohameds/US/PPP controversy regarding the US request for the extradition of Azruddin and his father, Nazar Mohamed, to the USA to face an 11-count indictment related to gold trading and financial crimes.
ExxonMobil recently announced that some US$55 billion in investment in the Stabroek Block has been fully recovered and that Guyana is expected to receive higher oil revenues.
There is an uncomfortable theological question emerging from the public statements of embattled Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill.
Dear Editor, It was with utter dismay and contempt that I observed a Facebook post on Friday which showed the attendance of Mr.
Dear Editor, I refer to your editorial of 15 August 2026 titled ‘Interference in top judicial appointments’, which condemns the President of the Caribbean Court of Justice for attempting to broker agreement on the substantive appointments of Chancellor and Chief Justice.
Dear Editor, Having previously written in the public domain about Guyana’s troubling level of road fatalities and the need for a more systematic approach to road safety, I read with interest the latest report that the Guyana Police Force now has speed-limiting devices in its possession and will shortly begin training officers in their installation, verification and certification.
Disagreements among the Judges of the CCJ, Guyana’s final appellate court, recently exploded in leaked emails in the Trinidad press.
This Joint Civil Statement on the MV Barima COI and related matters was endorsed by the Guyanese Organization of Indigenous Peoples; Red Thread Crossroads Women’s Center; Transparency Institute Guyana Inc.;
Dear Editor, A trillion-dollar budget focused on the transformation of the lives of Guyanese has once again missed the mark.