Opinion

Jamil Changlee Kaieteur NewsPayment of our workersJan 19, 2026Stabroek NewsLabour market, cash grant programme clearly mismanagedJan 19, 2026

Government handling of workers’ rights and the sustainability of the cash grant programme is questioned amid rising living costs.

Eric Phillips Kaieteur NewsAfrican commemorations have been ignored or marginalisedJan 20, 2026Stabroek News400th anniversary of Africans here has been ignoredJan 19, 2026

Government and national institutions portrayed as sidelining the 400th anniversary of Africans in Guyana and related commemorations.

Jai Lall Guyana TimesGuyana’s political legacy, loyalty and leadershipJan 19, 2026

Guyana’s post-independence leaders are reviewed through their legacies of violence, racism, economic change and present uncertainty.

Anonymous Stabroek NewsThe irony of the President’s cash grant statement and where he made it is not lost on households facing daily economic pressuresJan 19, 2026

President Ali’s stance on unsustainable cash grants is contrasted with concerns over inequality and terminology for household support.

Shamshun Mohamed Stabroek NewsWhere are the values in our national events?Jan 19, 2026

Inclusion of a beverage company frolic in Republic Day Mash events is questioned for lacking national and cultural value.

Lorenzo Joseph Stabroek NewsSpeaker must explain his actions to the Guyanese peopleJan 19, 2026

Speaker’s delay in convening non-government MPs to elect an Opposition Leader is questioned as a breach of constitutional duty.

Anonymous Stabroek NewsThe prices for basic items have been skyrocketing even as the Minister of Finance inflation numbers claimed otherwiseJan 19, 2026

Official inflation data portrayed as misleading when compared with food, housing and other living costs in Georgetown.

Lancelot Hyman Stabroek NewsMissed parliamentary opportunities and a nation’s maturityJan 19, 2026

Procedural lapses over appointing the Opposition Leader and broader breaches of convention are portrayed as harming Guyana’s democracy.

GHK Lall Stabroek NewsAli flip-flops on his cash grant promisesJan 19, 2026

President Ali’s changing statements on cash grants are portrayed as broken promises to struggling Guyanese.

Anthony Pantlitz Kaieteur NewsSupporting the presence and integration of deportees and third-country nationals in GuyanaJan 19, 2026

Economic growth and labour shortages in Guyana linked to welcoming deportees and other immigrants into the workforce.

Henry Jeffrey Kaieteur News‘The Parliamentary opposition in context’Jan 19, 2026

Guyana’s majoritarian political system and opposition structures portrayed as inadequate and in need of constitutional reform.

Hemdutt Kumar Kaieteur NewsThe Great Guyanese Heist: A Liquidation Sale of the FutureJan 19, 2026

Government oil and NRF policies portrayed as a short-term fire sale that sacrifices long-term national development.